[David McMillan]

The TD27 and probably the TD 50 modules do send the correct midi control data on the level of mute being applied to the digital ride cymbal.  SD3 just doesn’t seem to be looking at that variation data.  The degree of mute on a ride cymbal is what I was asking for. I never referred to the digital hi-hat in regards to muting.

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[David McMillan]

I had put in an enhancement request a while back with ToonTrack on having the variable mute support for the digital ride in SD3.  I’ve not seen that support yet, but now there is even more need with the VH-14D digital hi-hat.  That was more exciting to me than the release of the TD50X, which appears to just be a new set of kit/sample preloads/sound modeling, given that TD-50 users will be able to upgrade (with cost) their module to TD-50 through Roland cloud.  It would be interesting to see someone compare these new samples to SD3. I don’t expect Roland can match SD3, based on sample size alone.  For those that don’t yet have a TD50/50x or other digital pads, just the VH-14D, at around $899, makes the low end TD50K2 kit seem like a reasonable purchase. I’m guessing that the TD50 -> TD50x upgrade will cost around $500 given the price drops of the TD50s compared to what the TD50x modules are listed at. I still have a TD27 and will probably get the digital hihat if SD3 adds proper support for it and the digital ride unless I can be wooed with the quality of the new TD50x samples. The TD27 does/will support the VH-14D with a free update.

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[David McMillan]

Most people seem to be using the TD-50 preset.  That’s what I start with.  I will say the digital ride mute is all or nothing and doesn’t mute based on the amount of hand pressure like it does with the TD-27s internal sounds.  You can see the variation of pressure being sent in the midi messages, but SD3 doesn’t seem to support that variation (yet?) for apply the mute.

[David McMillan]

Nivels

Nivels wrote:

Hi,

is the TD-50 preset also for TD27 ? I don’t find the new TD27 in the presets of Superior Drummer 3

Greetings Michael

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That’s what I’ve used.  It works very well other that my concerns about the digital ride, but I think that’s just SD3 not taking into account the variation in the aftertouch velocities.

[David McMillan]

It works, sort of.  The digital ride allows you to place your hand on the cymbal to mute, but using a light touch still seems to mute the ride abruptly.  It would be nice to have default support so that the mute effect matches the hand pressure based on the aftertouch values coming in from the device.  This is being done in the default kits in the TD50 and TD27.

[David McMillan]

Megadrum has plenty.  The 56-input version has 29 trigger inputs with add-on position sensing option for 5 of the inputs.  I have moved from my TD-12/DDrum setup to this and have been happy with it.

You can buy as a the kit or assembled.  Plan for a few hours to setup each pad.  There are a lot of settings.

https://www.megadrum.info/

https://www.megadrum.info/content/introducing-new-56-inputs-megadrum-module-full-aluminium-case

 

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