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Blues and Drums
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The kit
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The Roland TD8 Module.
I will on this page tell you about the kit in detail, what i found in use, its pros and cons,
please feel free to ask anything you want about this kit as I have a very indepth understanding of how it works and how to
play it, I will gladly help if I can.
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Out of the box the drum module has some very good settings and is playable from the off, The only thing I found I had to
do on stage was change the settings for crosstalk, as I found that the cymbals would trigger with vibration, once done and
with a bit of further tuning, it was impressive!
People always tell me how real the kit sounds, and I love swapping kits, to match to the music played at the time!
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I have set up several drum kits in the user settings of the brain, using custom snares, tuned higher than standard, with
differant shell types, wood, brass, metal etc. I have also done the upgrade from the Roland site, as it has added more choice
to the possible range of settings.
I will really tell you that if you buy this kit, you must buy the roland cases for it also, they cost £300 but without
them I am sure by now my kit would be wrecked!
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The Kit for me has been a revelation, I remember having a play on the first electronic kits and it was really like playing
a wooden table, no feel at all, the Roland td8 has mesh heads, and you can drum roll on them fantastic, not only that but
you can tune them for tension like a real kit but to tune them for note you have to do this in brain settings, it is easy
and quick.
Another great thing that makes this kit lifelike is the cymbals, they are wait for it....... fully chokable! Yes you
can strike and stop just like the real thing, and you can put another sound on the edge the bow and the bell!
My only gripe is the fact that the thing tends to move, during playing as you get excited and use the bass pedal for
hard accents, the bass trigger will crawl, this is fixable with a decent drim matt, I use the protection racket one and it
works well.
sticks- only use nylon heads and keep them light, you dont need to pound it, just turn up the volume! If you use the
brush kits you can olay real brush style but make sure you use the nylon or plastic type- Not metal as you will kill the heads.
The heads last well, and I have only changes the snare and basss heads once in three years, the toms are fine still and
when the heads are on the way out you will find that the trigger with less accuracy so rolls become hit and miss.
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