Good conga sound recommendations?

[cproctor Registered Member Find all posts View Profile Close cproctor]

Hi all!

Well, I don't have the time to switch from my congas (real congas) to my kit in a song we're doing, so I'm trying to figure out if I could just play them on my kit, thus eliminating the need for me killing myself trying to get to my kit in time! ha ha. Has anyone played with the congas on the expanded TD10? The "generic" conga sounds are pretty poor and unfortunately, I don't know how to tweak the settings to get a more natural sound. I would appreciate any suggestions! BTW, I have the VPro kit with the expansion board, no memory card.

Thanks all!!!

Chris

[CaptKidd Registered Member Find all posts View Profile Close CaptKidd]

Well this isn't exactly the suggestion you are probably looking for but how about getting a Handsonic. There are a couple things that you could do, one is mount it close enough to be able to switch between playing the V-Pros and the Handsonic (which I know that you said you don't have time as it is with real congas and the kit) but it might be easier with the Handsonic. Or the other thing would be to trigger the Handsonic from the TD-10 through Midi. And in that case you could also do that using a Sampler. Now obviously the biggest draw back to these suggestions is the $ but it would open up more possibilities. I'm sure there are many other alternatives ahd the other users probably have better suggestions.

[hmasing Registered Member Find all posts View Profile Close hmasing]

Originally posted by cproctor:
Hi all!

Well, I don't have the time to switch from my congas (real congas) to my kit in a song we're doing, so I'm trying to figure out if I could just play them on my kit, thus eliminating the need for me killing myself trying to get to my kit in time!

Why not re-arrange your kit so that your congas are in a more amenable position?

I did...
http://y42.photos.yahoo.com/bc/hmasi...?.dir=/V-Drums

- Hans