Roland TD3 vs. Alesis Trigger I/O brain and other ideas…

[nirzfan]

 My first post, but not a newbie to this stuff…. hi gang!

The name’s Kris, and I’ve been a drummer for many years. I watched the video with Nir Z playing in the background while the guy (I forget his name) was talking up Superior 2.0.

I am in the process of deciding what would be the best (and most cost-effective) setup to get this going.

I looked into building a custom setup (see below) or a Roland TD-9SX (the one for $2500). The custom setup seems more ideal… here it is (All prices are rounded up)

A solid Roland stand $250
TD-3 module $350 or Alesis Trigger I/O $150
Hart Dynamics 13″ snare $340
two Roland PD-85 dual-trigger pads for my toms (I play a 4-piece) – $430 total
three cymbal triggers (ideally three Roland CY8s and a CY5 for hat) $400
Roland FD-8 HH pedal $115
Cables for everything $100
(I already have the KD-8 kick trigger, and an Alesis ControlPad for triggering samples on the fly while drumming on my acoustic kit)

Custom setup is $2000 – maybe $2400 if I go with the VH11 hihat from Roland

Now, what I need to know is… what do you guys suggest? What would be best in my price range ($3000 is my limit, and that includes Superior 2.0)?

My system is a Dell duo-core, running XP… 2 gig RAM, external hard drives, two internals, etc. Soundcard is Delta 44 by M-Audio (pretty good latency overall when I’m playing VSTs/synth stuff)

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks, and nice to meet you guys!

Rock on,
Kris

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[nirzfan]

Well, no one has replied… but, here’s some news if anyone cares–

I picked up a used TD6 V-Tour kit on ebay recently. I’ve owned this exact kit before, and I liked it (even though Roland can’t hold a candle to the capabilities of Superior 2.0, from what I’ve seen)…

Anyone use Superior 2.0 with a TD6? How’s the latency?

I am using an M-Audio Delta 44, setting it anywhere from 64 to 256 samples for basic sequencing. I don’t have any dropouts thus far.

Any luck with the TD-6V? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller…

Thanks, guys!

-Kris

[Joe]

You won’t have to worry about the TD-6 being a factor for added latency.  Latency is going to be more of a factor of the computer Audio interface and drivers.  I wouldn’t anticipate there being a problem with M-Audio’s Delta line of cards.

Best Regards,

Joe

[philippe capitani]

I use TD3 + Alesis Trigger IO and it work great with S2, i made my drum with piezzo on acoustic Pearl Traveler Gig Drum and Mesh heads.Trigger is for Toms/Rims, Ride Triple zone, Snare Piezzo 3 and some addons like cowbell etc… TD3 is for Snare/rim, bassdrum , cymbals, and Hihat, i use a midi usb for the TD3 and put in Trigger IO in TD3 or even i can use Trigger IO usb too . Very happy with this config but a bit long to setup, i’ve tested TD20 in some music shops and friends and i found it suxxx like hell

S2.0+C&V.Pearl Traveler Moded, Roland&Hart Magnum head drum. Roland&DIY Cymbals,FD8,TriggerIO+TD3. Macbook Pro SL. Drum.http://www.natarajxt.com/

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