How to set up Percoustix with a Roland TM-1
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.ค. 2023
- Pull up a chair, grab your guitar, and let's drum. David, the Percoustix guru, is going to teach you the basic steps to getting started with Percoustix and the TM-1. Beats just playing guitar.
Hey David, great idea to show what's really going on 'above the hood' 😅 Always appreciated this idea, as a drum trigguitarist myself. I still plan on hitting the guitar for natural percussion, but in conjunction with the Percoustix, so please tell me, are they isolated enough to "ignore" other taps and body shots elsewhere on the guitar?
HEY DAVID! The answer is “Yes and it depends”. I say “yes” because we are about to drop a sick update that will act as a sort of gate against body shots which would achieve complete isolation. I say “it depends” because as of right now it depends on the type of wood the face of your guitar is made from. If it’s a hard wood like Koa, then body shots don’t effect the Percoustix too much. The isolation is pretty satisfactory. However, softer woods need a higher threshold setting on the drum module otherwise body shots will be picked up by the Percoustix. One thing to note: complete isolation from the body is not always the most desirable outcome. For example if your snare sound “rattles” every time you hit another drum sound or the body of your guitar it actually produces a very natural snare effect similar to if you hit a tom on an acoustic drum set or have your amplifier next to the kit - the snare rattles! Anyways, it’s a great question you asked. Hope that helps!
@@percoustix Ah thanks! Okay, so then the plan is to use a harder less resonant wood for this project like my Ashwood Ibanez. I'm interested in the gate update! Thing is, I can't rely on Xtalk cancel too much as it interferes with simultaneous triggers in dance music. And I usually use the MAX/Loud2 setting for consistency. Totally hear you on the natural snare bleed, but not an option with MAX 😅 Threshold settings really help. I drum on the neck with a thumbring and that sends indirect vibrations to a piezo on the head... It's weird, but it shares the burden of drumming across two hands, opening up other picking possibilities. so I just needed a reliable pad that was slightly elevated and isolated for the kick, like the Percoustix! If necessary, I could even attach the Percoustix on a thin layer of foam to dampen vibrations, but I think your design's sticky rubber feet act as stilts that also reduce vibration. Anyway, so impressed and looking forward to the release!
@@GreenhamGuitar I understand the need to play both triggers at the same time with dance music. There are ways around that though. I'm not sure if you're splitting your stereo cable before it reaches the TM-2. When I use the TM-2 I always use a Hosa stereo splitter which is similar but different from the one we use with the TM-1 but instead of just splitting the signal left and right this particular splitter actually doubles the signal into two. This means when you plug it into the TM-2 you can effectively use both the rim and head for both trigger inputs which means you're using all four drum sounds (two per each Percoustix pad). This especially helps with dance music because I can play a bass drum and snare at the same time with just one Percoustix pad. It's a lot easier. I'm gonna make a video that dives into Percoustix with the TM-2 soon.
@@percoustix It's incredible how even our drum-trigger wiring is part of our technique! I didn't know such a stereo doubling cable existed, but that's a fantastic idea to experiment with. I have to tell you my technique then: I run the TM-2's "Output R" back into one of the free trigger inputs. That's how I layer kicks with hats or rides, including short delayed shaker loops for Drum'n'Bass. I am trying to imagine how you've set up the two pads for techno... Maybe your 1st pad going to Trig IN 1 sets off a kick and hat, then the 2nd pad going into Trig IN 2 sets of a kick and clap? Then you hit the 1st pad then the 2nd continuously? I guess you will have to demo it. Personally, I need the snare on its own for buildups and off-beats, but what you described is a cool idea. Also have you tried splitting your guitar and letting the strings set off crashes? It sounds wild in the chorus 😁