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Roland Announces TD-30KV Electronic Drum Kit at NAMM 2012

Douglas — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:13:56 +0000

Roland has announced a new electronic drum kit at this year’s NAMM. Roland has taken more steps to make these digital drums look, act and sound more like real drums. There is also a new USB port so you can load .mp3s onto a jump drive and play along with your favorite tracks. This would be great for loading up upcoming song sets to practice with.

We use digital drums for our youth room and for mobile applications like off site conferences and retreats. We have last years model of Roland’s digital drums. They could work in a main service setting but most musicians and drummers will prefer real drums. Digital drums work great in small rooms and acoustics sets work well in big rooms.

Here’s a quick video overview from Roland:

Product Link: http://www.rolandconnect.com/product.php?p=td-30kv

Press Info:

For over a decade, Roland’s revolutionary V-Drums have lead the industry in expressive sound quality and incredible playability. With the introduction of the SuperNATURAL-powered TD-30KV V-Pro Series, the electronic drum set reaches a new pinnacle in drumming performance. SuperNATURAL sounds with Behavior Modeling, along with advanced sensing technology, provides a new level of expressive sound quality and playability, resulting in an instrument that reacts and responds to all the subtleties, nuances, and dynamics of a drummer’s technique. In addition, USB audio-playback functionality has been added to expand the performance palette. For the stage or for professional recording, the new V-Pro is truly a complete and natural drumming experience.

I’m a Guru [video]

Douglas — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 12:34:57 +0000

This video is hilarious and so true. The guys over at churchtechtalk.com produced this. We’ll talk about them more in another post…

Roland VR-5

Douglas — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 02:02:46 +0000

This is a great all in one audio/video mixer. I’m planning on putting it in my 2012 budget it’s so good. It has 3 camera inputs and 1 VGA input. You can also put videos on an SD card and mix them in as well. The SD card can also be used for capturing your mixed video. Alternatively there is a USB out for online streaming, composite or s-video. Mixing is very easy and can even be ran with the dual touch screens. What’s also great about this mixer is the price, just $4,995.

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Vimeo Releases New Features

Douglas — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 03:41:14 +0000

If you’re looking for an alternative for YouTube or just a real quality site for uploading sermons and other video, Vimeo is the best I’ve ever used. They have a free and paid service but either way you won’t be dissapointed. Our church is currently using it for baptism and testimony videos along with a few videos for our I’m New page on our website. We also use it to post videos of the entire message of a singles ministry we are a part of called Momentum. Vimeo has recently released a few more sweet features.

First, custom URLs. This means instead of the web address for your video being this vimeo.com/17162585, it can look like this: vimeo.com/momentumdsm/promo. Now why this is a little longer, it’s easier to remember. You can still use the old link of you’re looking for something shorter, both will work.

Next, if you’re a Plus user, meaning you pay, you can embed your videos in HD and they will play HD default. Previously, the video would default to lower quality and the user could up the resolution by choice. I tried to test it here but this webpage isn’t wide enough to hold an HD video :)

The final feature is pretty basic. It allows you to show or hide your recent activity on your profile page.

Ok, recap. Vimeo is one of the best options for video online and it’s always great to get new features! Thanks Vimeo!