[Michael Swanson]

Same for me. I’m running Superior Drummer 3.2.6 on macOS Moterey on the new Apple Silicon M1 MacBook Pro, and it runs great.

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[Michael Swanson]

It seems that this thread has gone sideways, but I did want to add a couple of short thoughts:

• The Roland module (stick-down to first audio sample) itself is around 3.5-4.5ms. I haven’t measured the recent modules, but the deformation of the piezo along with the scan time to detect the threshold is already a reasonable portion of that timing. More here…and be sure to read more than the first post, as a lot was learned along the way.
• Sound travels at 1,100 feet/second, which means that it travels 1.1 foot in one millisecond. So even for acoustic drums, the more distant drums might be 1-2ms behind the strike.
• That means that sending audio at about the speed of light (electrical signal) to be reproduced in your headphones could conceivably beat normal acoustic drums (or at least match).
• The numbers that are reported in the software interfaces are estimates based on buffer sizes, routes, etc., and they don’t include the actual hardware detection/triggering. It’s very likely that a great USB MIDI setup is still on the order of 4.5ms+, though I imagine it could vary quite a bit.

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[Michael Swanson]

I don’t think anyone isn’t giving them a chance…we’re just curious 1) if they think/know that the current version will already recognize the very TD-50-like module, and 2) if they have any ballpark estimates about when they might. Valid answers certainly include 1) we don’t know yet, and 2) we don’t know yet. Often, companies like Toontrack may have already been in-the-loop about an upcoming release like this, but we don’t know unless we ask.

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[Michael Swanson]

Sounds like you and I are in the same situation. I’ve had my TD-15K since 2012, and I ordered the TD-50KV2 just this morning. I play almost exclusively with SD3, and while I don’t expect native support for the TD-50KV2’s VH-14D digital hi-hat on day one, I would be interested in hearing about any plans.

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