Gentlemen,
Pardon me but I am a longtime acoustic drummer who a couple of years ago died and moved to the suburbs with wife and young son. After lots of thought, I purchased the DM10 studio kit and really wanted the versatility allowed with VST software like SSD. Couple of questions.
1. Can you use the EX and expansion kits with the DM10 studio module? Does it trigger the pads and cymbals with the Zep kit and others?
2. Do you have to use it tied to the laptop or can the sound sets actually get installed into the DM10 module.
Again very new to the electronic drum kit world and just want to know the $159.00 is worth it without a lot of hassle.
THanks,
CSB
Short answers:
1) yes.
1a) I think I understand what you are asking, and yes - you pick the kit you like in SSD, and play your pads to trigger the sounds - the Zep kit is one of my fav's on SSD as well. There may be some setup required to get the pads to trigger the sounds you want.
2) SSD has to be running on a laptop / computer. You cannot import your own sounds to the DM10.
SSD is a VST (Virtual Studio T-something..) it has sounds that are professionally recorded that you primarily access via MIDI. There are more VST's than just Steven Slate Drums.
The DM10 module (or Trigger IO module or any MIDI capable module) can access those sounds via MIDI - you will need SSD running on a laptop, and the USB cable that came with your DM10 can connect to the computer for MIDI access.
Hope that helps - browse the VST section to get a better understanding of some users working with the DM10 and SSD. SSD is popular around here because a bunch of us got it on sale a while back.