Hi, I'm Pat from Roland and I want to show you the V-Drums TD-07KV. The TD-07KV is a compact drum kit perfect for home gaming, entertainment and honest practice. The V-Drums concept is based on the fact that inside the module there is a collection of virtual instruments and each one can be exchanged for another and tuned and adjusted according to your ideas, just like with acoustic drums. These instruments can be played via attached pads using authentic drum techniques. You don't have to change the game technique at all at V-Drums .
In this video, I'll walk you through everything the TD-07KV has to offer, show you what it can do, and explain key features. First we will look at the individual parts of the TD-07KV set. The V-Drum TD-07KV set consists of a drum stand with attached pads for drums and cymbals. At the beginning, it is good to mention that the TD-07KV set is not supplied with a drum chair, kick pedal or mallets. So you have to buy these items separately. These pads connect to the TD-07 module using a multi-pin connector cable on the module and a series of quarter-inch connectors that plug directly into the pads.
Let's start with the snare drum, this is an eight-inch PDX-8 with a mesh membrane. Roland introduced the reticulated membrane first and is significantly different from other available reticulated membranes. It features two layers of unique material designed to provide natural reflection and impact resistance. It also provides reliable and stable detection of your beats for reliable sound triggering and is also incredibly quiet. The PDX-8 pad also has two game zones. Thus, the membrane makes one sound and the edge triggers the sound of the edge associated with the instrument or a completely different sound. I have a steel snare here now. The membrane sounds like this. And the edge sounds like this. But when I switch to another sound that I prepared before, I can play the sound of a snare drum on the membrane, and choose a completely different sound for the edge. In this case, the bell. Now let's look at toms. We have three identical pads, all of which are six-inch PDX-6A models with a mesh membrane.
They have exactly the same reticulated membrane as a snare, they are only a few inches smaller. However, there is one difference, the toms have only one playing zone, so they make a sound only when hitting the membrane and not on the edge. It is important to know that the voltage of all Roland V-Drums can be adjusted. For acoustic sets, the voltage of each drum is set to a different pitch and tone. However, this creates a different response on the mallet, which is different for each drum. With V-Drums, the pitch varies in the module, but the response of each mesh pad can be easily adjusted by changing the tension with a standard wrench and tightening each screw sequentially, as with acoustic drums. This means that you can have the snare more tense than the first tom and the more tense than the second tom.
And the third is a bit looser. It is again exactly the same as with acoustic drums. The kick in this set represents the KD-10. This is a kick with a textile membrane attached to this unit. Any kick pedal attaches directly to the pad. The KD-10 is stable and offers a realistic response from a much larger bass drum. And it's quiet because it can absorb energy from the impact of a hammer. Now let's look at cymbals. Hi-hats are 10-inch CY-5 cymbals. Hi-hats are unique in that they are two cymbals perched together that can be opened and closed at different intervals for different sounds. Hi-hats are controlled using a pedal, and when I lift my foot on the pedal and play the cymbal, the sound of the hi- hat will gradually change from closed to open. Crash and ride cymbals are 12-inch CY-8 cymbals with different sounds on the edge and on the body of the cymbals.
They are attached to the stand so that they sway during play , thus providing a more natural response. All these pads, except for the kick, which stands alone, are mounted on a compact drum stand. The pipes are made of steel, so they are strong and durable, thanks to the clamps they hold everything in place, they have great strength, so nothing slips out of them and they are also very robust, so you wo n't just damage them. The stand itself has a flexible but compact layout, so you can put everyone and cymbals where you want them, and this layout looks familiar and natural. Now let's look at the TD-07 module itself.
Inside the TD-07 module I have 50 drum kits. Twenty-five of them are preset and twenty-five are custom, it's your space to experiment and build your own kits from the ground up. With the ability to easily change and edit tools within any preset kit. If you want to exchange a snare for another in a preset kit, it's a toy. In the TD-07 module we have 143 instruments, across snare drums, kicks, drums, toms, cymbals, percussion and electronic sounds. Each of them can be adjusted and customized, as I will show you in a moment. It's actually like having your own library of drums and you can use any of them to create kits that are completely unique. Let's see what exactly you can adjust for sounds or instruments with the TD-07 module. As I mentioned, you can easily exchange one tool for another in any kit. And thanks to the membrane and edge function of the snare drum, you can assign different sounds to each zone . However, there is also the option to actually customize each sound using the V-Edit function. Take a kick, for example. Once I choose the sound I want, I can adjust the pitch.
I can add damping. And I can also use an equalizer and need to add bass. I can also use transitional adjustments, so you can add or subtract an attack for a softer or harder sound. Or I can shorten the decay. The TD-07 also offers multi-effects. There are 30 different types and each of them can be assigned to a tool within the kit. For example , I added Reverb to this . Or Distortion. Tape Echo. Or maybe Flanger, just to give you an idea. Another great feature for editing your own sound in the TD-07 is the ability to change the environment. This basically means that you will hear the selected set as if it were in a specific environment , such as a stadium or studio, or you will hear more sound in the space next to the drum set itself. The TD-07 has built-in Bluetooth. There are a few things you can do about it. First, you can connect another Bluetooth device and send audio from it to the TD-07 module.
So you can play audio from your music library or streaming services and play along with the song and hear both the drums and the song in your headphones. You can also watch videos on your device and listen to audio through headphones, which is great for video tutorials. Once the device is paired, all you have to do is turn on Bluetooth and that's it. You can also send MIDI data via Bluetooth, so you can wirelessly record your performance to your DAW and then play your sounds via VST software. If you are specifically interested in running software tools in real time using the TD-07KV, thanks to the ultra-fast startup and low latency of the module itself, the TD-07KV is the perfect companion for such gaming.
In terms of connectivity, the TD-07 module has a USB type B output. This allows you to connect a USB cable to a computer for stereo audio and MIDI transfer via USB. This makes it easy to record drums in your DAW. The TD-07KV also has a stereo input with a mini jack for transmitting external audio to the module via cable and a mini headphone output. The last feature I will introduce is the Coach learning feature. This is a tool to help you really improve your drumming. The module is equipped with a metronome , where you can change the tempo and also change the value of notes and the number of beats per bar, so you can play with different beat foreshadowing.
You can practice with the same metronome in Coach Mode, which offers Time Chech, Quiet Count and Warm-Up functions. Time Check measures how accurate your timing is after a few bars and indicates on the screen whether you hit exactly, are you behind, or ahead. Quiet Count tests how well you keep up the pace, as it misses clicks for one measure. Warm-Up mode is great for warming up your muscles, synchronizing with a metronome, and rehearsing a variety of simple drum patterns before you practice, before a lesson, before you play music, or even before a performance.
So this is the V-Drums TD-07KV, a compact drum kit with great playability, mesh membranes for a great feeling and quiet playing, and powerful features for the best home drumming. You can find more videos of TD-07KV online, or visit an authorized Roland dealer and try TD-07KV live..