ATV aD5 Drum Module w/Box - Used

Type: Used
Condition: Very Good

The true nature of the musical instrument is what inspires the player to new heights.
The aD5 faithfully re-creates the skill and intent of the player. It deeply and fully renders new instrumental inspiration with each shot from the player's hands.
From the gentle soft tones of pianissimo to the intense emotional tones of fortissimo, it meticulously and dynamically reproduces drums sounds just as if you were actually on the spot where it all happens.

The true dynamic range of drums
Electronic drums traditionally have had a dynamic range that can "max out" relatively easily. While this characteristic allows anyone to perform with a consistent sound, this long-standing e-drum flaw has made it difficult to obtain the natural and varied sound of acoustic drums. During development, correcting this flaw was a priority. The aD5 features a dedicated drum sound engine, newly developed to express the full dynamic range—from subtle pianissimo (ppp) to powerful fortissimo (fff). The audio source material was captured with this full dynamic range, and the sound design process exploits it, allowing the sound engine to accurately reproduce a drummer's hits. Even when you play a roll, the sound engine allows the roll to flow in a natural-sounding way—mechanical repetitions are a thing of the past.

Perform in high resolution
"Sampling," which records not music, but audio source material, requires even more precision and accuracy than conventional recording. Vintage instruments that are in good condition and have been tuned to draw out their innate charm, players who are intimately familiar with the instruments, the finest studios with the ideal equipment, and proprietary sampling technology and know-how are all required to capture the perfect sounds. Under these ideal conditions, we record all audio material with stereo, at high resolution sample and bit rates, capturing not only every detail of an instrument's true resonance and character, but its sense of "air" as well. We put these ultra-high-quality instrument sounds into the aD5 without using any compression, applying only the bare minimum of processing, ensuring that the original sound will be unimpaired. The finely-aged sound of a vintage cymbal, a snare drum that lets you hear the resonant character of its shell material, a well-rounded tom with ample decay, a spatial sense and room sound that can be heard even on a bass drum, and a powerful sensation of attack when hitting hard are all aspects of a "raw" sound that is unattainable by e-drum modules that rely solely on monaural audio sources plus reverb.

From "play and record" to "play the recorded sounds"
While multitrack-recording a set of drums can require up to 20 channels, all you need with the aD5 is a two-channel interface. The aD5 lets you use MIDI to convert each track into audio, so you don't have to provide an expensive multi-channel audio interface. If you keep the MIDI data, you can also enjoy advantages such as easily adjusting the timing afterward, or replacing the sounds.

Perfectly customize the performance feel to your taste
To take full advantage of the aD5's wide dynamic range, it's very important to make fine adjustments for each pad. The depth of a rim shot, the strike location on a ride cymbal, and the angle of a crash cymbal are all things that contribute to the subtle differences of each drummer's playing style. These subtlties must be accurately detected by the pad’s signal. The aD5 has Trigger Setup Wizard software that learns the nuance of a drummer's playing technique, including dynamic range. You can complete the wizard simply by striking each pad as directed on the display. There's no longer any need to adjust sometimes incomprehensible trigger parameters.
Have you had the experience of striking a tom and hearing a cymbal sound as well? This is classic crosstalk. Crosstalk is an age-old problem for electronic drums. It's caused when the vibrations of a strike reach a different pad (sympathetic vibrations) and cause it to sound quietly in the background. On the aD5, you can fine-tune crosstalk cancellation settings by simply striking a pad as directed on the display by the Crosstalk Cancel Wizard.

Supports other manufacturers' pads
In addition, the aD5 supports all the good-performing pads and drum triggers of the major manufacturers. You can use the kick, snare, hi-hat, cymbal, and percussion pads that you prefer. Of course, you can also continue using the pads that you already have. Although drum triggers are typically hard to set up, the aD5 provides stable trigger performance, using adjustment parameters that are easy to understand.

Works with ATV, Roland, and Yamaha Pads
Great Dynamics and triggering
Good Quality Sounds which can be expanded using ATV's sound store.
Simple Interface
12 Realistic Acoustic kits

Made in Japan
Includes Box
SN: 01000769