Thankyou so much i have been watching the new VAD 716 clips and had FOMO, i have all the bits and pieces here to do this .... just needed your vid to push me into doing this and maybe i wont want to splash my cash anytime soon.
I think my TD30 has a snare throw off assignable by the foot switch input. I think I've used it with a DigiTech or something. But I never thought about literally installing a tinny switch on my snare drum. Really interesting!
Thanks for watching! I know some of the older modules had more footswitch capabilities, and I think it’s a lost opportunity for Roland to do some helpful things. I’d love a footswitch to tap a tempo or start and stop a metronome, for example. For some reason I find it a hassle to set up a physical footswitch and get it positioned just right for my left foot, so mounting on the shell made sense and mimics where’d I’d go playing an acoustic drum. Thanks again for the watch and the share!
this is pretty cool! How does the strainer position affect the midi data sent out to a VST? Like if I had a library with snares off samples, would I be able to map it so that I could toggle between with them with the footswitch as you have done here? I guess a cleaner way of asking that question is, does the strainer change the midi note value from D1 to something else when disengaged?
One other note, if using the Aux 3 or Aux 4 Rim to trigger the Strainer On/Off this works fine with one other exception: If Kit "X" has the Aux 3 Rim or Aux 4 Rim "already" set to trigger another Sample such as a Cowbell. Kit "X" with the Aux 3 Rim or Aux 4 Cowbell sample takes "Priority" over the Pad Function for Strainer On | Off. Thus the Strainer function does not work.
Question for you... I'd love to know more about how you wired the switch. I understand it conceptually, but for those less electrically engineering inclined - perhaps a step by step guide on how you did it. Additionally I want to know if a toggle switch (with 2 positions like a leaver) would work instead of a push button "foot switch". I could see mounting a toggle, that almost looks like a real snare throw off. up down for on off. Thoughts?
To be honest, i'm not incredibly electrically engineering inclined either, but i don't believe a toggle switch would work. A toggle switch, in my understanding, is like a faucet--the water is on or it's off. That's different from a momentary switch, which sends a single signal each time the button is pressed. the module works with a button press, then it turns things on or off internally. does that make sense? maybe? As far as the wiring is concerned, it's really easy. the momentary switch comes with two wires- a red and a black. if you take a mono instrument cable and strip it back, you'll likely find a single colored wire surrounded by small copper wires. twist those copper wires together and that makes one wire--solder it to the black wire. Take the colored wire and solder it to the red wire. That should be all you need! you'll want to either use shrink tubing or electrical tape over the solders to make sure things are more durable. Let me know if you have questions, and thanks for watching!
I hate to say it, but the upgrade is huge. I have a TD17 at my rehearsal space, and I can really tell the difference when I rehearse. The TD50 really hurt the bank account, but it's the most significant upgrade I've made on my drums--the capabilities are incredible. With the new module driving TD50 prices down a little, it's an upgrade worth making for sure. Thanks for watching!
Thankyou so much i have been watching the new VAD 716 clips and had FOMO, i have all the bits and pieces here to do this .... just needed your vid to push me into doing this and maybe i wont want to splash my cash anytime soon.
Hey this is the guy that reviewed the Worlddrummers trigger plates and Unlock Electronic Cymbals!!!
I think my TD30 has a snare throw off assignable by the foot switch input. I think I've used it with a DigiTech or something. But I never thought about literally installing a tinny switch on my snare drum. Really interesting!
Thanks for watching! I know some of the older modules had more footswitch capabilities, and I think it’s a lost opportunity for Roland to do some helpful things. I’d love a footswitch to tap a tempo or start and stop a metronome, for example.
For some reason I find it a hassle to set up a physical footswitch and get it positioned just right for my left foot, so mounting on the shell made sense and mimics where’d I’d go playing an acoustic drum. Thanks again for the watch and the share!
Thank you so much. Very great work 👍
this is pretty cool! How does the strainer position affect the midi data sent out to a VST? Like if I had a library with snares off samples, would I be able to map it so that I could toggle between with them with the footswitch as you have done here?
I guess a cleaner way of asking that question is, does the strainer change the midi note value from D1 to something else when disengaged?
One other note, if using the Aux 3 or Aux 4 Rim to trigger the Strainer On/Off this works fine with one other exception: If Kit "X" has the Aux 3 Rim or Aux 4 Rim "already" set to trigger another Sample such as a Cowbell. Kit "X" with the Aux 3 Rim or Aux 4 Cowbell sample takes "Priority" over the Pad Function for Strainer On | Off. Thus the Strainer function does not work.
Good stuff man!
genious. i gotta try this!
Question for you... I'd love to know more about how you wired the switch. I understand it conceptually, but for those less electrically engineering inclined - perhaps a step by step guide on how you did it. Additionally I want to know if a toggle switch (with 2 positions like a leaver) would work instead of a push button "foot switch". I could see mounting a toggle, that almost looks like a real snare throw off. up down for on off. Thoughts?
To be honest, i'm not incredibly electrically engineering inclined either, but i don't believe a toggle switch would work. A toggle switch, in my understanding, is like a faucet--the water is on or it's off. That's different from a momentary switch, which sends a single signal each time the button is pressed. the module works with a button press, then it turns things on or off internally. does that make sense? maybe?
As far as the wiring is concerned, it's really easy. the momentary switch comes with two wires- a red and a black. if you take a mono instrument cable and strip it back, you'll likely find a single colored wire surrounded by small copper wires. twist those copper wires together and that makes one wire--solder it to the black wire. Take the colored wire and solder it to the red wire. That should be all you need! you'll want to either use shrink tubing or electrical tape over the solders to make sure things are more durable.
Let me know if you have questions, and thanks for watching!
Very creative idea nice thinking. How did the upgrade feel, going from TD-17 to 50x?
I hate to say it, but the upgrade is huge. I have a TD17 at my rehearsal space, and I can really tell the difference when I rehearse. The TD50 really hurt the bank account, but it's the most significant upgrade I've made on my drums--the capabilities are incredible. With the new module driving TD50 prices down a little, it's an upgrade worth making for sure. Thanks for watching!