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I don't own a Montage yet, but plan on getting one soon. A pre-purchase question: I have a Roland TMC-6 trigger-to-MIDI converter that I use to input a dual-trigger Roland V-Drum PDX-6 mesh-pad into my Roland Fantom G. I think the Yamaha drum sounds are great and would like to trigger them in my Montage in the same way. Here are the settings I used for my Fantom G that I copied from an old Roland forum post I wrote:
Plugged in my PDX-6 V-drum mesh pad into the the TMC-6's "snare" input '2', then plugged its MIDI-OUT to the MIDI-IN on the Fantom G. Success!
The PDX-6 pad triggers the internal G drum kits just fine at these settings:
Roland TMC-6 settings:
MIDI CHANNEL = 1 [DEFAULT]
MIDI NOTE = 40 (E2)
But, on the Fantom side, until I set the ARX-01 EXP1 Rx MIDI channel to '10' (as Leh mentioned above), I couldn't trigger any ARX-01 sounds . . .
Fantom G settings: EXP1 Rx MIDI = 10
Now I can trigger ARX-01 drum kits on my Fantom G from a V-drum pad!
The only problem was, I was never able to get any of my ARX-percussion voices to recognize the mesh-pad's dual-triggers. Has anyone here used a trigger-to-MIDI converter with their Montage?
Posted : 01/03/2018 2:44 am
TMC 06 owner's manual shows snare head as 38 and rim as 40. You can keep the MIDI channel as 1. Load a drum kit of your choice into PART 1. Make sure 38 and 40 have sounds that match what you want. Or you can change the settings on the TMC to match Montage.
http://www.synthmanuals.com/manuals/roland/tmc-6/owners_manual/tmc-6_om.pdf
Current Yamaha Synthesizers: Montage Classic 7, Motif XF6, S90XS, MO6, EX5R
Posted : 01/03/2018 4:45 am
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You are too kind, sir! Instead of referring me to "RTFM," you researched, posted an answer, and supplied a link to the manual! Much appreciated, since the ways of MIDI often confuses the heck out of me! Thank you!
Posted : 01/03/2018 5:56 pm
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I found and easier way to use my Roland V-Dtum mesh pads to trigger sonftsytnh drum samples (e.g., Logic's Drum Designer, Superior Drummer, etc.). I just bought a used TD-1K Roland V-Dtum module for $80. Roland never sold this separately (as far as I know), so I was lucky to find one on the used market. The key thing about the TD-1K module is that is sports USB port. Reportedly class-complaint, it works with Logic without a driver. "Producer" class kits in Logic's Drum Designer allow you to tailor each V-Drum trigger.
Posted : 15/04/2018 12:13 am
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Hopefully Yamaha's web-contractor will see fit to add back-in the edit option for user posts (excuse the typos above). I wanted to add that since I won't be using any of the V-Drum module's built-in sounds, it doesn't make any sense to invest in a more expensive V-Drum module since I'm only using it as a trigger-to-MIDI interface. I just needed the cheapest module which had a USB port (and one which is hopefully class-compliant). Though the following video shows a "V-Drum" drop-down option in Logic, the current version of Logic (10.4.1) has either deleted or hidden this option in Drum Designer. See video here.
Posted : 15/04/2018 12:19 am
