Using Roland percussion sound module inside Logic 8.

Hello,
I have a Roland td-6v percussion sound module and want the sounds to show up inside logic for use. How do I do that? I have a 002 with two midi cables connected (midi in and out from the Roland module coming into the 002). I have been able to use the kit as a controller for sounds inside logic and also control the kit from logics sequencer out through midi. (I could record drums as Audio but that's not the idea)
Thanks and sorry if my explanation is confusing in any way
Thanks again.

There really isn't any easy way to do this. so i assume you know that MIDI doesn't transfer any "audio" only information note on note off velocity etc. although they talk fine about this stuff logic does not have direst access to the sounds in your roland memory.
To get them "into" logic. you would have to record the roland sounds as audio. you can do this as a track in your song by bouncing, that is recording the audio from the roland to a track. or you can go in and record the sounds individually (not as a beat per se) then chop out the individual hits and load them in to the EXS24 or Ultrabeat as a custom drum kit. then they would be "available" to logic.
There is no way to just load the sounds from your roland (or really any instrument) into logic.
however there is a product that can automate the process of sampling midi instruments and then create custom EXS24 kits. It is made by Redmatica and is called AutoSampler you can check it out at
http://www.redmatica.com/Redmatica/AutoSampler.html
good luck-g

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