Top panel

[MASTER/PHONES] knob

Adjusts the volume of signal output from the MASTER OUT jacks and the PHONES jack.

MEMO

You can set the output volume of the MASTER OUT jacks to a fixed volume.
Ø “Audio output assignments (OUTPUT)”

[BACKING] knob

Adjusts the volume of the song (audio file), the audio input from the MIX IN (stereo) jack and the volume of the Bluetooth® audio.

• It does not affect the drum performance sound of the built-in songs or the recorded drum sounds.

Ġ (Bluetooth) indicator

Lights up when the unit is successfully paired via Bluetooth.
Ø “Playing along with a song from your smartphone”

[CLICK] knob

Adjusts the click volume.

[CLICK] button

Lets you play the click sound and make tempo or click-related settings.

Further, you can turn the click on/off by holding down the [SHIFT] button and pressing the [CLICK] button.

[COACH] button

Press this button to practice in coach mode.
Ø “Practicing in coach mode”

This helps improve your speed control, accuracy and endurance.

[ò] button

Plays/stops the song or recorded data.
Ø “Playing along with a song”

[ó] button

The unit enters recording mode.
Ø “Recording your performance”

[SONG] button

Shows the SONG screen. Press this when you want to play back a song or recorded data, or to make song-related settings.
Ø “Playing along with the songs on the V31”

[F1]–[F6] buttons (function buttons)

The function of these buttons changes depending on what is shown in the display. This sets the functions shown in the lower part of the display.

Display

Shows various information according to the operation.

[EZ EDIT] button

EZ EDIT lets you easily edit the drum kits.
Ø “Easily editing a drum kit (EZ EDIT)”

[KIT] button

The KIT screen appears.
Ø “About the KIT screen”

[MENU] button

The MENU screen appears.

Also, if you press the [MENU] button while holding down the [SHIFT] button, striking the pads does not switch between the pads to be set (trigger lock). This is useful if you’re playing a phrase while you set the pads.

[EXIT] button

Press this once to return to the next-higher-level screen. When you press this several times in a row, the display eventually returns to the KIT screen.

Also, when you press the [EXIT] button while holding down the [SHIFT] button, this stops (mutes) all of the sounds that are playing (ALL SOUND OFF (*1)). This is useful when you want to stop several loop phrases all at once.

1. : The effect reverberation, the song and the click do not stop.

[ENTER] button

Press this button to confirm a value or operation.

[SHIFT] button

This is used in conjunction with other buttons. The function of other buttons changes while you are holding down this button.

[É] [Ç] [Í] [Ë] buttons (cursor buttons)

These buttons move the cursor.

Dial

This is used for editing the drum kits and the settings.

You can also turn the dial while holding down the [SHIFT] button to make the values change in larger increments.

[EXPANSION] button

Use this button to configure the Instrument Expansions (drum kit and instrument packages) as well as the Kit Packs (drum kit and custom sample packages) that you’ve installed on the V31 from Roland Cloud.
Ø “Removing an Instrument Expansion/Kit Pack assignment (REMOVE)”

Press the [EXPANSION] button while holding down the [SHIFT] button to use the User Sample function.
Ø “Importing and playing audio files (USER SAMPLE)”