Roland TD-17 preset – is it accurate?

[Thomas Quinn]

Hey everyone,
Im trying to set up my Roland TD-17KVX with Superior Drummer 3 properly so I wont have to do it again.
When I load the TD-17 preset in SD3 it is very quiet and I can hardly hear the Kick drum at all.
Should I start by change the settings within the module first, like increasing Sensitivity or should I start with changing the settings in SD3 itself?
I saw this video and it seems that maybe the presets in SD3 aren’t that accurate?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7-R_oHZtgU&ab_channel=kerodean
Any help would be really appreciated.

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.3.7
Operating system: macOS Big Sur (11)

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[drumjack52]

Is just the kick drum quite or are there other kit pieces that are quiet as well? If other kit pieces are quiet as well change the velocity curve and sensitivity in the drum brain itself. That would be the first thing to look at. I don’t know the kick drum pedal used with the Roland but some kick drum towers have a sensitivity control right on them. Consult your manual for the TD17 and see if it does.

The reason I’m saying to look at the TD17 first is that while SD3’s MIDI presets do have a velocity curve setting you have to do that for each kit piece that you want changed and then create and save a default project in SD3 then you will have it ready to go in each new project – you’ll see this message at the bottom of the right hand side of the settings subwindow. The thing to watch out for is that the actual MIDI note assigned by SD3 for the factory TD17 preset may have errors so make sure when setting things up what you play on the Roland corresponds to what SD3 actually plays.

Jack
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