Articulation Selection Changes Do Not Change Actual Sounds

[pacificm]

I’m using Superior Drummer 3 Core library.  I’ve created a song in the Song Track.  I double click it and it opens the Edit Play Style window.  Then I select the Power Hand High Hat.  When I right click on it a small window opens with Articulation as an option.  When I click on Articulation a list of articulations are shown.  So far so good.

But, when I select another articulation in the list and click on the high hat, the articulation sound of the high hat does not change to the new selected sound.  I’ve tried several different articulation options and the articulation sound changes do not change the sound of the high hat.

Any suggestions how to get the articulation selected sound to change the actual sound of the high hat?

Thanks!

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.3.1
Operating system: macOS Big Sur (11)

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[José Sanguino]

I’m not sure if this will help, but on the “drums” tab of your selected preset, make sure the articulation you are choosing has been loaded. I’ve attached a screen capture: with your Hi-Hat selected, go to the list of articulations enabled, click and check. You can add and remove articulations by clicking on the “On/Off” button. Needless to say, only the ones with the highlighted “On” button are loaded.

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.3.3
Operating system: Windows 10

[pacificm]

That was very helpful.  But, what I’m noticing now is another thing.  When I click the Hi-Hat on the screen with the mouse I get a nice rich full sound of the Hi-Hat.

However, when I click the Hi-Hat using either of my my midi controller keyboards I get a weak, lower volume sound.

Why would the midi controller sound be so much weaker than the mouse on screen sound?  Is there a way to adjust the midi controller sound?  If so, how?

Thanks for your help!

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.3.1
Operating system: macOS Big Sur (11)

[John]

Hi,

clicking with your mouse in the interface yields a full velocity hit at 127. When you are using your controller, you are most likely not hitting at full velocity.

BR,
John

John Rammelt - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

[pacificm]

I’m getting this apparent same weak velocity response when I use either one of my two midi controllers.  So, would that suggest that the velocity adjustment needs to be made in Superior Drummer?  If so, how does one go about making a velocity adjustment for the Hi-Hat in Superior Drummer?

Thanks!

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.3.1
Operating system: macOS Big Sur (11)

[John]

Hi,

you can either change the Velocity Curve in the ‘Velocity Curve’ Property Box on the Drums page. This will affect all articulations (if all are selected) and the response will be at instrument level, meaning that the MIDI from your controller(s) as well as any MIDI from your DAW or Grooves in your Toontrack library will be affected by this change.

The other way is to go into MIDI IN/E-drums settings and create your own MIDI preset, selecting an instrument and trigger and draw your curve. This can be saved as a Preset and be applied to other Projects and as a Default Preset. This will not affect your Toontrack library grooves only incoming MIDI will be transformed according to your curve.

BR,
John

John Rammelt - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

[pacificm]

I tried both of those approaches and despite drawing the curves it did not change the velocity of the Hi-Hat.  The only way I’ve found to do that is by double clicking a song in the song track that has a Hi-Hat in it.  Then opening the Grid Editor, selecting the Hi-Hat track and in the lower left raising the velocity adjustment.

That seems to work, however, I don’t understand why adjusting the curves is not working.  Any suggestions?

Thanks!

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.3.3
Operating system: macOS Big Sur (11)

[John]

Hi,

if you have MIDI on the Song Track, I would rather just go in and select the HH to raise the velocity. That said, if I use the first method and edit the Velocity curve in the Property Box on the Drums page, it affects MIDI played back from the Song Track. If you are unsure, select a part with soft hits and crank the left/low part of the curve up.

The other Velocity Curve, in the MIDI In/E-drums window is affecting incoming data, so anything in the Browser or on the Song Track will not be affected.

BR,
John

John Rammelt - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

[patrick maguire]

The velocity of an e drum hit is also dictated from the e drum interface. You might have your drums dialed down to not send a velocity beyond a certain level. That being said, I too wish the mouse click velocity wasn’t 127. IT makes quite a loud alarming sound when you’re working on a quiet track. you can select a different velocity with the pop up slider, but that is a PITA to do every move. Maybe there is a universal “mouse click graphic” velocity control that im not aware of.

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