hello from switzerland

[BrissMathur]

Hi Everyone,

this is actually my very first forum membership on the internet. & for something i love... drumming

i have been playing since i was 10 yers old but have not restarted a year back after a 14 year break!!! I am loving it.. I joined a band these guys have been extremely patient with me over the last year & now i am back into my element

i own 3 e & 3 a kits :O .. a bit overboard i guess but what the heck.. if guitarists can do it.. we drummers can surely do it

i have been in love with e kits since nearly 20 years,, my first was the yamaha DTX2... the second version of the yamaha e kit. but quite frankly i only figured out the details of what all you can do with e kits only starting last year.. its like it suddenly dawned upon me :O i was primarily using the e kits so that my neighbors dont complain. nothig more. i bought 2 new e kits jut to get better sound so now here I am with 3 e kits... 2 of these (td 30 as main module & td 10) i have combined to make the following set

4 octabans (still havent found the sound for them)
3 toms
2 floors
1 kick (with dbl bass pedal)
1 snare

1 HH on the left
1 HH on the right
ride
3 x crash
2 china
1 ride
2 splash
this is basically a mirror of my acoustic kit


i have connected the above kit via 2 modules to SD2 (wow what am amazing piece of VST..my guitarist introduced me to it)) via MOTU to my mac book pro.

i also play percussions (I love fusion also as i am half indian & half italian) & also own a HPD 10 & HPD 15 which i have rigged up with my Yamaha DTX.

i also own 3 acoustic kits which i love equally & am happy that we drummers now have so much choice. i love drumming & i if i had more money & space i would add a DDrum hybrid kit to my collection & definately a Korg wavedrum. (& then i my dream would be complete) ha ha ha!!!

anyhow I am facing a challenge in connecting my 2 Rolands (TD 30 & TD 10) to SD2. basically the triggering from the secondary module (TD10) which has my 2nd hih hat, chinas & 3rd crash is not not what i want... it gets confused (or i am) and repeats the cymbals. i guess its a channel assigment problem as SD2 thinks i am again using the other cymbal due to channel assigment.

2nd problem.. i am not able to get enough drums out of the SD2 UI to add 4 more toms (octabans.. & the sound is not avialble anywhere on the internet)

any idea how to resolve this as we want to start recording!! where should i post this question? did want to post it at the wrong thread.

cheers

& lots of fun with drumming!!!

\m/
BM

[John.b]

Welcome Briss. Nice of you to join in. Dont worry about posting in the wrong place. A lot of them overlap and somebody will always put you right.

Being half Indian, do you have all those rhythms in your head ?? They are great.

[BrissMathur]

Hey John.b .. Yes rhythms are in the head for sure. Need any to record them now :O

[Kenster]

Welcome!!!! Post some pics and have fun here. As for more inputs there are a couple of options..an external box with more inputs (Roland made one called TMC-6, but I haven't seen members raving about using it for about 3 years now) or drumsplitter cables to split the inputs you're using that only require single triggering.

K ;-)

[jimorlando]

Welcome to the forum. That's a boat load of drums. Love to see some pictures. II was lucky enough to spend some time in Baden in the late 90's.