{"id":11810,"date":"2014-06-26T10:00:50","date_gmt":"2014-06-26T17:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rolandus.com\/blog\/?p=11810"},"modified":"2015-02-25T18:31:24","modified_gmt":"2015-02-26T02:31:24","slug":"play-anything-with-your-drum-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rolandus.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/26\/play-anything-with-your-drum-set\/","title":{"rendered":"Play Anything with Your Drum Set, Anything…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mickey Hart Plays the Sounds of Outer Space<\/h2>\n
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Play Anything with Your Drum Set, Anything…<\/p><\/div>\n

If we said that you could play the sounds of outer space with your drum set, would you believe us? We had a hard time believing it ourselves, but that\u2019s exactly what Mickey Hart<\/a> did at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival<\/a> with Skrillex<\/a>. Actually, Mickey plays the sounds of the universe\u00a0all the time through\u00a0RAMU (Random Access Musical Universe). RAMU is Mickey\u2019s personal sound library that he\u2019s collected over decades. It includes rare and unique percussion instruments from around the world, historical sound bites, speeches, and the sounds of planets. According to Mickey, the planetary sound vibrations are captured from radio satellites, which he then treats for\u00a0“sonification<\/a>”\u00a0to be playable music tones in Ableton Live<\/a>. Technically, RAMU could be triggered from any MIDI<\/a> device, however the V-Drums<\/a> make the articulation of real drumming possible.<\/p>\n

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Triggering Sounds\u2026<\/em><\/h2>\n

To trigger sound libraries such as RAMU you\u2019d have to send MIDI information OUT\u00a0from the sound module and into your source. All Roland sound modules have a MIDI OUT port, some such as the TD-30<\/a> and TM-2<\/a> also have a MIDI IN port, which allows you to trigger the sounds within the module. V-Drums have the lowest rated latency among electronic drum sets, which make them the preferred choice among pros. However, if you\u2019re looking to play independent from your computer, the SPD-SX<\/a> and TM-2 allow you to import your sounds\/samples into the unit.<\/p>\n

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Connecting Your Drum Set to a DAW\u2026<\/em><\/h2>\n

There are three ways to connect\u00a0V-Drums to a DAW:<\/p>\n