ATV Artist Drums
Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2021 1:11 pm
Hey guys, I'm new to the forum and to eDRUMin. Sorry for the long post. Just wanted to give some background on how I ended up here.
I had been playing a Roland TD-20 since 2007. I never cared much for the Roland sounds and I thought the toms had too much machine gun effect. I heard about Superior Drummer 2.0 about a year later and got it all set up and loved it! I've upgraded since to SD3.0 and love it even more. But I always wondered if I really needed the TD-20 module if I'm not using the sounds? Big expensive device just for MIDI to SD3.0. I had someone respond to me on a Facebook group about a question saying I should try eDRUMin. After looking into it I decided to order the eDRUMin 10.
I was going to use it on my TD-20 but found a great deal on an expanded ATV Artist series kit with two 10" toms and two 13" floor toms. They seemed very similar to the Roland VAD506 which I considered buying originally just for the digital snare and ride. I just couldn't justify the price this time around. I got the ATV kit without a module planning on using the eDRUMin instead. It took a lot of work the past couple of days to figure out exactly how to get my drums to respond the way I want. Not sure I'm 100% there yet but pretty happy so far!
One question I have is if anyone else has created any presets or have tips on the ATV or VAD type drums where they have three sensors in a triangle shape near the edge of the drums? Also, if anyone knows if the 18" ATV kick drum is a center trigger or also side mounted like the toms? One thing I've tried with no success is getting the 18" ride cymbal to use bell sense with just one cable. It seems others have been able to so not sure what I'm doing wrong. Also, having some issues with the snare which has this externally mounted wood rim for sidestick. It seems to trigger the drum unless I keep my hits pretty light. Having a similar issue with a Roland BT-1 that is mounted to the snare. I have the Xtalk setting all the way up on it and linked it to the snare but it still tends to trigger the snare when I play it. Lastly, is there any way to use positional sensing on the snare or does that only work on center triggers?
I will record a video of me playing the kit and point out some of the issues if that helps troubleshoot.
I had been playing a Roland TD-20 since 2007. I never cared much for the Roland sounds and I thought the toms had too much machine gun effect. I heard about Superior Drummer 2.0 about a year later and got it all set up and loved it! I've upgraded since to SD3.0 and love it even more. But I always wondered if I really needed the TD-20 module if I'm not using the sounds? Big expensive device just for MIDI to SD3.0. I had someone respond to me on a Facebook group about a question saying I should try eDRUMin. After looking into it I decided to order the eDRUMin 10.
I was going to use it on my TD-20 but found a great deal on an expanded ATV Artist series kit with two 10" toms and two 13" floor toms. They seemed very similar to the Roland VAD506 which I considered buying originally just for the digital snare and ride. I just couldn't justify the price this time around. I got the ATV kit without a module planning on using the eDRUMin instead. It took a lot of work the past couple of days to figure out exactly how to get my drums to respond the way I want. Not sure I'm 100% there yet but pretty happy so far!
One question I have is if anyone else has created any presets or have tips on the ATV or VAD type drums where they have three sensors in a triangle shape near the edge of the drums? Also, if anyone knows if the 18" ATV kick drum is a center trigger or also side mounted like the toms? One thing I've tried with no success is getting the 18" ride cymbal to use bell sense with just one cable. It seems others have been able to so not sure what I'm doing wrong. Also, having some issues with the snare which has this externally mounted wood rim for sidestick. It seems to trigger the drum unless I keep my hits pretty light. Having a similar issue with a Roland BT-1 that is mounted to the snare. I have the Xtalk setting all the way up on it and linked it to the snare but it still tends to trigger the snare when I play it. Lastly, is there any way to use positional sensing on the snare or does that only work on center triggers?
I will record a video of me playing the kit and point out some of the issues if that helps troubleshoot.