DrummerCA35
Senior Member
Hello,
I have a Roland TD-20 set, with a TDW-20 expansion card. I bought this stuff new years ago in the 2000's. Amazing how fast time goes by. I still enjoy practicing on it. Anyway, during this pandemic, our band wants to record a few songs. The person who knows the most about this, the guitar player, says he wants to get a MIDI file out of my V Drums, and then use whatever sounds he wants for the songs. I know there is a MIDI out. Logistically, how is this done?
- get a MIDI to USB cable I assume
- connect USB to my laptop
- Play the part, while somehow recording it to a MIDI file on the laptop via the USB? How does the start of the recording get initiated? What software is needed on the laptop?
For those that know how to do this, I'm sure it's easy. I've just never done this.
Or, what if we decide to use the standard sounds in the module? Then there is an output for every instrument, but I know there are also mono/stereo outputs as well that I've connected to an amp. I doubt they want to over complicate this, but if I just use the stereo outputs it would somehow need to make its way to USB to some kind of file, that I can dropbox to the band. Everyone is in their homes, passing files around, I think. For example, I was sent an MP3 of a click, with the guitar, bass, keys, and scratch vocal to play to. I know each output could go into mixing board (bass, snare, toms, cymbals, etc) but I don't know that they want to go with way or even come into each other's houses. This is a for fun endeavor, and I've seen other bands do this.
Sorry for being long winded...any thoughts / advice?
Thanks
I have a Roland TD-20 set, with a TDW-20 expansion card. I bought this stuff new years ago in the 2000's. Amazing how fast time goes by. I still enjoy practicing on it. Anyway, during this pandemic, our band wants to record a few songs. The person who knows the most about this, the guitar player, says he wants to get a MIDI file out of my V Drums, and then use whatever sounds he wants for the songs. I know there is a MIDI out. Logistically, how is this done?
- get a MIDI to USB cable I assume
- connect USB to my laptop
- Play the part, while somehow recording it to a MIDI file on the laptop via the USB? How does the start of the recording get initiated? What software is needed on the laptop?
For those that know how to do this, I'm sure it's easy. I've just never done this.
Or, what if we decide to use the standard sounds in the module? Then there is an output for every instrument, but I know there are also mono/stereo outputs as well that I've connected to an amp. I doubt they want to over complicate this, but if I just use the stereo outputs it would somehow need to make its way to USB to some kind of file, that I can dropbox to the band. Everyone is in their homes, passing files around, I think. For example, I was sent an MP3 of a click, with the guitar, bass, keys, and scratch vocal to play to. I know each output could go into mixing board (bass, snare, toms, cymbals, etc) but I don't know that they want to go with way or even come into each other's houses. This is a for fun endeavor, and I've seen other bands do this.
Sorry for being long winded...any thoughts / advice?
Thanks