Roland TD 4-KP V drums and EZDrummer 2

[reji]

I’ve a roland TD 4-KP drums and I would like to try the EZDrummer 2.
I usually perform in small gigs, so I want to use it there as well.

If my understanding is correct, I need a MIDI-USB cable, this will connect to the laptop which has EZDrummer 2 installed.
Then from the laptop audio output, the sound comes out and, this out put I can connect to any sound system.

Please let me know whether this understanding is correct or not.

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[Henrik]

This is correct. You should, however, check the latency you’ll get with that setup. Generally speaking, Mac laptops seem to offer pretty low latencies (the time between the hit of a drum and when the actual sound is heard). If you’ll run on a PC, it’s possible that you’ll need an external sound card that will offer lower latency. But this is just a guess, you should try it out first. You can always try the 10 day free demo to start with!

Henrik Ekblom - User Experience Designer
Toontrack

[reji]

Henrik Thank you! As you suggested, I will try it out first.

[Fernando Tavares]

A friend of mine a fancy roland drum kit….this thing is a monster. I have a scarlett 2i4 which ha midi in/out. Do I need 2 midi cables or 1? Also is there any mapping required? I am also running this in protools. Is there any other setup required?

[Addi Manseicher]

It may be not necessary to purchase an external soundcard.
There is a freeware program callled ASIO4all that runs ASIO with low latencies on a standard notebook soundcard. Just google, it’s easy to find.

My Kids tested this setup with an TD 4-KP ansd it worked all fine – apart from the fact that it’s verly likely you have to tweak the drumset’s pads’ sensitivity a little, for EZD 2 responded to the slightest touch…

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