Roland TD-20-record and sound.

[albee1952]

Originally Posted by yamahadrums

@ albee1952 I don't have any real cymbals or hats. Use to have Yamaha Oak Custom, very nice kit, but since our studio falled apart I had to trade them for el. drums, so I can play at home.

@nst7 Very, very good idea! Definetely will try this.

Thank you!

I spent less than $200 on a nice used set of Sabian cymbals and a used DW stand. Well worth it for me

[Bill Denton]

I am recording all the 8 channels separately. One thing that I do to help is to record simultaneously the whole kit through SPDIF, which somehow emulates the room. I know you'll say it's impossible ...

What exactly are you doing here?

Are you sending the eight analog outputs from your drum's brain to eight separate channels on your DAW's interface while simultaneously sending the two S/PDIF digital outputs to digital inputs on your interface?

I'm not really familiar with Roland brains, but can you apply separate processing to each of the eight analog outputs?

[nst7]

I don't think you can apply separate processing, but after recording those individual tracks, he could of course apply plugins separately to each one.

I think the main issue is that up until just recently, the sounds built into these kits were like a typical drum machine, with no option for separate mic channels like overhead/rooms, etc. Now with the two new flagship kits just released (TD30KVS and TD30KS) they finally have these options, in addition to much better quality sounds (to the point that they rival the sounds in the best drum software).

[yamahadrums]

Originally Posted by Bill Denton

I am recording all the 8 channels separately. One thing that I do to help is to record simultaneously the whole kit through SPDIF, which somehow emulates the room. I know you'll say it's impossible ...

What exactly are you doing here?

Are you sending the eight analog outputs from your drum's brain to eight separate channels on your DAW's interface while simultaneously sending the two S/PDIF digital outputs to digital inputs on your interface?

I'm not really familiar with Roland brains, but can you apply separate processing to each of the eight analog outputs?

That's exactly what I'm doing. And I wish I could afford Roland TD-30!
Not in this life.