Any experience Triggering SD3 with Yamaha TCS Pads and Edrumin controller

[Andrew Payne]

I have recently added an Edrumin to my e-kit set up and have had a lot of success with Yamaha cymbal pads and Roland VH-10 Hi Hat. I cannot however seem to get the right balance when using either XP80 or XP100SD Yamaha TCS drum pads and Edrumin to trigger (particularly) snares in SD3. When I use the Yamaha module and same pads, I can get much better dynamics across the whole velocity range that I cannot seem to get with Edrumin. I can do low and medium velocity buzz rolls, Fast single and double strokes without “machine gunning” and still get 127 velocity heavy hits with Yamaha module. I am finding the Yamaha drum pads seem to be not “sensitive” enough with the Edrumin controller and a fairly high gain is needed to get 127 velocity hits. This then ruins the low velocity sensitivity/dynamics and causes double triggering and loses the realism I currently have. Any e-drummers out there who have used Yamaha TCS drum pads and Edrumin to trigger SD3 (or EZD3)? cheers, Andrew

Dell Precision 7730, i7 6 Core 2.6 GHz, 128GB RAM, 1TB SSD and 3 x 2TB SSD, Windows 11, Cubase Pro 14, SD3 plus a variety of SDX's and EZX's, Orchestral Percussion, EZBASS, RME BabyFace Pro FS and KRK V4 monitors. Modified Yamaha DTX900, DTXPRESS4 and Edrumin10 triggering SD3. Yamaha pads/cymbals and Roland VH-10 HiHat. PDP Maple acoustic kit for live playing.

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[BlueMistral]

Yes I used them but ended up getting rid of the edrumin since it was unplayable and the developer couldn’t figure it out either

[williamfarah]

It sounds like the issue is mainly in the Edrumin velocity curve/gain rather than the Yamaha pads themselves. Since the same XP80/XP100SD pads respond well through the Yamaha module, comparing the Edrumin trigger settings with the Yamaha module settings could help pinpoint what’s different.

I’d experiment with the input gain, threshold, retrigger settings, and especially the velocity curve. You may be able to get the high-velocity hits closer to 127 without sacrificing the lower dynamics. Also check whether Edrumin has any pad-specific settings or presets for Yamaha TCS pads.

Hopefully someone here who has specifically used Yamaha TCS pads with Edrumin and SD3 can share their exact settings that would probably save you a lot of trial and error.

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