Roland TD-10 - Manual (Page 83)

■ Muffling settings (muting)
You can literally apply tape or “rings” to dampen the over-
tones.
fig.04-08
Instruments that can be edited
Snare, Kick, Tom
Procedure
1. Press [INST]-[F2 (EDIT)]-[F3 (MUFFLE)].
The “INST EDIT” page will appear.
2. Strike the pad that you wish to edit.
The setting page for the pad you struck will appear.
3. Use [CURSOR] to move the cursor to “Muffling.”
4. Use [INC/DEC] or the VALUE dial to make the setting.
Parameters
Muffling: OFF, Tape 1, Tape 2, Blanket, Weight (Kick)
OFF, Tape 1, Tape 2, Doughnuts 1, Doughnuts 2
(Snare)
OFF, Tape 1, Tape 2, Felt 1, Felt 2 (Tom)
OFF: No muffling.
Tape 1: one piece of tape.
Tape 2: two pieces of tape.
Blanket: Muffled by placing a blanket inside the kick
drum.
Weight: Blanket with a weight on top.
Doughnuts 1: common “ring” type mute.
Doughnuts 2: common “ring” type mute with stronger muf-
fling of overtones.
Felt 1: Conventional felt type mute.
Felt 2: Conventional felt type mute with more pres-
sure on the head.
■ Adjusting the Snare strainer
tension
The amount of contact between the bottom head and the
snares themselves can be adjusted to change the tone just
like with a real acoustic drum. You have a choice between
one of three tensions: Loose, Medium or Tight or you can
turn the snares OFF.
fig.04-09
Instruments that can be edited
Snare only
Procedure
1. Press [INST]-[F2 (EDIT)]-[F3 (MUFFLE)].
The “INST EDIT” page will appear.
2. Strike the snare pad.
The snare setting page will appear.
3. Use [CURSOR] to move the cursor to “Strainer Adj.”
4. Use [INC/DEC] or the VALUE dial to make the setting.
Parameters
Strainer Adj.: OFF, Loose, Medium, Tight
OFF: The sound with no snares.
Loose, Medium, Tight:
The strainer tension becomes progressively stronger.
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