Running Backing Tracks on the Roland SPD-1W Pad
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- Опубликовано: 5 авг 2024
- The Roland SPD-1W (or WAV pad) is a pretty great idea. You can run backing tracks from it, and in stereo too! Turns out you can run three samples from the same pad rather than just one stereo one. So because of that, you can run click and backing track simultaneously! Here's how I imported and ran a backing track from the Roland SPD-1W.
Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
00:19 - Before You Start
01:03 - Step One: Export Settings
02:52 - Step Two: Drag and Drop into the Folders
04:20 - Step Three: Naming the Files (Important!)
05:10 - Step Four: Mounting on the Kit
05:29 - Step Five: Outputting
06:35 - Building a Show
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My two bands are using this precious piece of equipment for a year already. I Love it. So simple and easy to use.
TIPS:
- You can copy have as many folders in the root folder as you want (Well.. before the 4 Gigs of memory are out) to have more than 12 tracks. Roland will read the one that is named "Roland". This way you would not need to rewrite all the data to play another set. Just rename the folder with required set to "Roland". This probably can be even done with a smartphone and USB adapter to your phone connector (I would really appreciate if someone tries it with iPad and camera connection kit). My SPD::One contains a set for each of my band.
- as both outs are stereo, and you don't need to have stereo click, pan click to the left and use right channel for something extra like having a stem of someone in your band that may just not appear at the gig (Yes, we have a really unreliable guitar player), or sound hints when the chorus\verse\solo\tempo-change etc. starts. Or even voiceover the name of the song.
- CHECK CABLES! In most cases you will use Y cables. We are using stereo jack to 2xXLRs and we had a pair of such cables that didn't work as expected - both XLR's at the end of a Y cable received the same signal, not Left and Right but the same stereo signal just merged in mono. XLRs were even color coded, the cable was of a reliable brand and not dirt cheap.
CONS:
- Well its not really a con but I would really love to see SPD::One Wav with MIDI track along click and back. Just imagine that you are able to send MIDI track that would also change effects on your guitar players processors along the track or control the lighting.
This is incredible!! Thank you so much for taking the time to reply like this. Some really great tips here!!
Thank you for the help, it isn't totally clear how to name files correctly and that I need the backing tracks exported to 16 bit, but this video helped save me some time. Thank you, sir!
Thanks for the video! Lets say i want me and my guitarist to have the same backing track going together with two pairs of in ears, would i just use a splitter of some sort for the headphone jack? or how would that work
That could work for small spaces for sure. The other way is to send it to a mixer and then you both take a feed from that. For example, you’d send the output to a sound engineer and they’d give you each a feed of it
tx a lot for the video. do you have any ideia of how can we play a sample (like a snare) while a backtrack is playing? tried different options but none of them worked for me cheers!
On this you unfortunately wouldn’t be able to. You’d need something like the Alesis SamplePad 4 to do that
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Do you recommend using a DI box when sending to front of house?
Yep!
To clarify on the cables you need--you said stereo jack to 2 XLR but looks like all 1/4 cables in the video? Also was curious for more info plugging the headphones output into a mixer to hear the band?
You would connect the 2 1/4 cables to a stereo DI for live use. (I use the ART DualZDirect) Then you would connect 2 XLR out and send those to your in ear rig, or FOH.
The headphone out would be only for the click. If you want just the drummer to hear the click, then absolutely you could plug it into a mixer with your in ear mix, and then mix to taste for the band and click. If you want the entire band to hear the click, you would use another DI and plug that into your mixer.
Hi harry, i have a question, this machine can play backing tracks with changes of tempo and metric? Tanks
Great question! If you export the backing track with those on, yes. It can’t change tempo and metric once they’re on the pad, though!
I saw you have a count in with the click. But if I need a count in before the tracks start any rec here besides just adding an 8 count to the front of the backing track?
Exactly that - just add an 8 count before the backing track. It’ll work a treat!
Awesome, thank you! @@DrumElectric
also can you run a mono backing track out of the stereo output on the spd?
Yes!
Can someone tell me what's happening when for exemple i launch a 15seconds sample (slot1) and i switch to slot2 without waiting for the sample 1 to end ? Will it stop the first sample when i switch, or the sample will continue until it's end ? Thanks
The sample should continue until it finishes. There’s a ‘stop all sound’ button for when you want them all to stop
@@DrumElectric Thanks for the response, that would be great, cause when you need to launch 2 samples during one song (one sample of 15 secs at the start, another one 20secs at the middle), it's not super useful to have to turn the button between the 2 samples. The best way would be to launch the first sample, then immediately switch the button to the second (so the first one is still running) and so you can hit the pad when you need the second sample.
in your opinion is this one or the alesis sample pad 4 better for running backing tracks and clicks?
They about the same in all honesty. I would lean towards the Roland just purely from a build and size point of view (it’s made with better materials and is smaller!)
That being said, the Roland is significantly more expensive than the Sample Pad 4. So if you’re on a budget, go with the Alesis!
could you theoretically send the "phones" output to the sound desk as a click output?
Absolutely!
Hey man could you do a video on how to set up EAD to use at a live gig please?
Sounds great, I’m on it!
I giggled at the "_ph," but I'm 12. 😅
Haha yes!!!
@@DrumElectric The fact you know what I'm talking about is what makes you awesome, Harry.🤣😂
those don't look like xlr-s
waaaay toooo coooomplicated...
Good to know!! Any tips to make it less so?
It is incredibly simple.