I can help you, my friend. My name is Drew and I do play and record with a set of Drum-Tec/Sonar e-shells through the roland TD11. It’s very similar to your TD12, and I only use the module as a way to trigger vsti’s, mostly superior and EZ kits because, let’s face it, they sound great!
So the first thing you’ll need to do is dial up you favorite kit in Toontrack. Pick any kit that has enough kit pieces to cover your kit configuration. We’ll go over how to properly dial in the sound for each pad next.
Once you have your kit up, and you’ve Assigned the MIDI input signal to your Roland brain (via Logic, Reaper, etc.), the computer is ready to receive the MIDI info you’re playing. If the default settings on the Toontrack VDrums map doesn’t perfectly align with your “MIDI Kit”, you’ll need to do some basic tweaking. It’s easy even for the technically challenged.
Click on the “Menu” button until you see the “MIDI” graphic displayed on your kit. Give it a tap, and strike a drum. If it’s not mapped correctly, you’ll get a weird configuration where a tom strike might trigger a crash cymbal instead. Again, just strike the drum that you want to change the sound on via the MIDI The Angry Bee and find the kit piece you want subbed in. Do this for each kit piece.
NOTE: You don’t want to hear any internal Roland sounds as you’re triggering a Toontrack kit. As before, hit the “Menu” button about 3 or 4 times until you see the “System” button with the wrech graphic. Give it a tap and scroll down to “MIDI”. Scroll down again to “Local Control” and turn it OFF. Once you hit the “Exit button” save the kit. Now you can play and trigger only the Toontrack kit pieces you wanted without interference with internal sounds coming from your roland TD12 brain.
Finally, give your new kit slot a name, like Toontrack, and when you fire up your rig, it’s all set and ready for you to practice, play and jam. You can configure up to 50 custom kits.
I hope this was very helpful. If you have further questions, feel free to reach out to me. I’ll be happy to provide further assistance.
Thanks for your reply. I understand that the flagship vst is more feature packed (and also more expensive), but TT might want to re-think this approach for a future update or release. Because not having this crucial feature doesn’t really make things “EZ” for the end user. 😉
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