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T950 13"x5" Snare Drum on Roland Octapad SPD-30

Wiring, module settings, and tips for the T950 13"x5" Snare Drum when used with the Roland Octapad SPD-30.

Setup — T950 13"x5" Snare Drum on Roland Octapad SPD-30

Works

Yes — the T950 13"x5" Snare Drum works as a full snare on the Roland Octapad SPD-30: head + rim.

Head Rim

Wiring: 1× TRS → any EXTERNAL TRIGGER INPUT jack (1/KICK, 2/SNARE, 3/HI-HAT or 4/RIDE) with a 2-zone Pad Type — head + rim

The Octapad SPD-30 is an eight-pad performance pad whose external triggers live on four EXTERNAL TRIGGER INPUT jacks. The jacks are labeled 1/KICK, 2/SNARE, 3/HI-HAT and 4/RIDE, but the manual notes you can use them as you like. Connect the Lemon snare pad to any free jack with a stereo (TRS) cable and choose a dual-trigger Pad Type so the head (Inst Head) and rim (Inst Rim) read independently.

Cable routing

  1. Connect a 1/4" TRS cable from the Lemon snare pad to any free EXTERNAL TRIGGER INPUT jack (1/KICK, 2/SNARE, 3/HI-HAT or 4/RIDE) on the rear panel.

Module settings

  1. Press [MENU] > PAD > EXTERNAL to open the "PAD SETTING-EXTERNAL" screen.
  2. Hit the connected snare pad to select the input whose settings you want to edit.
  3. Turn [Knob 1] (SEL) to select "Pad Type", then turn [Knob 3] (–/+) to set a 2-zone pad profile such as PD-105 or PD-125.
  4. Turn [Knob 1] (SEL) to Sensitivity, Threshold and Velocity Curve and adjust each with [Knob 3] (–/+) if the default response needs tuning.
  5. In [MENU] > INST, assign a snare wave to Inst Head and a rimshot/sidestick wave to Inst Rim for that trigger input.

Tips

  1. A stereo (TRS) cable is required — head triggers on the tip, rim on the ring of the same cable.
  2. Raise the X-Talk Cancel value on this input if a nearby pad on the same stand triggers the snare unintentionally.
T950 13"x5" Snare Drum also fits 74 other drum modules — see setup

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