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T550 8" High Tom on Donner Beat Max
Setup — T550 8" High Tom on Donner Beat Max
WorksYes — the T550 8" High Tom works as a full tom on the Donner Beat Max: head + rim.
Head
Rim
Wiring: Via the stand's built-in snake — the Beat Max has no per-pad 1/4" trigger jacks, and the manual documents no pad-end connector
All four tom inputs are dual-zone — head and rim both trigger. The Beat Max supports four toms, one more than most mid-range modules.
Snare and tom setup and troubleshooting guide ›Cable routing
- The Donner Beat Max module has no individual 1/4" pad-trigger jacks. Every pad connects through the drum stand's built-in snake, which terminates in a single multi-pin "Module data base socket" on the module.
- The manual documents no connection point for a standard 1/4" pad: panel item 10 is a "Module data base socket" that carries "signals/lights and other data from the drum pad", is built into the stand, and takes the module itself — not a pad. Check how your kit's own pads terminate at the stand before ordering.
Module settings
- From the main interface, tap EDITOR.
- With CHASE ON (default), strike the tom to select it — or turn CHASE OFF and pick it from the drum drop-down.
- Set Model to D_DP8 (8" pad), D_DP10 (10" pad), or D_DP10L (10" large) to match your pad size and enable dual-zone triggering.
- Adjust Pad Sensitivity, Rim Sensitivity, Threshold, Mask Time, and XTalk per tom.
Tips
- TOM1/TOM2 are mapped as high toms; TOM3/TOM4 as floor toms — assign voices accordingly in INSTRUMENT > VOICE.
- Tom MIDI notes (head / rim): TOM1 = 48/81, TOM2 = 45/77, TOM3 = 43/74, TOM4 = 41/72.
- On an input that reads head and rim, if the wrong zone plays, tune the module's head/rim settings for this pad's size; values set for a different-size pad may not carry over.
T550 8" High Tom also fits 76 other drum modules — see setup
Other compatible drum modules
Alesis
Audiofront
Donner
Lekato
Millenium
Pearl
Roland
- Roland Octapad SPD-30
- Roland SPD-SX
- Roland SPD-SX PRO
- Roland TD-02
- Roland TD-07
- Roland TD-1
- Roland TD-4
- Roland TD-6
- Roland TD-8
- Roland TD-9
- Roland TD-10
- Roland TD-11
- Roland TD-12
- Roland TD-15
- Roland TD-17
- Roland TD-20
- Roland TD-25
- Roland TD-27
- Roland TD-30
- Roland TD-50
- Roland TD-50X
- Roland V31
- Roland V51
- Roland V71