Cool things you can do with electronic drum kits?
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Hi all
I took the plunge and got myself a Roland TD-6 (though it has the TD-8 brain). Well chuffed!
Anyway, I'm enjoying using it but it occured to me there must be some good (read geeky) stuff you can do with it and a PC?!
I'm thinking maybe plug it into PC and not only record what you do (easy enough) but replicate it, and maybe even check your timing, or perhaps instruction/tutorial programs?!
I don't really know, but just imagine there must be some good things you can do?!
Thanks all
Tony
I took the plunge and got myself a Roland TD-6 (though it has the TD-8 brain). Well chuffed!
Anyway, I'm enjoying using it but it occured to me there must be some good (read geeky) stuff you can do with it and a PC?!
I'm thinking maybe plug it into PC and not only record what you do (easy enough) but replicate it, and maybe even check your timing, or perhaps instruction/tutorial programs?!
I don't really know, but just imagine there must be some good things you can do?!
Thanks all
Tony
I have mine linked via midi and run ezdrummer software which is cool but you can take it that bit further and have it playing tunes/basslines on your feet and triggering vsti instruments on some pads.
Spectrasonics stuff is whizzo, I use Atmosphere but there are newer greater releases.
Having said all that, it's the lazers pointers sellotaped to my drumsticks that everyone goes on about.
Spectrasonics stuff is whizzo, I use Atmosphere but there are newer greater releases.
Having said all that, it's the lazers pointers sellotaped to my drumsticks that everyone goes on about.
I'm looking through that forum (off the back of your recommendation in the other electronic drums thread actually) at the moment - there's some interesting things, just working my way through it - it's a little like trying to find a needle in a haystack though! But will look at those other things you mention also, thanks again
It's worth looking at YouTube for some ideas on where people are taking the technology. There's a couple of people who are linking them into RockBand for example and playing the guitar parts.
There's also some official demos for Roland by Johnny Rabb that show the use of triggered musical sequences or the melodius kit on the TD20.
Basically given you've got what amounts to an expensive MIDI triggering system what you can achieve is only limited by your imagination and/or configuration talent within whatever host software you choose to run!
There's also some official demos for Roland by Johnny Rabb that show the use of triggered musical sequences or the melodius kit on the TD20.
Basically given you've got what amounts to an expensive MIDI triggering system what you can achieve is only limited by your imagination and/or configuration talent within whatever host software you choose to run!
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