Welcome to the simple guide to the Roland TD-07KV V-Drums kit This simple guide to the TD-07KV shows how easy and fun it is to learn the drums on your own kit at home. In the following guide, we’ll go through setting a kit up at home as well as tips for how and what to play. We’ll explore the features of the TD-07KV that are designed to help you
Learning to produce your own music can be one of the most fulfilling things you can do as an artist. There’s no better way to
The Roland TR-8S has a total of eight Audio Outputs on the rear panel, configured as Stereo Mix Outs Left and Right, and Assignable Outs
The 11 Faders, and first 11 Pads on the Roland TR-8S light up in colour when the Instrument is turned on. This can be great
The Roland TR-8S has 11 Tracks for assigning Instruments, and the ability to record complex and dynamic drum parts on every Track. Adjusting Gain and
The Roland TR-8S offers many options for customising individual Instruments within your Kits. All of the Instrument Edit Parameters can, of course, be stored along
Another powerful feature of the Roland TR-8S is the ability to load your own samples, and incorporate them into your Kits. Of course this completely
Flams are created on the TR-8S in manner very similar to Sub Steps. For a refresher on Creating Sub Steps, take a look at the
Sub Steps are a great way to add stutter and fast roll effects to your Patterns in the TR-8S. To create Sub Steps we first
The LFO is an often overlooked feature of the Roland TR-8S that has a great deal of power and flexibility to modify the sound of
Another of the really powerful features of the Roland TR-8S is the ability to assign different Effects to any of the Control Knobs on the
One of the really powerful performance features of the Roland TR-8S is the ability to assign different parameters to any of the Control Knobs on
The Tuning and Decay Knobs have been with us since the legendary Roland TR-808. The Tune and Decay Knobs on the TR-8S have taken things
The TR-8S gives you lots of options for assigning effects to the Kit as a whole, as well as to individual Instruments, and adjusting effects
Delay is the effect commonly used in Audio Production that takes a sound and repeats it after a specified amount of time. Delay times can
The TR-8S provides a lot of flexibility in how you can apply reverb to your Kits and Instruments. The performance-oriented design allows you to set
The Scatter feature in the TR-8S is a powerful tool for generating anything from complex Fills to total mayhem, depending on how far you want
Let’s take a look at using the Fills feature in the TR-8S. There are two Fill-In Variations provided, Fill 1 and Fill 2. The preset
The TR-8S is called a Rhythm Performer for good reason. The dedicated Pads, Knobs and Faders on the control surface make for a highly playable
This article explores methods for creating a Melodic Bassline in the TR-8S Rhythm Per-former. Of course this same approach can be used for adding a
