Hi and thanks for the super quick and clear responses.

Ok, I think I’ve got my head around this.  First of all, download TT Solo and use instead of Logic – a host must be the lingo:)  uninstalling logic first as I’m pretty sure my processing power will be less with Logic running???

Someone asked about lowering faders on the mixer.  On EZ, as I understand it, the overhead affects all the drums so I don’t have a single fader just for the ride although should I upgrade I believe that SD has individual controls for every drum plus in-built effects and other fun stuff???  I will try highering the sensitivity on the pad though although I’m in danger of triggering the pad through the frame which happens although hardly noticeable.

I’ve reset the I/O buffer size to 64 as suggested and changed the settings to “built in input” and ticked all the boxes after a bit of Google research.

I’m in the EU so I’ll look in to crossgrades ( I think the term is upgrades here?? ) unless one of you guys would be so kind as to provide a link?

Once again, thanks a million.  It’s just great to be playing drums again and get paid for the pleasure  I’ll let you know how tonight goes…

CIB

Well, the gig was a lot better, especially that ride.  I know what you mean by the slider now.  I automatically thought of the mixer in Logic rather than the internal mixer in the TD-8’s brain.  Thank you, it made a huge difference!

I downloaded Toontrack Solo to try it out though and when I try to open a new project it asks me to “Add a new drummer”.  That’s fine but EZDrummer doesn’t appear in the selection box, it appears below in grey with a link to switch to 32 bit mode.  That’s also great until I follow the instructions that don’t let me switch to 32 bit mode presumably because I’m alreeady in 32 bit mode???  Either way, at present Toontrack Solo isn’t working and I’m tired, frustrated and ready to throw my MacBook in the sea

I did install the latest version of EZDrummer BEFORE I installed Toontrack Solo

ORIGINAL: Rogue

well, that means you have not installed the latest version of EZdrummer. In fact you state so… version 1.1.4 has to be at least 2+ years old, it’s hardly reasonable to think an up-to-date version of solo would be happy with that situation 😉

It seems Toontrack Solo still isn’t working as in, I can’t seem to trigger the sounds in EZDrummer from my TD-8 but I can play the midi grooves from EZDrummer using Toontrack Solo no problem. I’m closer to the holy grail but not quite there yet
I think it might be better for you to advise me Rouge as you’re the pro and I’m the novice. I have the MacBook as described above. Check this guy out ( and there are many others ) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWLwUx_SEp0
He seems to have achieved what I’m trying to do using Cubase ( I’m using Logic but it’s the same principle ) and an Alesis Trigger I/O. Ok, now to the questions.

1. I use the CY8, CY5 dual trigger cymbals and the PD80 pads. It seems that these are compatible with the Alesis ( pretty standard fare ) and it would give me up to 20 ( 10×2 ) sounds which I could then trigger via EZ Drummer or SD. Correct? In effect it would suffice to replace my TD8 brain.

2. If I’ve read up correctly then SD have the luxury of individual editing on each cymbal & drum via seperate channels where they can be controlled easily, one channel, one drum/cymbal?

If this is the case then the cheapest way for me to get a great sound using the hardware that I currently have is to a) update to SD b) buy the Alesis and run the whole rig using either Toontrack Solo or Logic?

TD8 – Alesis – Mac – Logic/ToonSolo – desk?

In as many non-teckie words as you can please direct me to where I’d like to go please ( or anyone for that matter )

Thank you once again, CIB