For a time I had a Roland TD-8 connected in to the DM10 and because the TD-8 handles the switches the way it does, you get a velocity on your switches as well.
Hey Phil... so you had a TD-8 hooked into a DM10 and it gave velocity sensitivity on switch triggers as well in the DM10? I'm perplexed because I thought the whole issue with the DM10 was not *receiving* velocity sensitivity. If it's not receiving aftertouch then what is the DM10 receiving from the TD-8 to tell it what velocity the strike is?
Sorry for the vagueness of my statement. I was trying to get it in before I had to go to the store.
Basically, you would plug all of your cymbals that you want as dual zone in the TD-8. Connect the TD-8 via midi to the DM10. Now, the TD-8 only sends the velocity and midi note numbers. The TD-8's software handles the switch zone velocity (not the DM10). That means the TD-8 will send (assuming standard Roland cy-6 or 8 type cymbal trigger) a midi note and velocity for both the bow and the edge. Now, this only works for zone separation, the DM10 still can not handle the choke signal from the TD-8. The DM10 always looks for a midi note for any action, including choke functions. I hope that helps.