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[Derek Schaaf]

@matthew sloggett said:
Turn “Local” of in your TD30 it will help latency too.  

perfect, thanks!

[Derek Schaaf]

@Lukas Grumet said:
hi again. at least for TD-30 (and most likely all Roland modules that have an USB port, i.E the TD-50) owners there seems to be an easy fix for the volume problem:
I’ve posted this in the latency thread as well because it also fixed my latency issue I had:

Try connecting your Sound Module to your Computer via the USB port. (directly, not via an external interface). Fire up SD3, Open the Audio Midi settings. Select the TD30 as your midi device (make sure you’ve enabled midi usb in your TD30 module settings), AND select the TD30 as your audio (ASIO) device.
there you go. I get crystal clear, super loud sound with this method. (your headphones need to go into your TD-30 module jack of course)
btw the td30 also comes with a nifty ASIO driver with some settings to play with. just hit the ASIO button under audio device in SD3.  

Hi, I have connected as described above TD-30 directly via USB into my laptop USB. I have SD3 open and TD-30 as midi device, ASIO selected and ASIO device TD-30. I also have usb over midi enabled in the TD-30. I am connected to TD-30 headphone jack and have the phone volum up

If I click (with my mouse) the SD3 on my laptop I get the sounds of SD3 through the headphones….but if I hit the actual snare to trigger the SD3 snare, I get the sound of the kit active in the TD-30. How do I monitor SD3 through the TD-30 and NOT hear the internal kits?

Thanks,
Derek

[Derek Schaaf]

@David Mackey said:

Wow bad news. I suggest trying another usb cable. Also confirm in your td25 setup that usb mode is turned on. This stuff “just works” so it may be a hardware issue of some sort. Good luck Derek!  

Thanks, will do

[Derek Schaaf]

@rrosin said:

Did you install the driver from the Roland support site? The TD25 has audio in and out via USB. MIDI may work with the generic MIDI driver, but USB audio needs the Roland driver.

Regards Reiner  

Hi Reiner,

Thanks for your response. Yes I did download and install the Roland driver from their support site. For whatever reason my MacBook still does not see it as the input output audio device… Which is kind of strange.

Thanks,
Derek

[Derek Schaaf]

@Peertwelve said:

Hi Derek. Sorry I don’t have a td25 so I don’t know if it works. If td25 supports usb audio then it should. Have you confirmed that you have td25 configured for midi output ? On your MacBook Pro go to System preferences / sounds / output / select td25. Do the same for the input  

Hi, thanks for your response. I just tested my MacBook Pro connected to the TD 25 via USB [which is the method I normally use] and went into the sound settings within the settings application within the MacBook. The TD 25 does not show up at all as an option to select for either input or output… it just shows the normal system option. I know when I have other devices what you’re referring to as they will show up as a connected device to use for input-output. I have tested this with of the driver options within the TD 25 itself, the first being the vendor or Roland driver and the second being the generic driver and neither show up.

Thanks,
Derek

[Derek Schaaf]

@Peertwelve said:

You don’t need a special Asio driver on a Mac book pro. Or on any Mac. On your Mac search for the midi setup app. This will allow you to configure connected midi input and output devices  

Hi, does this work with the TD 25 as well… Do you know? I have tried every possible combination that I can think of and I cannot get the sound to be routed through the TD 25 module when connected via USB to my MacBook Pro. The sound for only come out the MacBook Pro and not through the audio output of the TD25 itself. I saw in an earlier post it suggested to monitor SD3 through the drum module unit, in that case the TD 30.

Maybe the TD 25 is not capable of this but I just wanted to make sure.

Thanks,
Derek

[Derek Schaaf]

@Peertwelve said:

You don’t need a special Asio driver on a Mac book pro. Or on any Mac. On your Mac search for the midi setup app. This will allow you to configure connected midi input and output devices  

Thanks!

[Derek Schaaf]

@Lukas Grumet said:
hi again. at least for TD-30 (and most likely all Roland modules that have an USB port, i.E the TD-50) owners there seems to be an easy fix for the volume problem:
I’ve posted this in the latency thread as well because it also fixed my latency issue I had:

Try connecting your Sound Module to your Computer via the USB port. (directly, not via an external interface). Fire up SD3, Open the Audio Midi settings. Select the TD30 as your midi device (make sure you’ve enabled midi usb in your TD30 module settings), AND select the TD30 as your audio (ASIO) device.
there you go. I get crystal clear, super loud sound with this method. (your headphones need to go into your TD-30 module jack of course)
btw the td30 also comes with a nifty ASIO driver with some settings to play with. just hit the ASIO button under audio device in SD3.  

Thanks for the info! What about on a MacBook Pro? Is there an ASIO driver option in the Mac OS… I was under the understanding that there wasn’t.

Thanks,
D

[Derek Schaaf]

No response yet and I have asked ToonTrack for a refund as I am going to have to go to another product in the meantime as this is unusable.

D

[Derek Schaaf]

Thank you. I wasn’t aware that this wasn’t the SD3 support forum. I will look to move it over.

Thanks,
D

[Derek Schaaf]

Hi,

I have adjusted the velocity curve as suggested by support, and although t does get a bit louder, it is still not really loud enough to be usable. What I am noticing when I look at the MIDI monitor for example is that when I am hitting the kick drum ( Literally as hard as I can) it is only registering velocities in the high 50s and mid 60s…on one sample and 50’s – 80’s on the other.

Shouldn’t it be a lot higher than that?

Thanks,
Derek

[Derek Schaaf]

@Darren Simpson said:

So why did Nick D’Virgillio say dial in the preset and away you go making music. He was swappiing drums all sorts of things with zero problems. Are you saying those without a Roland TD-50 got some work to do before we get to play at a nominal volume. As a Roland TD-15 owner That is pretty disturbing to be honest. My out of the box experience (Windows 10 I5 3570k 16 gigs of ram samsung evo 840 ssd Realtek Hi Definition sound) is abysmal at this present time. I have yet to see a video that addresses my problem, would love to be pointed in that direction thanks.  

I agree, it is completely unusable at this point! I have requested a refund until this issue is resolved. I was told that they cannot refund once the product has been registered however I said that should not apply for a product that is not working properly/ not functioning as described.

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