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Hi,
I finally manage to assembly my full kit Thanks to edrum attic for making that possible
At first play, the sounds are pretty good but as mentioned before my others, the kick just doesn't sound right out of the box, so the first thing I did was to change the curve to max2
I notice the pads head tension is not tight enough, I didn't find it in the manual neither, so beginners or people new to electronic drums must tension the head evenly! Anyway, here are some pics:






cheers and happy drumming

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I will have a look as soon as I have time. In the mean time I would recommend starting dsoundtool from the "launch" link on the web site because that will automatically allocate quite a lot of space; please let me know if that still gives problems, or use the Xmx parameter in the bat file.

Great, thanks. Launching from the website it's working now.
Off to a nice zildjian hihat!
But the question now arises: How many articulations in SD? What's the maximum zones a dsnd can accept? I read somewhere else that 7? 

I think there are command line parameters you need to change to allow Dsoundtool to access more RAM:

Try increasing to 1024 (1GB of RAM) and see if that works.  As long as your PC has enough RAM free of course...

I increased to the max allowed by my installed memory 4096 with only dsndtool running but still get the not enough memory error.....
So it might be something else..?

Hi

perhaps that you didn't let enough space between each hit, or bouncing the file added some noise, so Dsndtool recognized only one layer in the last 24 samples?

You don't need to have 99 layers to make a good sound, try just with 60 layers max, 24 bits, 37khz or 38khz (with this sampling value, you will be able to pitch the sound up with the module, not if you use 44Khz. The 2box editor recognizes differents sampling values).

thanks nonoduweb. I tried with 60 layers for a snare and it was much better. Now I have a nice 7x14 Noble & Cooley/Zildjian Snare Prototype
But the only thing that buggers me is that if I bounce to 24 bits I get the insufficient memory error in dsndtool. If I bounce to 16 then it goes well.
And the only value accepted by dsoundtool is 44.1 Khz. so changing to 38Khz or something different wont work.
I wonder if it's better to turn off "all bleed on" when bouncing in solo because I'm afraid I will get a very processed and unbalanced kit.. I want to try first a raw sound without bleeding, since I might like a Snare from Custom and Vintage but a kick from Metal foundry, so I'll end up with different bleedings...

Ok, first try and got some weird results...
I took a snare and recorded and bounced to 24 bit, 44.1 KHZ,stereo from a midi file with 99 layers.
The resulting wav file was 134 mb and when I tried to generate the dsnd file I got the "insufficient memory error"

Second try, I bounced it to 16 bit and the wav size was only 13 mb, this time dsnd tool accepted the file and generated the dsnd, but dnsd generated only 57 layers... and when I clik on the loudest layer, it plays like 24 hits
The rest of the layers play only one hit each....

Great! thank you very much for your mini tutorial. I will run some tests this weekend and report back.
Just one quick q, when generating the midi file, which is the recommendable setting for "Seconds between 2 samples"?
I'd say 2?

which stand are you using? Some stands have a bit of play in the rod so every time you do a chick the rod moves a bit and the 2box magnet interprets it as another hit, getting a bow sound as your case. I'll suggest you checking the rod is tight enough and without so much play.

As for me, I use a Iron Cobra stand and I notice the magnet really moves around more than I would like to, every time I do a splash or a chick and I end up having an open sound additional to the foot splash or chick. And I'm experiencing the same as you: the slightest touch on the pedal triggers the open sound... really sensitive

http://www.7dayshop.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=777_6&products_id=111247

Not microsd, normal size SD, 32GB for £26.99.  Fast enough too.

That one looks good, but wonder how much shipping it is to Oz?

thanks for the link digitaldrummer, but it doesn't specify which one you will get....
I found the transcend for $80 shipped and the Sandisk for double that, $180

http://www.itspot.com.au/transcend-32gb-sdhc-class-10-p210226.html

http://www.cheapchips.com.au/memory/sandisk-extreme-sdhc-card-class-10-32gb-30mbsec-200x.html

As long as it is class 10, and has a read speed of 20mb/s, write around 18mb/s it should work - theoretically.  But as burnin says, its not been tested with Micro SD as far as I know.

It's a sandisk class 4... so I guess is not suitable for the job then... Will look for a 32GB class 10. They are hard to find tho.

link: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Sandisk-32GB-32G-MicroSD-card-MicroSDHC-SD-Adapter-New-/370500006627?pt=AU_Electronics_Memory_Cards&hash=item56438572e3#ht_2967wt_1141

Hi there,
There's a wicked deal for a 32GB micro SD card on ebay for 1 day only. Can I put this in a SD card adapter and upgrade my module to glorious 32GB?
Anyone has tried?
Thanks

Patience man, not everyone is sitting in front of the computer waiting for a new thread to pop up (trolls excepted)
We have normal lifes, work, other worries, so hang on there and I'm sure some answers will start to come....

Yeah, it's worth the wait.... a little bird told me that this upcoming batch has OS 1.2 installed

thanks for that info. I'm fine with 2 zones, I never use the cup of a crash anyways