I always had an issue with the hats on my old TD-8 in that it almost felt like they were always fully open or fully closed - the section of the movement range of the pedal (fd-7) that yielded a 'half-open' sound was so small that it was practically impossible to get a good half-open sound reliably, and most of the movement range of the pedal just yielded a fully open sound. It does feel a bit better now that I've got the td-10 with tdw-1 - the progression from open to closed feels a bit better spaced.
I was just wondering though - would this facet of the hats be improved further if I were to get a vh-11, as against using a pd-8? (Disregarding other factors e.g. realistic representation of the sound you get by hitting the closed hats and then immediately opening them.) I know in the manual of the vh-11 it does say that it is merely 'compatible' rather than 'fully compatible' with the td-10 with tdw-1, but equally I have seen in posts over at vdrums.com that the expanded td-10 is better able to take advantage of the vh-11 than the td-8 would be.
Personally I wouldn't.
The VH-11 would be an expensive PD-8 and FD-8.
If however, to move up to the TD-12, or 20, then the VH-11 would come into it's own.
If it's 'very long term' there might even be a 'new' TD module out by then.
The TD-20 has been around for a while now.
The v-drum forum speculate, and dubbed it the TD-30.
They express the things they would like to see, USB connectivity, sampling options / downloadable samples, etc.
Expect the price to be at least as high as the current TD-20.
The new SPD-30 (octapad) supports the VH-11 apparently, but I don't know if it's "fully compatible" (but suspect it is).
Ooh, sounds exciting. I would LOVE a module with sampling onboard - that issue made me briefly consider converting to Yamaha not so long ago. I'll await the inevitable rumours as to what timescale we're looking at with bated breath...
