Top panel

Number	Item	Explanation
	[MASTER] knob	Adjusts the volume of signal output from the MASTER OUT jacks.
	[PHONES] knob	Adjusts the volume of signal output from the PHONES jack.
	[BACKING] knob	Adjusts the volume of the song (audio file), the click, 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”
	[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 V51” If you press the [SONG] button while holding down the [SHIFT] button, the unit switches to coach mode. Ø “Practicing in coach mode”
	[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.
	[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”
	[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.
	Faders	Use these to adjust the volume of the kick, snare, toms, hi-hat, cymbals, ambience and so on.
	You can easily adjust the instrument (sound). Ø “Easily adjusting the instruments (SOUND MODIFY)”
	[INSTRUMENT] button	Selects an instrument or adjusts the volume. Ø “Selecting the instruments”
	[TUNING] button	Selects the tuning of the head and the size of the cymbal. Ø “Tuning”
	[MUFFLING] button	Sets the muffling (mute) settings. Ø “Muffling (mute) settings”
	[KIT EDIT] button	Edits the drum kit. Ø “Editing a drum kit (KIT EDIT)”
	[KIT] button	The KIT screen appears. Ø “About the KIT screen”
	[PREVIEW] button	This button lets you preview the instrument. You can also change the volume of sound that’s heard when you press the button. NOTE You may hear the preview sound when the V51 is exposed to a strong impact. If this happens, you can turn the preview feature off by following the steps below. You can also set whether the preview sound is played (velocity), according to how hard you press the [PREVIEW] button. Hold down the [KIT] button and press the [PREVIEW] button.Ó set the Preview Switch parameter to “OFF”
	[+] [-] buttons	Use these buttons to switch between drum kits and change values. Press the [-] [+] buttons while holding down the [SHIFT] button to make the values change in larger increments.
	[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. : 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 V51 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)”
	[SETUP] button	The SETUP screen appears. Ø “Making overall settings for the V51 (SETUP)” Also, if you press the [SETUP] 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.