Question about about my Roland E-Drums and SD 2.0

[Matt1995]

Hello,

I’ve been thinking about purchasing SD 2.0 but there is something I really need to know before purchasing it. I’ve heard that it’s able to change the drum sounds of my e-drums (mine has a midi out option and i’ve already got a cable to connect it to my laptop)

so if I connect it to my laptop, does this mean I can only hear these new drum sounds on my laptop? or will these new sounds actually replace the ones in the drum brain of my kit?

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[Olof Westman]

The sounds will only be there in your laptop and whatever you connect it to.
Superior Drummer will not be able to get new sounds into your Roland module.

Olof Westman - Toontrack
Coder

[Matt1995]

I see, thanks. however though, if I connect my e-drums to my laptop using SD, connect my headphones to my laptop and play on my kit, then it’s basically like playing with new drum sounds, right? (i’ve got plenty of extension cables here so it might work out.)

[Olof Westman]

Yes. Or connect your laptop to the PA and gig with it. But you
would probably prefer an external sound card for that to
get good sound quality and low noise. It may also be
the easiest way to get a good low latency. Builtin sound
usual has a horrific latency. But again that can usually
be remedied by using ASIO4All,

You also need a MIDI input for your laptop. An external
sound card may have one. There are small cheap USB
MIDI interfaces around.

Olof Westman - Toontrack
Coder

[Olof Westman]

>I’m not planning to play gigs with it, I just want better drumming sounds haha.
> Too bad there isn’t a demo version of SD because I dont want to buy it if
>I’m not sure it’ll work or not. I guess I’ll have to go look for other software
> or just save money for a new drumkit with more sounds. Thanks for the help.

True, no demo for Superior. There is a demo for EZkeys, however.
If you can get one to work, errr, with your drumkit, then S2 should
work too.

Olof Westman - Toontrack
Coder

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