The Roland PD series of pads look almost perfect to use with Sensory sensors. The space between the rim and the thick lower section where the traditional triggers electronics are housed look like enough clearance to where the bottom sensor bracket will slide right in without modification. Even with the rubber edge lip I don’t see any issue where the sensor overhangs the hoop edge. Any thoughts?
A step further would be to 3d print a whole new bottom section just to clean up that unused bulk on the bottom and reduce any clearance issues in the overall setup. Anybody been experimenting with the Roland stuff in the forums? I saw a few quips about it but no updates that would let me conclude on what Im bringing up here specifically.
I have put both versions of sensors on these and it works okayyyy. The acoustic style pads work better but these work well if you are careful mounting them because the rims can cause issues.
What issues? Is it something that can be easily resolved? Just eyeballing it I don’t see how the hoop would cause any issue unless underneath it was keeping the sensor from being tightened flush to the edge of the hoop and causing the sensor to start wandering over the sensor dot on the mesh over time.
I have tried this on my Roland kit. I had to remove the rubber rim and get a piece of foam underneath so it could grip correctly. You can get 1-2 zones out of it but it’s not a perfect fit. I had better luck just running the module into sensory as a midi input or an audio input. You can combine the pads and cymbals with your sensory kit with some cymbal arms. Pretty fun IMO more of a diy kit.
Yeah running it the 2nd way (midi via sensory seems the way to go with this pads). Im opting to just get some shallow wood shells built with double mesh heads. Just to minimize headaches.
