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18" Triple-Zone Crash/Ride on Roland TD-8

Wiring, module settings, and tips for the 18" Triple-Zone Crash/Ride when used with the Roland TD-8.

Setup — 18" Triple-Zone Crash/Ride on Roland TD-8

Use as 2-zone ride

Yes — the 18" Triple-Zone Crash/Ride works on the Roland TD-8 as a 2-zone ride: bow + edge.

Choose your ride zones

Plug: Ride 1

Wiring: 1× TRS: Ride 1 (bow/edge) → RIDE input on the rear panel

Plug the Lemon ride's Ride 1 cable into the RIDE input for bow + edge — no cymbal modification. The RIDE input's second zone is freely assignable, so give it a ride-edge or crash instrument.

Cable routing

  1. Connect the ride's Ride 1 output (bow/edge) to the RIDE input on the rear panel.

Module settings

  1. Press [SETUP], then [F1 (TRIG)] — the "TRIGGER BANK" screen appears — and navigate to the RIDE input.
  2. Set the trigger type to a 2-zone cymbal — the TD-8 has a single Ride input, so 3-zone ride pad types are not available here.
  3. In your kit, assign a ride-bow instrument to the bow zone and a ride-edge or crash instrument to the second zone.
  4. Tune Sensitivity, Threshold, and Crosstalk until bow and edge strikes read consistently.

Tips

  1. This is the out-of-the-box setup — no cymbal modification.

Or set it up as Bow + bell

Plug: Ride 2

Wiring: 1× TRS: Ride 2 (bow/bell, after the rewire) → RIDE input on the rear panel

After a one-time, reversible jumper move inside the cymbal (~10 min) the Ride 2 cable carries bow + bell into the single RIDE input.

Rewire guide ›

Cable routing

  1. Rewire the cymbal — move the internal red/black jumper from the Ride 1 input to the Ride 2 input.
  2. Connect a single 1/4" TRS cable from the cymbal's Ride 2 output to this module's RIDE input.
Rewire guide ›

Module settings

  1. Press [SETUP], then [F1 (TRIG)] — the "TRIGGER BANK" screen appears — and navigate to the RIDE input.
  2. Set the trigger type to a 2-zone cymbal as above.
  3. In your kit, assign a ride-bow instrument to the bow zone and a ride-bell instrument to the second zone — bow and bell hits will play through the connected cable as expected.
  4. Tune Sensitivity, Threshold, and Crosstalk until bow and bell strikes read consistently.
18" Triple-Zone Crash/Ride also fits 73 other drum modules — see setup

Other compatible drum modules

2Box

Alesis

ATV

Audiofront

Donner

Efnote

GEWA

NUX

Pearl

Roland

Simmons

Yamaha

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