Sound Pure's Take
Building off of the infamous td-30, Roland has added new sounds and features that complement the new era of V-Drums, that includes digitial triggers for increased sensitivity. Added xlr outputs for advanced or experienced users as well as sd card for imported sampling capabilities.
From Roland
The Prismatic Sound Modeling in the TD-50X makes electronic drums come to life like no other system can, infusing multi-layer samples recorded in world-class studios with sophisticated behavior modeling techniques refined over more than two decades. Inspired by a prism—which refracts a single ray of light into every color in the spectrum—our revolutionary approach produces an unlimited array of sonic colors with every stick hit. The initial attack is followed by a complex mix of rich overtones, just like playing acoustic drums and cymbals. You can feel the sound changing in reaction to your expression, creating that magical, interactive bond that fully immerses you in the emotion of the moment. From subtle ghost notes and detailed articulations to the loudest and most intense playing, your drumming has no boundaries with the TD-50X.
The TD-50X features three special USB trigger inputs for Roland digital pads, allowing you to take full advantage of Prismatic Sound Modeling’s vast expressive potential. Multi-sensor detection in our PD140-DS snare, CY-18DR ride, and VH-14D hi-hat pads works with lightning-fast processing in the module to bring authentic acoustic nuance and detail to these core kit pieces. All your playing techniques translate seamlessly, such as subtly touching the ride to mute the sound or switching at will between head, rimshot, and cross stick playing on the snare. The game-changing VH-14D completes the experience, offering touch sensitivity, tonal variation, and open/closed resolution never available in electronic hi-hats until now.
Going beyond the presets, the TD-50X allows you to customize things at every level—just as you would with an acoustic kit. Make quick adjustments to tuning and muffling, or dive deep and build a kit from the ground up by selecting shell depths, drumhead types, cymbal characteristics, and much more. Then put the kit in the space of your choice using PureAcoustic Ambience, with full control of room type, reverberation, stereo width, and other parameters at your command.
When performing with electronic drums, the ability to process sounds outside the kit is vital. The TD-50X has ten fully assignable balanced outputs for sending the house engineer whatever drums they need, with or without effects. And via faders on the panel, you can easily control the mix from the stage when you’re on your own. The module also excels for computer music production, with the ability to send up to 32 simultaneous channels of digital audio plus MIDI over USB for premium-quality transfer.
The TD-50X is loaded with practice features that make every session fun, productive, and rewarding. Improve your timing with the metronome and Coach mode exercises, or simply jam along with music played from a smartphone or laptop. The onboard recorder lets you capture and review your playing at any time, complete with the ability to export audio (with or without backing music) for sharing with others. And you can extend your practice even further with Melodics™, a free desktop app that comes with 40 lessons, plus unlimited access via a subscription when you’re ready for more.
SPECIFICATIONS
- Drum Kits
- 100
- Instruments
- More than 900
Effect Types
- Pad Compressor
- each pad
- Pad Equalizer
- each pad
Overhead Mic Simulator
Room/Reverb
- Multi-Effects
- 3 systems, 38 types
Master Compressor
Master Equalizer
User Sample Import
- Number of User Sample
- Maximum 500 (includes factory preloaded user samples)
- Sound Length (total)
- 24 minutes in mono, 12 minutes in stereo
- File formats that can be loaded
- WAV (44.1 kHz, 16/24 bits)
Song Player (SD Card)
- Audio File
- WAV (44.1 kHz, 16/24 bits), MP3
Recorder
- Recording Method
- Realtime
- Maximum Note Storage
- approx. 40,000 notes
- Export File Format
- WAV (44.1 kHz, 16 bits), SMF
Display
Graphic LCD 256 x 80 dots
TRIGGER ACTIVITY Indicator (LED)
Faders
8 (KICK, SNARE, TOMS, HI-HAT, CRASH, RIDE, AUX, AMBIENCE)
External Memory
SD Card (SDHC supported)
Connectors
- TRIGGER IN jack x 14
- 1/4-inch TRS phone type (Exclusion use with digital pad)
- DIGITAL TRIGGER IN port x 3
- USB A type
- MASTER OUT (UNBALANCED) jacks (L/MONO, R)
- 1/4-inch phone type
- MASTER OUT (BALANCED) jacks (L, R)
- XLR type, balanced
- DIRECT OUT (BALANCED) jack x 8
- 1/4-inch TRS phone type, balanced
- PHONES jack x 2
- Stereo 1/4-inch phone type, Stereo miniature phone type
- MIX IN jack x 2
- Stereo 1/4-inch phone type, Stereo miniature phone type
MIDI (IN, OUT/THRU) connectors
- USB COMPUTER port
- USB B type (USB Hi-Speed AUDIO/MIDI)
- FOOT SW jack
- 1/4-inch TRS phone type
AC IN jack
Number of USB Audio Record/Playback Channels
- Sampling Rate (Original)
- 44.1 kHz
- Sampling Rate (with Sampling rate converter)
- 96 kHz, 48 kHz
- Record
- 10 channels
- Playback
- 4 channels
Power Supply
AC 117 V, AC 220 V, AC 230 V, AC 240 V
Accessories
Quick Start
Power Cord
Options (sold separately)
- Pad
- PD series, PDX series, BT-1
- Cymbal
- CY series
- Kick
- KD series, KT series
- Hi-Hat
- VH-series
- Hi-Hat Control Pedal
- FD series
- Acoustic Drum Trigger
- RT series
- Footswitch
- BOSS FS-5U, FS-6
- Personal Drum Monitor
- PM-10
- Drum Stand
- MDS-50KV, MDS-50K
Warranty
This item is sold without the Sound Pure 3-year warranty (used / B-stock / dealer-exempt). Coverage terms for items in this category live in Terms & Conditions, Section 27.
Returns
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