It's irritating when software places limitations on what we want to do. I had one of these experiences while reviewing the Ion iED05 Digital Drum kit (with video review here). I quite liked it from a hardware point of view but the inability to record in third party software was very frustrating. It may have something to do with the next model up that can do this, and while the extra money was worth it for the proper drum machine, it didn't help me in any way.

Put simply, the drum appears to Windows as a Game Controller rather than a musical instrument. There were one or two programs I found for making music with a joystick but none that would respond to all of the drum pads.

Well it seems I must have been looking in the wrong place. My thanks go out to Mark who pointed me in the direction of a post on wibwobweb.com.

It's not a simple solution; there are several stages to complete but it's better than forking out for a whole new kit.