Just received V-Session

[Enjoy the Music.com]

Hi Everyone,

First a bit of background. Began learning drums and percussion back it 1974 when i was about 10 and played for many years. Home-grown bands, marching bands, H.S. Jazz band, music theory, recording studio, touring... Sadly, been away from the drums for over 15 years now. i owned Synare/Syndrum, Simmons, Tama acoustic (think of a set/mix echoing Neil Peart and Bill Bruford in the mid 80's).

Well, decided to get back into it and got the Roland V-Session after much research and thought. All i can say is WOW! Now don't get me wrong, wish it sampled and a few other tricks the old Simmons ?SDX? did. Still, the cymbals sound impressive (all things considered) and the "feel" and playability/flexibility is outstanding. Sure, a few minor quibbles, yet all in all a very impressive set IMHO.

Received the set at 12pm, had it all setup and basically tweaked by 3pm and have been playing for many hours. Hmmm... better spend some time off the set and back on the basic rudiments and study my Jack DeJohnette/Charlie Perry "The Art of Modern Jazz" book (first edition no less bought new way back when).

Thanks for your time and reading my rantings. Just wanted to also thank everyone (BIG PROPS) as i have been silent lurking for a while getting tips and tricks. Keeps me from asking the same thing 100's of other did.

Have a great night and as always...

Enjoy the music (Rush "Hemispheres" right now),

Steven R. Rochlin http://www.EnjoyTheMusic.com

"...We can walk our road together
If our goals are all the same
We can run alone and free
If we pursue a different aim

Let the truth of love be lighted
Let the love of truth shine clear
Sensibility
Armed with sense and liberty
With the heart and mind united
In a single perfect sphere"


[This message has been edited by Enjoy the Music.com (edited April 21, 2001).]

[rudi-mint]

Congrads, and welcome!!!


Kurt

[Enjoy the Music.com]

Chris,

>>>If you're anything like me, you came for the V-Drum information, but you'll stay for the food.<<<

LOL! i came for the exotic coffee and stayed for the cigars :-) . Actually i seem to have most things going and tweaked EXCEPT stupid me does not have a memory card. This leads to... Worse still, i did not save the original factory presets before doing the upgrade when the TDW-1 ask to upgrade. Guess i'll have to get the memory card and beg someone here to copy the factory present to it.

Well... we live, we learn. i'll order the memory card tomorrow :-)

Enjoy the music,

Steven R. Rochlin http://www.EnjoyTheMusic.com

[Boingo]

Originally posted by Enjoy the Music.com:
Worse still, i did not save the original factory presets before doing the upgrade when the TDW-1 ask to upgrade. Guess i'll have to get the memory card and beg someone here to copy the factory present to it.

I'd go ahead and order the mem card but you don't need to do it for the presets. They are still there. Read up on the copy feature in the TDW-1 manual.

[Enjoy the Music.com]

Boingo,

>>>>I'd go ahead and order the mem card but you don't need to do it for the presets. They are still there. Read up on the copy feature in the TDW-1 manual.<<<

That section seemed a bit confusing and lacked details for me (page 7 in the TDW-1 manual).

What is not clear is that will this also affect my setup changes? As you well know various adjustment MUST be made for the bass drum and ride cymbal OR does it just load the sets only?

Of course i am curious if there are truly two BANKS of fifty or is there a menu that allows me to chose between the TD-10 fifty sets or the TDW-1 fifty? i started to make the change as on page 7 in the TDW-1 manual though backed out UNTIL i get a memory card so i have all the changes i have made so far properly backed up.

Have already read ALL owners manuals twice BTW.

Thanks for your time. ALL help is ALWAYS appreciated.

Enjoy the music (Fleetwood Mac "Dreams" right now),

Steven R. Rochlin http://www.EnjoyTheMusic.com

"...Thunder only happens when it's raining
Players only love you when they're playing
Say...Women...they will come and they will go
When the rain washes you clean... you'll know"

[cliff]

Did you have to install the TDW-1 or just activate it? I guess I assumed it was ready to go with the V Session.

[Enjoy the Music.com]

Cliff,

>>>Did you have to install the TDW-1 or just activate it? I guess I assumed it was ready to go with the V Session.<<<

The V-Session comes with the TDW-1 board, though it needs to be user installed into the TD-10. Naturally i installed it while setting the drumset up for the first time. Then when i FIRST turned the unit on, it asks if i want to flash update it. As the old stock ROM seemed to be dated two years ago and the new TDW-1 rom wanted to flash the new data created only a few months or so ago, as a computer geek you NATURALLY want to have the newest "drivers" so i told it to go ahead and flash the stock rom BEFORE i carefully read the owners manual that asks to save the data BEFORE flashing it (as i hastily did).

Que sera, sera (whatever will be, will be)

Enjoy the music (King Crimson "Easy Money" on the EXCELLENT newly remastered from Holland CD right now),

Steven R. Rochlin http://www.EnjoyTheMusic.com

"Your admirers on the street
Gotta hoot and stamp their feet
In the heat from your physique
As you twinkle by in moccasin sneakers

And I thought my heart would break
When you doubled up at the stake
With your fingers all a-shake
You could never tell a winner from a snake
but you always make money

Easy money..."

[Boingo]

Originally posted by Enjoy the Music.com:
Boingo,
>>>I'd go ahead and order the mem card but you don't need to do it for the presets. They are still there. Read up on the copy feature in the TDW-1 manual.<<<

That section seemed a bit confusing and lacked details for me (page 7 in the TDW-1 manual).

Since everything is new, you probably haven't customized any kits. If you have, the memory card or sysex software is needed to save them - otherwise, they're toast once overwriten.

Pick a couple kits you want to overwrite. Go to TOOLS, COPY. On the top of the display you will see "kit to copy from" and on the bottom, "kit to copy to". Dial to the left until you see kits labeled TD-10... Select the (preset) TD-10 kit you want to hear. On the bottom, select the User Kit you want to overwrite (User Kit = one of the 50 kits you can currently access). Press COPY, EXEC and you're done. If you had a mem card, you could save your customized kits to the card or exchange from the card and brain.

You can restore the TDW-1 preset kit in the same manner or you can re-initialize all the TDW-1 kits by using SETUP, UTIL, INIT. This option initializes ALL settings to the factory defaults for the TDW-1 so be careful.

Like I said, buy a card anyway. There are other card options I haven't covered.

Hope this helps.

[mcconaghy]

Originally posted by Enjoy the Music.com:

Enjoy the music (Fleetwood Mac "Dreams" right now),

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Mmmmmmmmmmm, Stevie Nicks.... makes me feel all warm and gooey inside.............. what?

Stu

[Enjoy the Music.com]

Boingo,

Thanks, now it makes more sense. Just DO NOT want to fully reinitilize the set as i set the pressure sensitivities and other "necessary" changes so the set works for me well (and the hardware is configured for the new cymbals, etc).

In any event i bought a card today and it should be here next week. This way the changes that have been made to varioius sets is saves just in case. Also look forward to trying VKitTrans and the kits available here :-)

Enjoy the music ("Carry on Wayward Son" by Kansas right now),

Steven R. Rochlin http://www.EnjoyTheMusic.com

"Carry on my wayward son
There'll be peace when you are done
Lay your weary head to rest
Don't you cry no more..."