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I'd doubt it was the MIDI latency that was the problem. I'm using a USB-MIDI cable and in my experience it's the audio output that causes the delay. If you don't have a good enough sound card, the latency can either be so high that it makes it unplayable (due to the delay between you hitting your trigger and hearing the sound), or so low that the software audio breaks up due to lack of processing power.I had this problem with a low-powered netbook I'm using in my kit. The on-board sound card wasn't up to much, so I bought a cheap USB sound dongle thing which allows me to drop the latency to levels so low that it's imperceptible.
I'm really happy using it to play software drum samples now!. Within reason, yeah. I mean, performance plays a big part (CPU, RAM etc) but if you built a PC for gaming then it's likely going to be able to handle something like Addictive Drums.Try one of these:This is the one I bought but it's not the best quality. It certainly works though.
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If you have more cash you could try a dedicated audio interface from M-Audio or Focusrite or Apogee or similar.The other thing to note is that the driver that plays the sound also matters. One of the best ones for low-latency is called ASIO and you'll need to make sure your Addictive Drums or whatever sampler you're using is outputting via this kind of low-latency driver.Sorry if it's a bit confusing but try reading up on it via Google, or maybe there's some tutorial type info at the vdrums.com forums. You may have misunderstood me. What I'm saying is that the only data transmitted from the V-Drums to the software is MIDI, and of that, it's note value, velocity, and note start and stop. Anything additional added to the sound is done by the software.Superior Drummer, for instance, does a bang-up job of randomizing samples, so that even the same note at the same velocity repeated sounds less machinelike.However, no data about the placement of the stroke on the head are transmitted. No data about the size and hardness of the stick tip are transmitted. No data about head manipulations that occur after the initial hit are transmitted.
These data aren't necessarily quantized by the V-Drum head, but some of them are interpreted by the V-Drum brain.Software cannot interpret data it doesn't have. It can only attempt to fake it. I don't think you are correct about positional data.
My TD-20 sends that data to SD2.0 just fine. Likewise, SD2.0 can tell if I've hit the bell of the ride with the shank or the tip. I'm not sure if that's midi, or software interpretation of position and velocity, however it does a fine job of interpreting it.My impression is that SD2.0 does a much better job of interpreting whatever midi data it does receive, and provides a much greater range of samples for the information that it does receive, providing a much more nuanced experience than the standard module. I'm not sure about the TD-30 range, but from what I've heard on Youtube, it still suffers from machine-gunning. If have to disagree - I think they sound fantastic. But it will depend on how recently you've Factory Reset your module (or the extent of playing about you've done with your settings) and also what you're listen in through (it was always good PA for me).
And of course, what you're looking for.Have a trawl through v-drums.com - I haven't been there for a while, but when I used to go there, there were a few members who shared their kits - I can't remember the usernames (svook may have been one), but if I do, I'll let you know. I hear where you're coming from - not being able to justify buying them all for a few. See if you can find a couple of fellow TD-8 owners to chip in (I used to have the libraries somewhere - if I could find them, I'd mail them to you - no question!)The reason I mentioned the factory reset - over time, it's easy to set settings and forget what you've done - you then load up patches and find that they're not great. Sometimes this can be down to global settings you've already made (which weren't in place when the patches were built).Headphones v PA - again, kits sound very different. You can set a kit up to sound great through headphones - and it can sound average trough PA - the reverse is true. One key component is the bass - reproduced very differently through headphones, and a PA (where you can physically feel it).Have fun!.