first time user

[Leon]

Ok I will thank you Dmitri. Just one more thing, it does make the usb sound on the pc when I plug it in, but it just doesn't show in my system tray.

[dmitri]

Just as any other USB devices after Windows installed drivers on the first connection it shouldn't show it in a system tray anymore. You should see it in the Device Manager under Sound devices if it already has been detected.

[Leon]

It does pick it up ( only as a generic USB device though). The led blinks when I hit the pad( I have only one pad connected for now) but there is no sound at all.

[dmitri]

It does pick it up ( only as a generic USB device though). The led blinks when I hit the pad( I have only one pad connected for now) but there is no sound at all.

Sound from where?

[timekeeper]

It does pick it up ( only as a generic USB device though). The led blinks when I hit the pad( I have only one pad connected for now) but there is no sound at all.

You won't get any sounds from Megadrum itself! It's a midi trigger, NOT a drums brain! You need a piece of drums software such as Toontrack's EZ Drummer (not free) or Hydrogen (free) to produce the sounds. Megadrum acts as a link between your pads and a drum program (like the previous two). It translates the hit on your pad to something that EZ Drummer for example can understand so it can produce the right sound.

[Leon]

OMG!! How stupid can I be, I will try and get the software, and let you know if I get it working, thanks for the advice....

[Leon]

Any suggestions of any freeware I can use to test for now??? (Drum Sampling)

[ignotus]

Try Hydrogen

[Leon]

Will it work on Windows??

[Johnfreeth]

It should work in Windows but I think it is only in Alpha stage, still it's worth trying.

try this link

http://www.hydrogen-music.org/hcms/node/21