[elegentdrum]

I have been working on assembling the best edrumming kit posible for a while now. I visited here while reseraching equipment and decided to reply.
Im using a TD-20, Roland cymbals and Hart pads, except for the kick is roalnd.

To get the most out of the drum kit I’m currenty doing the following: Using sounds only from the TD-20, tweeking a few good sounds and trigger setting and messing with what controls are sent out and what can only be used by the TD-20 sound engine.

The Cymbals are the main thing here. there is no standard communication protocall for the 3 sounds w/ position to mix a sound together. The high hat and snare get all there trimming too in the computer. Also, Im using aux 1,2, to be the rims of my snair and top tom. This way you can set the rim and head sounds to mix rather than cut each other off.

What I want to do is mix and match to gain the best stuff. I plan to use the software and hardware sounds together. To do this im about to purchase a RokBox with and alpha link and MX-4 MADI card. With this I gain a 64 channel 96K mixer with EQ, and Compression. 24 good audio ins.

With this system I can take the Audio from the TD-20, rout Cymbals to indevidual outs, and a stero balance of other kit pieces. then start eliminating TD-20 sound replaceing them with Software over time. This system is capable of recieving audio, playing samples, mixing them, and playgin back in about 1.5 ms. The delay time on my triggers are 2.3 ms and I would not notice much delay till about 3.5. With system, and carfull trigger purchases, and tweeking, I think the dream of a real time good feeling electronic drum set has arived.

Cant wait to check out Gen 16 hats, Trick pedal trigers, and the Aquarian head triggers.

elegentdrum: TD-20W Roland/hart

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