[Lukas Grumet]

@Scott E said:

@Lukas Grumet said:
Try connecting your Sound Module to your Computer via the USB port. (directly, not via an external interface).
Fire up SD3, Open the Audio Midi settings.
Select the TD30 as your midi device (make sure you’ve enabled midi usb in your TD30 module settings),
AND select the TD30 as your audio (ASIO) device.

How were you connecting the TD-30 module to control SD3 previously?  

5 Pin Midi into Scarlett Focusrite. Scarlett Focus rite into Laptop. Headphones in Scarlett Jack.

[Lukas Grumet]

hi again. at least for TD-30 (and most likely all Roland modules that have an USB port, i.E the TD-50) owners there seems to be an easy fix for the volume problem:
I’ve posted this in the latency thread as well because it also fixed my latency issue I had:

Try connecting your Sound Module to your Computer via the USB port. (directly, not via an external interface). Fire up SD3, Open the Audio Midi settings. Select the TD30 as your midi device (make sure you’ve enabled midi usb in your TD30 module settings), AND select the TD30 as your audio (ASIO) device.
there you go. I get crystal clear, super loud sound with this method. (your headphones need to go into your TD-30 module jack of course)
btw the td30 also comes with a nifty ASIO driver with some settings to play with. just hit the ASIO button under audio device in SD3.

[Lukas Grumet]

To all the TD-30 owners: Try connecting your Sound Module to your Computer via the USB port. (directly, not via an external interface). Fire up SD3, Open the Audio Midi settings. Select the TD30 as your midi device (make sure you’ve enabled midi usb in your TD30 module settings), AND select the TD30 as your audio (ASIO) device.
voila. no latency or whatsoever. I don’t know why I didn’t try this in the first run!
the td30 also comes with a nifty ASIO driver with some settings to play with. just hit the ASIO button under audio device in SD3.

[Lukas Grumet]

current setup:

5 pin midi cable from td 30 into focuscrite scarlett 6 interface.
scarlett via usb into laptop
headphones plugged into the scarlett interface.

this is what i get. could be better, right?
samplerate: 41khz
buffer size: 3ms

[Lukas Grumet]

@Erwin said:
Hi Lukas!

My setup is as follows:
Roland TD12 MIDI out (5 pin cable) -> RME Fireface 802 -> Firewire cable to my desktop computer.
I’ve added a separate DeLOCK PCIe FireWire 1394A card. (USB to Firewire is not possible)
I’ve lots of USB hubs and devices connected to my PC, so I decided to add a separate Firewire card for audio only. The performance should be similar with USB. (I did not test this)

Some suggestions to decrease the latency is to tweak the ASIO buffer size and samplerate. Rule of thumb:
– A smaller the buffer size decreases latency, but increases ticks and distortion.
– A larger buffer size increases latency, but decreases ticks and distortion.
– A higher samplerate also increases latency. 44.1kHz or 48kHz is enough for Superior Drummer.

RME developed their own optimized audio driver and hardware for Windows and Mac to minimize latency. Steinbergs ASIO (Audio Stream Input Output) is especially designed for direct monitoring during recording and does say anything about latency.

Success!  

wow! thanks so much! your information is gold.
your post should be sticky! like “a guide on minimizing latency”

[Lukas Grumet]

Hi Erwin!

so do you plug in your E-Drum via USB into your audio interface which is then connected via Firewire to your computer?
your latency seems really impressive!

yesterday, I tried connecting my TD-30 via USB to my laptop. Yet my output latency was above 10ms despite using ASIO drivers.

[Lukas Grumet]

SAME HERE!
I am using a Roland TD30 and a Windows Laptop…SD3 just won’t play back loud enough. I’ve cranked up the audio output to max level. Still not loud enough. To be honest it’s almost useless if it stays that way.

[Lukas Grumet]

apparently disabling certain articulations (such as mid center) seemed to resolve the issue!

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