Roland TD17 Indepth Tutorial

[@skyelanders]

Tip for editing the stock kits: if you get lost and want to reset one kit without resetting the entire module, you can do that. Other-Copy, then press the middle button for "Preset" and press enter. This will reset that kit to the factory preset, but will not affect any other setting on the module!

[@shabloink]

Thank you! Literally came back to this video in search of this

[@redeyedbuggers]

Dude thank you so much! Will save me so much headache

[@williamperri3437]

Do you like this kit? I played it a few times at the music store but can’t get a very vintage sound.

[@mattbikeyoung]

Needed this, thanks!

[@pentabuzz149]

0:21 Assigning kit sounds 1:13 Factory reset 2:08 Layering sounds 3:52 Pad sounds levels (including different region levels) 4:50 Importing user Samples 5:14 Reformatting SD card for module 6:38 Assigning user samples to kit 7:30 Tuning 8:13 Muffling and open/closed hi-hat level setting 9:12 Ambience 11:33 Multi FX (delay,tape echo, phaser) 12:22 Pad EQ 12:40 Volume 12:47 Naming Kit 12:54 Midi notes 13:14 Copying and Saving kits 14:16 Click settings 14:39 Coaching 14:49 Song setting 15:21 Pad settings 17:04 LCD settings 17:44 Hi-hat settings

[@alfanoza]

Where can I pan the pads?

[@PEP.]

@@alfanoza level button, click the pan setting on f3

[@Cacophony314]

20:22 Not all heros wear capes.

[@uria702]

Thanks so much for this

[@MakubexGB]

Thanks for the video. I too just bought a TD-17 and this is very helpful. One note about the curve in the pad settings, EXP refers to exponential and LOG to logarithmic.

[@bobthesalesclerk]

I noticed at around 16:00 you started talking about curves. When you're changing to Exp or Log those stand for exponential and logarithmic. They are how your envelope curves are set up. Just do a quick search of linear/exponential/logarithmic envelope curves for a rundown. Great vid. Stoked to play with this.

[@crispindeleon1930]

I got the TD17kvx, and I love it! I don't play around with the sounds that much because whatever came straight form the box is almost absolutely everything you will need, in my opinion. Nonetheless, it has so much more to offer! Congrats if you own one.

[@anonymouswriter4581]

This is one of the best kits a man could purchase

[@65Drums]

It's a solid drumset to be sure

[@Flura00]

...or a grandma...🤶

[@ultrakool]

...or bruce gender...

[@danielhayun304]

@@ultrakool bruh

[@ultrakool]

@@danielhayun304 it's a joke, dood. my bass player is trans

[@Lasers459]

I've read all the questions posted so far and the answer is "Yes" to like 90%. I would get tired answering all these questions constantly. Justin is a saint for even answering one.

[@TheDoubin]

That’s a nice video considering I just bought a td17 3 days ago

[@65Drums]

Perfect Timing :)

[@arbogast4950]

Me too. Thursday the 21st

[@TheDoubin]

@@arbogast4950 You like it? I'm just blown away after 3 years with a td-11k

[@thegreatsouply]

Got one a few weeks ago, 65 drums always comes in clutch!!

[@SlavaGroove]

Guys, did anybody have problem with ride cymbal? I bought td17kvx today and I really don't understand why, but work only bow sound

[@gavinyoung7085]

Thanks for the pointers!! I just got the KV but I'm too lazy to read the manual, but after watching this I successfully copied the Acoustic Kit over to the first User Kit and have started adjusting levels and all that fun stuff.

[@peterallan3809]

Great video, very informative, I have had my TD17KVX a week and love it. It has more features than I will ever need, I would not have known about half of units capability if not for this post, thanks so much.🇦🇺

[@michaelturner1792]

Dude I've learnt more about my td 17kvx watching 5 minutes of your video than I have playing them the past month since I've purchased them, thanks

[@aBaltimoreRaven]

What a treat you start this series shortly after I suggested it. Probably just a coincidence considering this kit is really popular right now. But I kid you not I saw this in my feed and I just started repeating "He listened to me! I needed this! Woow! Sub!Sub!" But no I'm pretty sure this is something you've been planning for awhile considering you said series at the beggining. It took me awhile but this is what finally caused me to subscribe. I'll be purchasing this kit really soon and I desperatly search youtube for information regarding this kit. So I just wanted to say thanks because I will definitely watch your entire series! I'm a beginner so I appreciate you doing this. I can't find any other video that goes into this much depth that isn't mostly mashing on the kit lol.

[@stjepanbilic9748]

I bought TD17KVX few days ago and for practicing tips I tweaked the threshold on "0" zero on all pads except the kick pad, it is on "14", and set the sensitivity on "4" four on all pads. I found it more dynamic and real feel for playing in practicing room with headphones. Mostly used first and second kit on the module.

[@odomirok2]

Just put my TD17kv kit together and your video made it faster for me to set up new sounds. I'm Roland savvy but your video makes it easy to navigate the module. Thanks!

[@astronaut2005drummer]

This video helps me a lot because finally I bought the TD-17KV. Thanks a lot Justin.

[@onomatopoeidia]

Remember, you can record audio over Bluetooth directly into the module and export those as WAV files onto Sd Card. Directly Import them into the user sample memory and assign to triggers. No laptop needed! That's live sampling and you can even play along whilst doing it.

[@mattbikeyoung]

Really? Cool. I need to figure that out.

[@Dozereyes]

What?? Please explain in more detail!!!!

[@onomatopoeidia]

Google 4 fun things TD17 and you’ll find the blog and examples I made

[@DaleLyons31]

Great video about the TD-17 module. I love getting into mine and tweaking tones. Looking forward to seeing more!

[@stickwithit]

Just got the TD-17 to practice at home and i gotta say it's pretty dope. Thanks for unlocking these features for us.

[@jamisbillson4872]

I did the factory reset without thinking about the cymbal and pad that I added. Which meant I had to re map the whole preset list to include the added cymbal and pad. Cymbals were sounding like toms. And for volume levels I now use a pad as the hi hat...it’s brilliant as well. Love the kit.

[@lawrencepatrick5760]

I have a TD17 - pretty cool module that sounds great. Never realized there were so many functions to tweak . Great job !

[@abc456f]

You need to update this overview with the version 2 update. It's crazy how detailed you can get.

[@acward2007]

Had my TD-17kv for a few weeks, my first kit ever and I'm trying to get to grips with the standard settings. Seems like a good module for what it can do.

[@DrumsBob]

Picked up a TD17 and am about to start working with it. This video is great! I wish Roland had software with all the settings, seems like a big oversight.

[@mattbikeyoung]

Got mine last week and this is the perfect tutorial. Thank you!

[@reubenk7331]

This module seems pretty cool!

[@DynamteKid316]

The kit on 100 sounds awesome! Love it!🙂

[@jeffwaters2470]

Thanks going to need this. picking up the kvx when I get back from the holidays.

[@Bob-nu3xe]

Had the KVX 17 for a year now easy to get round the module and find what you want when you need it however one annoyance is the lack of adjustment on the top tom tom mount however i've found a solution swop the snare mount which is a ball swivel with the tom tom, the tom tom mount is not up to the job for the snare drum on its own but because the snare is 12" it will fit on a normal snare stand result solid as a rock!

[@petezmaate]

Very nice vid, I've had td17kvx for about 6 months, great kit

[@walkingdude87]

Good vid. Will be helpful to many. I've had mine since June 2018. Still don't mess with most of sounds and effects, but like a guitar board, fun to tweak things if you want. Have not bought any sounds as I am happy to make my own. Thanks as always

[@rhinsac7553]

Dude was that a picture of you on your roof drumming? Is so that's awesome! Thanks for the video. Recently purchased td17 kit after seeing your reviews.

[@65Drums]

Yup that's from my Drumming Everywhere video

[@madprophetus]

For anyone looking: The TD-17 doesn't let you send click to only headphones, so you're going to get that metronome on everything. Not sure why Roland decided to not include that feature, but it's certainly not selling me on a TD-27 (which does support it).

[@bobthesalesclerk]

Also the tempo sync. So if you have a certain BPM set up on the module with a Delay the delay repeats will sync with the BPM. you can set the tempo sync in different subdivisions of your master BPM.

[@jasonproctor2129]

Another amazing video from 65Drums.

[@johndef5075]

Just played one at Columbus Percussion yesterday. I want to up grade my td 10 with that module! Like that big snare too. Good crosstick.

[@rogerswanson5363]

Very good. This vid helps much with the TD-17.

[@KitCatStudio]

Important info J, tnx. A fun and pretty useful short cut - ENTER + CLICK - starts the metronome straight off, no click menu needed! (I actually found it by looking for this feature guessing it should be there) I would be happy to hear more about importing sounds for the td17, besides the ones people tweak out of the Roland sounds, if you have any recommendations that would work for this module! Tnx!

[@brutusmuerto]

Whoa. I never knew what I actually bought. Thank You for this video. Regards, a very happy TD17 owner!

[@Bob-nu3xe]

just got the td17 kvx first as a Buddy Rich fan I am looking for his kit sound I am 67years old and not up on tec however I have within a couple of days mastered the kit tuning to my liking, the cymbals are brilliant, the 12" snare has a ball socket post which is very easy to get the angle you require however the tom toms don't have this so there is no adjustment other than up down and tilt from level or toward the player but that said great kit that will fit in a small area but big on sound and feel

[@MrGilperc]

Somehow, tiny and sports arena shouldn't go together.

[@65Drums]

hahaha!

[@renedrumming5498]

Finally !!!

[@65Drums]

Wow I didn't know anyone was waiting for this haha :)

[@TheRobGuard]

Loool!! Rolands thought of a "sports arena"... Nice vid! 👍

[@jonpnorris]

It’s basically a scaled down TD50

[@djabthrash]

Great video. Had to do FOH sound for a band that used a stock kit without tweaking the kit and it sounded like shit and it was almost ruining my entire band mix. Next time i'll make sure we take the time to tweak the kit to make it it decent for the FOH sound.

[@HoangNguyen-zv3xb]

Thank you. Your tutorial is a life saver :)

[@alfonsoc1122]

Thank you very much. Excellent tutorial.

[@fuchsia5899]

This was a very well made and useful video to have 👍

[@Aeronk1]

Great video found it very useful. One question, There is no separate compressor but there is a compressor section within the multi effects under the Saturation for example. Have you tried applying compressor only by turning the other parameters down? How would this compare with a module that has a dedicated compressor setting?

[@richardburrows8044]

Morning from Sunny LIncolnshire England. Love the videos I brought a TD17KV last week as an result of watching your reviews. I have purchased an additional cymbal for crash 2 but do not seem to be able to get it to work or recognise a pad is present. I have tried the pad settings, I know you will get lots of messages but if you have time any help would be much appreciated. Once again thanks for some inspirational videos, Richard .

[@revelionsword]

I'm really convinced in buying a new td 17 kit

[@joshferry3628]

I own this module. This is a great video. I do use Vexpressions pack with it. Those guys do some great work. I love some of the kits they made and tweaked. And yes some of the stock kits are great too. I also use it with SD3 and it is awesome with that too. Honestly I am shocked how much Roland put into this module for the price. I contemplated the Strike but Alesis refuses to just sell the module and a no warranty ebay module turned me off since so many people have had issues. Basically if you don't want to spend 1000's of dollars on a module get this one. It is very solid and the sounds are very good.

[@mikemadawi]

Thanks for the input...awesome and helpful video!!!!

[@65Drums]

Thanks Mike!

[@GregPentecost]

Just picked the TD-17 up and really enjoying its simplicity and power. Yes, you absolutely can load in your own .WAV file songs. The stock songs are definitely pretty weak. The TD-1 has much better songs (and practice modes).

[@technoalah]

Excellent video

[@israeldayan4690]

So helpful thank you

[@autobotsNdecepticons]

Nice, had no idea you could mess with pad settings like that.

[@looklooklearn5531]

Great tutorial! I’m going to look for one on programming user kits - assigning sounds to specific areas of the kit. Hope you have one available - you’re a great instructor!

[@dheepshemare5833]

Td17 kv bought. THIS vid just saved my bacon

[@Aussie_Badger]

Awesome video Justin 👍 I don’t own a TD17 but I’ve always wanted to know how all the features work, so this was great. I would place the features of this module somewhere in between the TD25 and the TD30/50 (excluding layering), which is kinda strange given Roland place the TD25 above this in the pecking order - I guess due to the overall size of the kit? Did you ever do an in depth tutorial on the TD30?

[@sagar_kakde]

Thanks for this❤

[@joealex2463]

I have the td 17 module and the pdx 12 snare and the rim clicks are too quiet but if I turn the rim volume up it makes rim shots too loud 🤔 I also have the xstick volume on full

[@Gage.Metz4]

Joealex24 when you adjust the volume on the snare, you need to turn h&r OFF and then adjust the volume of JUST the rim shot.

[@siliconechef4970]

Heya Great video. Learned a lot about my TD-17's watching your videos. Thanks Man >;-)

[@AufdemLaufenden777]

Now I now where to spend my Chrismas money on!

[@lepiten09]

Sir you can change the sound of the rim of toms right?? I want to use the Tom rim as cowbell

[@onomatopoeidia]

yes. Switch H&R off then freely assign.

[@JonSkeet]

Thanks for the video. I'd really value your feedback on some software I've been working on - basically it's a configuration editor for the TD-17 (or TD-50) but in Windows rather than on the module itself. It's pretty early days - and this is just an Open Source hobby project - but I'd like to hope it makes life a lot easier if you're doing more than just tweaking a couple of settings. Documentation is at jskeet.github.io/DemoCode/Drums/ - all feedback very welcome.

[@ivanp3029]

This will be really helpful when i get mine this monday. Anything else i should be aware of when setting/assembling the kit? thanks for the video, Justin.

[@nickcds3419]

Man I could really use an in depth video like this on the td50. Can’t seem to find any good ones

[@65Drums]

If I ever get a hold of one for awhile I might need to do a tutorial like that. Thanks for mentioning it

[@nickcds3419]

I would greatly appreciate that. There are no good ones on KZbin and the manuals are just not good enough. ROLAND-send him a td-50!!!! Lol

[@nickcds3419]

Jason Bay man that’s really cool of you! I’ll let you know

[@brosefmcman8264]

Great video thank you very much

[@OldboyTattoo]

Nice video! I also own a td17 kvx and I'm super happy with the purchase since I've been playing for a year and I started with a td1kv. I read a lot of comments on the internet about the machinegun of the bass drum of the td17! but I only feel the machine-gun effect of the bass drum in the TD50? probably my ears are not good ahaha

[@bobloblaw8660]

Wow, so many more features than the ad5. It’s $400 less than my ad5 and I still cannot import samples!

[@NickBauman]

Getting this kit soon thanks for review.

[@65Drums]

Hey then this was good timing :)

[@NickBauman]

@@65Drums very good timing Justin upgrading from my td11 can,t wait.Appreciate all your videos very good info.

[@DMGPlumsta]

It's an amazing kit, enjoy!

[@DJIRORMAN]

really appreciate this in depth video about the functions of the module. I am not sure if I maybe missed it but is there any way to delete a kit without using the factory reset option?

[@RDGub]

9:55 made me sport a raging semi

[@14grimz]

Great Review ! Thanks

[@GregBeazley]

Very helpful, thank you!

[@astronaut2005drummer]

Great video!

[@bigfatpaul1759]

Three years too late here, but @17:02 you mention another video that explains setting up triggers with the td17....what is that video, or where can I find it?

[@andersdo2925]

Just bought mine this week... still having an issue with the hi hat never being loud enough when hitting with a stick. anybody else have that problem early on and how did you fix it?

[@jayc9045]

I just bought this kit and that was the first thing I noticed. Did you ever find a fix?

[@nikitamaltsev4987]

Hi Justin! Cool video! What is the sound of your hi-hat? The original HH sound irritates me a lot! Yours seems to be quite nice.

[@darkslide6459]

Can you made an TD 27 review?

[@acvisanu]

Awesome video Justin. I have the TD17 kvx and the spd30 can you tell me how to connect them together without using mixer. I usually use it with my headphone. I just don’t want to add too many components to the setup. Thanks

[@geirsellevoll1390]

Nice review, thanks!! Have you tried the TD17 module in live situations? Any tips about trigger setting and volume on pads/cymbals? Sellis.

[@zOhmingapAchuau]

We have New One.. Thanks... Intresting

[@drumyogi9281]

Could you make a video on how to eliminate hotspot issues? Thank you!

[@neewollah6875]

Jason Bay dude if you talking bout hot spot issues on snare I hear you bro. Even after module update. Messing with pad settings and sensitivity still. I upgraded my toms to pd100 and 120s and never noticed hotspots on those which is weird cause they are center mounted triggers. I ended selling the pdx12 and just use one of the pd120s as a snare and it worked perfect now til I played a td25 and am now selling the td17 cuz I’m in love with this td25 sounds.

[@bleach758]

yay I got one 2 months ago and still haven’t fully figured it out lol

[@matthewbrooks4168]

How do I just put a tamberine on the rim of my Tom without changing the whole tom😩

[@tallnotdeaf]

Turn off H&R

[@peterallan3809]

I had the same issue, get the sequence incorrect and it won’t work and you can have both the Tom and rim sounding like a tambourine (or whatever sound you are trying to set for the rim). Once you get it right it’s all smiles. There is an instructional video on FB from Miles Gibbons that shows how to do it. Search - Roland TD 17- V Drum Kit [in depth demonstration]

[@goatbut29]

If a disabled drummer wants to double pedal, is there a way to make every kick drum hit sound as hard as possible-so every hit always sounds the same if you have trouble with your legs?

[@damoufle7398]

Thank you Justin, nice in depth review. About the ATV aD-H14, did you found the time to figure if it works smoothly with this module ? I'm on the verge of buying it, but I'm a bit afraid that my ATV cymbals may not work with it ...

[@campbellread1918]

Hey Justin, good stuff thanks, I would love your take on loading up a user sample based Snare using two samples, a loud and a soft, I really struggle to get this right. If I am correct I think the loud and soft samples must be 'normalized' before loading up.

[@vanceegan]

Excellent video thank you so much I am new to the Roland TD 17 module can you tell me how can I get the cross stick click on the rim of the snare drum and I'd also like to get a cowbell on the rim of Tom 2.... Thanks in advance for your reply

[@stephenpetrikowski]

How do you like your td17? I got mine back in october. For the money there's nothing better. Too many people have been hating on the td17 and comparing it with the strike. But it's a solid drum set and can sound great if you know how to tweak a roland module. Especially making use of the layering feature.

[@arbogast4950]

I'm staying away from Alesis. You have to modify stuff just to prevent it from breaking. I've had my td17 for a few days now and I like it more every day.

[@user29a]

People always talk like its such a crazily onerous task to make a drumkit. There's few enough parameters on the module, how many "hours and hours" could it really take to actually become familiar with your instrument and make some kits ?

[@jakobusdenks]

thx dude

[@JB-pg6ju]

U just explained in 18 minutes what would've taken me 3 months to figure out...now how much u charge to swing by my theater and set up my show kit...lol

[@santana261]

Hi, great vídeo, can I configure stereo changes on symbals?

[@alejocristancho]

waiting for my TD17 .... hurry up fedex guy

[@Opportune8]

Great video, thanks! Is there a way to stop the mix in or Bluetooth audio from coming out in the main outputs? I’d like to be able to play along with a track and hear the drums and track in my headphones but only have the drums output

[@ianwinter100]

Hi Justin, thanks for your videos. I have a TD17KVX and I wondered whether you could tell if the TD17 module can send out a midi clock please? Thanks :)

[@Lordenzus]

Thank you, dude!!!!!

[@romeocorpuzjr.9311]

Very informative. Can somebody tell me if this module is compatible with 2box triggers and lemon cymbals. I might buy the module. Thanks?

[@MisterToadwart]

Hey guys, I recently bought the TD-17KVX but I'm having problems connecting the TD-17 module correctly to my computer. When I first plugged it in, the TD-17 driver for Windows 7 64-bit was automatically installed but the module just won't appear as a storage device anywhere on my PC (as seen in this video at around 5:43). I'm using a formated 32GB SD card in the module, on which I already saved some recordings, and the USB driver mode is set to "VENDOR" as it says in the owner's manual. If anyone could help me getting the data exchange via USB working, I would be really grateful.

[@Lasers459]

I believe the module wont appear as a storage device. You have to connect it to a vst to play. And you have to have a flash card reader to transfer files to the module. But you probably already figured this out.