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Megadrum and roland pads

PostPosted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 8:12 am
by maddrummer
Hi, everyone,
i have roland td 6 kv and i would like to know if anybody tested Megadrum with roland kd-85, pd-8, cy-6, kd-8 and hi-hat pedal fd-8, and how it works. I need this information because i need more inputs and l'd like to use my rolands pads.

Thanks
Maddrummer

Re: Megadrum and roland pads

PostPosted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 9:56 am
by dmitri
I don't have any of them but I don't see why there would be any problems with them. I remember fd-8 has been reported to work fine.

Re: Megadrum and roland pads

PostPosted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 10:35 am
by maddrummer
Thank you Dmitri
for your replay. I'm posting to images by Michael Beatnik for roland and alesis piezo wiring. I don't now if opposite polarity of roland head piezo is a problem.

Thanks
Maddrummer

Re: Megadrum and roland pads

PostPosted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 11:04 am
by dmitri
Either wiring should work fine.

Re: Megadrum and roland pads

PostPosted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 11:17 am
by maddrummer
Thanks Dmitri,
i'd like to make you compliments for your great job. i'm gonna buy the new 56 inputs synthex kit.

Thanks
Maddrummer

Re: Megadrum and roland pads

PostPosted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 3:39 pm
by kurtus420
I own a KD-8 and was having some triggering issues using double pedals, the issue was that the kick trigger was reverse polarity wired I believe causing it to output a very cold signal which was causing me to get all kinds of inconsistant velocities at lower levels. It was ok when I used a single pedal since the beater was hitting directly over the piezo. My solution, I made a little adapter that plug into the KD-8 that consists of a male and female 1/4" cord end jacks and reversed the wiring of the cable that way. Works soo much better now, very consistant triggering velocity using doubles, outputs a way hotter signal now. Don't think you'll have this issue with the KD-85 though since it is a mesh kick and probably alot more sensitive. Hope this is informative, Kurt.
PS, my CY-8,CY-5 & FD-8 work just fine as well.

Re: Megadrum and roland pads

PostPosted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 7:52 am
by maddrummer
Thank you very much Kurtus,
when i've the synthex 56 inputs kit i'm gonna post some information about how it works.

Thanks for everyone who share opinions and information. Realy amazing forum.

Maddrummer

Re: Megadrum and roland pads

PostPosted: Sat Aug 01, 2009 6:31 pm
by kurtus420
No problem mad man. ;) Let us know how your configuration goes or better yet, try filling out one of these forms when your build is complete, http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key= ... aWTgIQQA9g which comes from this forum http://www.megadrum.info/forums/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=761. Good luck on your build and keep us posted. Take care, Kurt.
maddrummer wrote:Thank you very much Kurtus,
when i've the synthex 56 inputs kit i'm gonna post some information about how it works.

Thanks for everyone who share opinions and information. Realy amazing forum.

Maddrummer