Getting 4 Trigger Signals Out Of The Roland TM2 - YES YOU CAN!

[@marcosabbatini4426]

Way more useful and simple than Roland's tutorials. Thanks a lot!

[@NicholasWalker]

You're very welcome!

[@TacoCrisma]

Awesome video, much better than Roland’s official one

[@NicholasWalker]

Glad you think so!

[@DaveonDrums]

this is exactly what I was looking for! Thank you!

[@NicholasWalker]

Glad I could help!

[@matthewcurtis4083]

Just bought one. Exactly my issue. Have cables. Needed instruction.

[@Ruben_Patricio]

For using the rt30hr dual zone trigger do I have to use a stereo cable too? Thanks

[@thangkhungdauduong]

So if you use the split cable for the Snare trigger, using the RT30-HR, you can only trigger the head and not the rim right? Because the RT30-HR is a dual trigger but you plug in the cable with 1 back ring at the head (the mono split cable)?

[@NicholasWalker]

Yes , only head and not the rim! Your thinking is correct! :)

[@homergump3]

Nice! So in theory, I can do what you just did and plug both of my Foot Blaster kick triggers into 1 input and save the other input for a snare or a pad trigger? With the correct cable of course. Thanks!

[@NicholasWalker]

Yes my good sir! Pretty cool eh?

[@homergump3]

@@NicholasWalker Hell yeah! I can't wait! I've been dying to throw in some explosions or 808s with the Yamaha pad I have. Awesome!

[@homergump3]

@@NicholasWalker Also, I have that snare. It's really nice!

[@NicholasWalker]

@@homergump3 It is! sounds great in that huge room too!

[@taispring7918]

Thank you!

[@canalha352]

I have two bass drums and 3 toms... how do I make a channel take the two bass drums and use the other 3 for the toms?

[@NicholasWalker]

are the two bass drums separate ? I think you could only do what you are describing if there was a double pedal and not two bass drums! does that make sense?

[@marcofuentes9282]

Since you used two trigger(snare trigger , kick trigger) for one input to the Tm-2. Can you send out those two trigger separately coming out from the Tm-2 to front of house mixer? Or they will be on the same line to front of house ?

[@NicholasWalker]

they will be the same line my friend!

[@_trueloveneverdies]

@@NicholasWalker so for it to work, you need to have your samples' gain adjusted from the computer before loading into the sd card?

[@NicholasWalker]

@@_trueloveneverdies YES! and that part is annoying, but OK once you get them set

[@nightly522]

Major save for me...many thanks!

[@NicholasWalker]

Welcome!

[@FMTRIP]

Thank U. So useful!

[@NicholasWalker]

Glad I could help!

[@courtneyblankenship4061]

Hey, I’m trying to do this with 2 RT-30H triggers, I’m having trouble. Do they need to be HR dual triggers?

[@NicholasWalker]

Hi Courtney! I've only ever used the HR dual triggers so...I don't really know! sorry I can't be of more help! But ya the triggers that I used are all RT-30HR

[@Nachi_Keta]

could you make it work with the RT-30H Triggers by now?

[@_trueloveneverdies]

@@Nachi_Keta it should be the same, since on the video he's using the dual trigger as a single trigger. Dual would mean he would use two cables on the snare trigger, and one on the kick trigger

[@nikolaus.v]

Hi, did anyone try this with for ex. on triggers (that is two triggers mounted under the plate on each pedal) for double bass drumming? I want to have the two pedals/double bass on the one jack and the snare (head/rim) one the other. Does this work?

[@bigneutron5510]

Thanks alot. The TM2 manual is a rotten mass!!

[@NicholasWalker]

Sure is!

[@monkeyrilla]

A rotten mass? So should one get another module altogether to have a better experience?

[@simcajon9445]

hi, I have recently got the TM 2 and I wanted to know if to use the effects (distortion, compressor, flanger, etc.) it is necessary to select a sound from the control unit or the real sound of the drum can be used

[@NicholasWalker]

Hi Simone, You must select a sound from the unit to apply the effects. Hope that helps!

[@jacobigunter]

Can u use the splitter for the roland of-8 drum pad using head and rim

[@NicholasWalker]

I think soo..but I'm not %100 sure

[@giorgosspiropoulos1925]

Thanks

[@NicholasWalker]

Welcome

[@Nachi_Keta]

with own samples, could i then trigger four toms with it to get a fatter tom sound overall?

[@NicholasWalker]

Yes!

[@Nachi_Keta]

@@NicholasWalker Is it also possible to assign two different samples to each of the splitted triggers seperately, or will those two triggers then play only the same sample?

[@loveaboveall2382]

Can the left and right output each go a separate channel on the mixer?

[@NicholasWalker]

I do not think so! :(

[@loveaboveall2382]

@@NicholasWalker Oh ok so the left and the right out have to go in the same channel? So that means I would need and other y cable from the module to the one channel in the mixer right?

[@NicholasWalker]

@@loveaboveall2382 I think so..but wouldn't you need to channel in the mixer?

[@azurhandanovic8813]

Can we mix 4 triggers in 4 diferent mix chanels?

[@NicholasWalker]

No, I wish though!

[@giannispan8129]

Hello! I have the Roland td 17 kvx and I have already made an extension to a third crash (crash 3) covering the AUX socket on the td17. i want to make another extension to a second floor tom (Tom 4) and that's why I got the roland tm 2 which has two triggers slots. can you tell me if the tm 2 can be connected to the td17 with a midi out cable or mix in cable so that I can save sounds from the td 17 to the tm 2? also sounds with the sd card can I add from td 17 to tm 2? is there another way I can save sounds via sd card from TD17 to tm 2? Thanks!

[@NicholasWalker]

hi! I don't think so. I would just record the sounds you want from your TD17 and put them on the SD card in the TM2. Does that make sense? Thanks!

[@giannispan8129]

@@NicholasWalker I do not think this is happening.

[@NicholasWalker]

@@giannispan8129 sorry to hear that!

[@giannispan8129]

@@NicholasWalker Do you know if I can put toms sounds, cymbals on the SD card and save them in tm2?

[@NicholasWalker]

@@giannispan8129 I know you can save them to the SD card and leave it in the TM2. I don't know if you can actually save it inside the TM2

[@drastic209562]

Chokable?

[@itz_vortex7341]

choking depends on what cymbal you use.

[@ivanalfonsocorderogutierre7498]

Thanks