TD-9 owner's tips, tricks, reviews

[jgermanich]

Originally Posted by Tokamak85

I keep reading that on the TD9 the toms are dual trigger (rubber not mesh). I can't for the life of me find out where or why mine aren't dual triggering.

Help?

Maybe you have the rim sounds set to 'OFF'.

[Tokamak85]

Originally Posted by jgermanich

Maybe you have the rim sounds set to 'OFF'.

Yeah I'm just retarded. I was just not hitting it at the right angle. It works. My bad!

I think I'm too timid to whack the pads hard enough (neighbor syndrome)

[ToDaMax]

Originally Posted by Mr. Green

Any thoughts/opinions on what the best cymbal(s) is/are to do a cymbal roll (crescendo) with on the TD-9?

I agree, the cy-8's suck doing crescendo's, I have a CY-15 and it is a world of difference, going to eventually upgrade the other two crashes to CY-14 or CY-12R/C. It just seems the rubber is thick to respond right to the softness in the rolls, I did notice that If I turn the CY-8 around and hit the plastic part it does respond more to my liking while doing crescendo's, but not so well for crashing


Cheers

[TimothyLeary]

don't you think that owners of td-9 deserve a firmware update?! something new.. a new feature, an improvement?

We should make a list of features we need, and then send an email to roland. like spam emails!!! until they release the update.

[saku]

Originally Posted by TimothyLeary

don't you think that owners of td-9 deserve a firmware update?! something new.. a new feature, an improvement?

We should make a list of features we need, and then send an email to roland. like spam emails!!! until they release the update.

anything you are missing? To me the td9 works fine, especially vexed.

the features I would like to see can't really be implemented in a firmware update, but rather need a new module (tap tempo, more sounds, more backing tracks, compressors, etc), but what did you have in mind?

[eric_B]

MP3 support would nice!

[TimothyLeary]

mp3 would be nice. The function to send metronome to phones instead of line out. Have the ability to set up different kits with different trigger settings.. loop the quick rec without having to save it to a pen drive... humm.. for now, tha's all.

[tisgnitch]

Originally Posted by TimothyLeary

mp3 would be nice. The function to send metronome to phones instead of line out. Have the ability to set up different kits with different trigger settings.. loop the quick rec without having to save it to a pen drive... humm.. for now, tha's all.

yes mp3 would be lovely.
i use the SPDS to loop my quick records - easy.

[Colquhoun]

AS great as MP3 playback would be, it would require an MP3 de-compressor in the module. I'm not holding my breath on this one...

[eric_B]

Colquhoun, yeah, we discussed that before, but think about this: the processor of the TD-9 can process all the trigger information (with all kind of settings), read the (compressed?) built in samples, apply some effects (like ambience, muffling, tuning, eq) to them in realtime to create drumsounds - and it would not be powerful enough to decode a 20 year old algorithm? As said before, probably a licensing issue.

[Colquhoun]

Originally Posted by eric_B

Colquhoun, yeah, we discussed that before, but think about this: the processor of the TD-9 can process all the trigger information (with all kind of settings), read the (compressed?) built in samples, apply some effects (like ambience, muffling, tuning, eq) to them in realtime to create drumsounds - and it would not be powerful enough to decode a 20 year old algorithm? As said before, probably a licensing issue.

Yeah , I'm totally in agreement. My only point was that this certainly isn't something that Roland can put into an update, but something that would need to have been put in the module in the first place.

[TimothyLeary]

sorry for another dumb question guys. I 've been away from my kit so I can't try this myself, so I'm gonna ask if you know that when we are playing through midi to a vst, I can use the module metronome to hear in headphones?

I broke my boss metronome, so I need to know this or I will have to buy one.

Thanks!

[saku]

Originally Posted by TimothyLeary

sorry for another dumb question guys. I 've been away from my kit so I can't try this myself, so I'm gonna ask if you know that when we are playing through midi to a vst, I can use the module metronome to hear in headphones?

I broke my boss metronome, so I need to know this or I will have to buy one.

Thanks!

the click track plays even though you are using vsts, nor is the click sent out through midi----

[BarT]

Originally Posted by TimothyLeary

sorry for another dumb question guys. I 've been away from my kit so I can't try this myself, so I'm gonna ask if you know that when we are playing through midi to a vst, I can use the module metronome to hear in headphones?

If you set Local Control OFF so that you don't hear module pad sounds too, yes.

Bruce

[TimothyLeary]

Ok, thanks very much.