After using both, I thought I should share some of the non-obvious differences.
Some differences I felt important in no particular order:
1. The headphone output is much hotter in the TD-10.
2. The Aux 1 and 2 inputs on the TD-10 are not V-Editable, you can only change the pitch and decay even if you select a V-Sound. The TD-8 does not have this restriction.
3. With the TDW-1, all inputs on the TD-10 have position sensing.
4. The TD-10 seems to change tone as the dynamics change much more smoothly. Playing the snare gradually louder on the TD-8 tends to produce sudden changes in timbre, as if they used less samples to represent changes in dynamics. This is only my perception and I have no technical data to back it up. Please don’t flame me and tell me I’m full of crap unless you know an engineer at Roland who knows otherwise.
5. I had a hard time getting the TD-8 to recognize the rims on my PD-9’s. Even with the scan time turned all the way up, the rims did not trigger accurately. Maybe someone knows some settings that would help this.
6. The snare shell material can be changed on the TD-10 and not on the TD-8.
7. The TD-10 snare depth can be changed from 1-20”, the TD-8 has Normal, and Deep1-4.
8. For what it’s worth, my 9-year-old son thinks the TD-8 is “way better”.
Some differences I felt important in no particular order:
1. The headphone output is much hotter in the TD-10.
2. The Aux 1 and 2 inputs on the TD-10 are not V-Editable, you can only change the pitch and decay even if you select a V-Sound. The TD-8 does not have this restriction.
3. With the TDW-1, all inputs on the TD-10 have position sensing.
4. The TD-10 seems to change tone as the dynamics change much more smoothly. Playing the snare gradually louder on the TD-8 tends to produce sudden changes in timbre, as if they used less samples to represent changes in dynamics. This is only my perception and I have no technical data to back it up. Please don’t flame me and tell me I’m full of crap unless you know an engineer at Roland who knows otherwise.
5. I had a hard time getting the TD-8 to recognize the rims on my PD-9’s. Even with the scan time turned all the way up, the rims did not trigger accurately. Maybe someone knows some settings that would help this.
6. The snare shell material can be changed on the TD-10 and not on the TD-8.
7. The TD-10 snare depth can be changed from 1-20”, the TD-8 has Normal, and Deep1-4.
8. For what it’s worth, my 9-year-old son thinks the TD-8 is “way better”.
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