Topic: TD9 or TD11 for triggering S2.3

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Replied September 18, 2012 at 20:00 #1960934

Reinder
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Errr okay, guess I’ll figure this one out by myself then… In case anyone cares: I have decided on a TD11; midi through USB should be faster then through the MIDI port, or so Roland claim.

Replied September 19, 2012 at 11:16 #1960946

Nathan
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Do please let us know how you get on please, Protocol. I’m looking for something more advanced than a D4 or SDS9 brain.

How does the MIDI over USB thing work, is it generic, or do you need specific Roland drivers for the TD11?

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Replied September 19, 2012 at 12:49 #1960948

Reinder
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Will do planetnine!

You will need Roland drivers to be able to use the MIDI functionality; drivers for both Mac and Windows are available from Rolands website. I am running S2.3 on an iMac and so far have been using an M-Audio Midisport. Not bad at all, but I hope playing the TD-11 directly through USB will be even snappier.

The TD-11 will probably arrive next week, so I will post an update about my findings when I have played around with it a bit…

Replied September 19, 2012 at 14:34 #1960949

Reinder
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FYI I started a similar thread over at vdrums; I will be posting further findings in that thread, as I have gotten a lot of good feedback from those guys.

Replied September 19, 2012 at 15:02 #1960951

Juicy
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Hi ,I used both TD9 via midi to usb and 11 via usb recently, both trigger very well with SD23.
The TD11 is probably a little snappier as mentioned.
Neither do Positional sensing but that isn’t really a deal breaker.

Replied September 19, 2012 at 15:41 #1960952

Reinder
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Neither do Positional sensing but that isn’t really a deal breaker.

Yeah I read that on the wiki overview of all Roland modules. S2 does support positional sensing but I gather this isn’t widely regarded as a must have feature…

Replied October 3, 2012 at 22:12 #1961280

Reinder
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Just a quick update: received my TD-11 today and I am pretty pleased so far! VH-11 support out of the box really does make a difference – hi-hat response really is way better than with my old TD-3.

I am currently using my TMC-6 for a few separate triggers like rimshot, ride bell, third crash, etc. I totally forgot that Toontrack Solo accept multiple MIDI ins, so no need to fuss with midi mergers… Feels like there is a minimal difference in latency between the TD-11 through MIDI vs TMC-6 through a MIDI-to-USB interface, but it is so small as to be negligible.

So bottom line is: I am glad I took the jump! I only wish Roland would make an upgraded version of the TMC-6, because I could really do without the onboard sounds – they’re still pretty lame imho, especially when compared to Superior 2.0 and the like.
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TD9 or TD11 for triggering S2.3

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