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the latest td50x sound module powers the
brand new
v-drums and v-drums acoustic design sets
but you can
upgrade your existing td50 module to the
new td50x specification
by downloading an upgrade available from
roland cloud
in this video i'm going to show you how
you can upgrade your existing td50
module
to td50x specification i'm going to
mention at the top of this video that by
upgrading the original td50 to td50x
specification
will introduce lots of new instrument
sounds to the existing sounds already in
the td 50 as well as new preset kits and
features
but that any custom kit data that you
created within your td50
will not then be able to be reloaded
into the td50x
upgraded module the reason for this is
because of the change of internal
instrument sounds
after the upgrade has already been
installed your one-shot user samples can
however be reloaded into the td50x and
assigned to any
of the new user kits that you create so
long as you have these audio files
backed up and saved somewhere so let's
take a look at the upgrade process
as the first step you will need to make
sure that your td50 module is running
version 1.07 or higher
of the tv 50 system software to check
which version of the software your td50
module is using
just press the setup button followed by
the f3 or info button
and this will show in the display which
version your module is running
if you're using a system software below
version 1.05
you will need to update to version 1.05
first
followed by the latest version which is
1.08 as we're making this video
to do this just visit the td50 module
product page on ronan.com
go to the downloads tab and look for
td50
system program version 1.08 click on
that
and then follow the dedicated
instructions on that page so
now that we know you're using the latest
version of the td50 system software
you're ready to upgrade to td50x
specification
to get us started jump onto your
computer and head to rolandcloud.com
on the sign in page you'll see a button
in the top right corner that says roland
cloud manager
when you click that button it's going to
download a program to your pc or your
mac
rolling cloud manager will enable you to
access the product content
you want via roland cloud so in this
case it's the window through which
you're going to purchase your td50x
upgrade once rolling cloud manager is
installed open the program
assuming you don't already have a roland
account there is an option here to
create account
if you have already registered for a
roanoke account previously you just need
to sign in
once you're in roland cloud manager
navigate to the hardware option in the
left hand
menu from here select v drums from the
upper navigation bar
and now you'll see all the content
available for your v drums
the td50x upgrade is here and when you
click on the product it will display all
the details and reveal the
get lifetime key button in the top right
hand corner
click this button which will add the
upgrade to your cart
now all you need to do is click the cart
and follow the steps to check out
after checkout is completed you will now
see a download button on the same td50x
upgrade page within the v drum section
alternatively you can navigate to the
library in the left hand bar
and then search td50x and our upgrade
will also appear here
once you hit the download button that's
going to download a set of compressed
files directly to your computer
just save the folder somewhere obvious
for now like a downloads folder and
we'll show you what to do with these
next
at this point there are no further steps
for you to take inside of the ronin
cloud manager
to install your td50x upgrade for the
next phase of the upgrade you're going
to need an sd card
preferably one that is already empty of
files and is between one gigabyte and 32
gigabyte in size
what you're going to do first is format
the sd card inside the td50 module
itself to do this just turn the module
on
insert the sd card into the slot on the
side of the module
now press the sd card button and press
the page down button
until we get to the sd card utility
screen
next press the f5 format button it will
ask you to confirm
select ok and enter it will just take a
few seconds and the sd card is now
formatted the next step is backing up
all your kits and samples
within your td50 to the sd card it is
possible to downgrade the system
software from td50x
back to the original td50 and therefore
you might want to hold on to your
customized data
in case you might need it in the future
to do that we're going to press the sd
card button
select save on the sd card backup all
window press enter highlight with user
sample to make sure your one shot
samples are saved
then hit f5 or save now take out the sd
card
and then we need to complete a factory
reset to do that
just press the setup button followed by
the page down button
then select factory reset now press the
f5 button
select ok and enter
confirm the reset and it will now reset
the module back to the original settings
so that you're ready to install the
upgrade
you'll need to put your sd card into
your computer next search your computer
for the zip folder we downloaded from
roland cloud manager a short time ago
in your computer's finder or file
explorer window you'll see the unzip
folder contains a folder named wav
and files that have a dot bin file
extension
which is a file type unique to ronan v
drums
copy all of these folders onto the root
directory of the formatted sd card
so not in any subfolder and once that is
done eject your sd card from the
computer
there is also a pdf upgrade guide
included in the zip folder
which you may want to reference as it
also describes the upgrade process in
full
what we're going to do now is while the
module is switched off
put the sd card into the port on the
side of the module
while the power is off hold down the
record button with one hand and switch
the power
on with the other the screen with the
update information will now appear
and press record again to begin the
update
very importantly make sure the power on
the module stays on without interruption
for the entire upgrade procedure and do
not switch off the module
until the process is complete if that
should happen
your module will not be able to switch
on in the normal startup mode and it
will require attention from a roland
authorized service engineer
so make sure the power does not switch
off
the software upgrade process can take
around 40 minutes once it's started
a message that says wave rom write
finished or
update finished will appear in the
window once the upgrade is complete and
at that point it's now safe to turn off
your module
everything's done just a few last steps
now
the first is to factory reset your newly
upgraded module
here you will also be given the
opportunity to add all of your user
samples that were installed in the
original td50
so if you want to do this just check
that reset with user samples box
before you press the factory reset or f5
button
the final step is to make sure your
trigger pad settings are correct
just press the trigger button and from
here select the kit type or pad settings
for the individual pad model types that
you have connected to your module
so that you actually have the correct
triggering and that's it we're all done
you're ready to enjoy all the new sounds
and benefits of the td50x
upgrade that's everything you need to
know about how to upgrade your td50
module to the latest td50x specification
thanks a lot for checking out this video
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hope to see you again soon