I'm trying to set up the hotspot suppression for my Roland PD-120. I have a 2.6 ms scan time set, and the button for hot spot suppression is enabled. After enabling it, the manual says:
Next, watch the meter of the ‘Thresh’ control as you hit
different parts of the drum head. As you hit the pad around the
hotspot, you should see the meter values increase.
When I hit around my pad, there is nothing happening or showing within the thresh meter. The meter is on the threshold button itself right?
I just recently got back into (e)drumming so I may have lost my reference on this. But I think it's relatively tight. I'll try loosening to see if anything will happen on the meter.
Ok, so if I loosen the mesh head a lot it starts registering in the hotspot threshold meter. However, this is at a point where the drums are too lose for my playing preference. Does the age and wear of the trigger cone play any role in this?
Does the age and wear of the trigger cone play any role in this?
That's hard to say. It doesn't on my pads, but I spend more time developing then playing. Stick weight also plays a role. If you are using heavy sticks, that can also cause trouble.
Ok, thanks for the info! I have 3x Roland PD-120 and they're all pretty old. I also have one official Roland replacement cone, so I will try to replace it on one of them and then I can do some comparison.
It's not hotspotting very much, only a bit. Positional sensing works very nicely, even better with high tension on the mesh heads it seems, especially with softer hits.
I wonder if adding a small pad (like you see on accoustic snares some times) on the center of the mesh head will reduce the bit of hotspotting, I may give this a try as well.
I've replaced the cone but I don't experience a significant difference, neither in hot spotting, nor in the hotspot supression threshold meter picking up hits at a lower meshhead tension. Oh well, guess I'll just try to avoid hitting the dead center of this PD-120
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