Balancing Outputs on DTX kit

[Scott Huber]

I have mapped SD3 to my Yamaha DTX502. It appears that all the drums on the kit are hitting the proper drums on the program. The problem is that the snare is very loud, the toms are sort of loud, and I can barely hear the cymbals at all. The hihat (its the actual Yamaha hi-hat assembly) is hardly noticeable. When I try to play, all I hear when I play the cymbals is the sound of me hitting the cymbal pad, not the cymbal sound itself.

I’ve got SD3 on a Mac running into an interface, and the DTX hooked into the same interface. The output of the interface goes to a drum amp. Please advise on what settings I need to adjust to resolve this.

Thanks!

Operating system: macOS High Sierra (10.13)

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[Brad]

Scott Huber wrote:

I have mapped SD3 to my Yamaha DTX502. It appears that all the drums on the kit are hitting the proper drums on the program. The problem is that the snare is very loud, the toms are sort of loud, and I can barely hear the cymbals at all. The hihat (its the actual Yamaha hi-hat assembly) is hardly noticeable. When I try to play, all I hear when I play the cymbals is the sound of me hitting the cymbal pad, not the cymbal sound itself.

I’ve got SD3 on a Mac running into an interface, and the DTX hooked into the same interface. The output of the interface goes to a drum amp. Please advise on what settings I need to adjust to resolve this.

Thanks!

Operating system: macOS High Sierra (10.13)

Hi there,

In SD3 Settings > MIDI in/E-Drums > Use Preset

Have you selected Yamaha > DTX5 Series?

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.3.2
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[Scott Huber]

Yes.

Operating system: macOS High Sierra (10.13)

[Andrew Payne]

I use A Yamaha kit (DTX900) and SD3 so check this out below (and rest of thread) to give some ideas on how to get more volume (and therefore balance). But first dial in your module settings. cheers, Andrew

Andrew Payne wrote:

There is no simple answer and there are a number of ways to control (and maximise) volume. thought I’d share a few of my experiences to see if this helps. First issue is to dial in your triggers and/or drum module (including velocity curves, sensitivity etc) and Luke Oswald gives a good insight into how to do this. Check following link LIVE STREAM: Superior Drummer 3 w/ E-Drums – Session 1 – YouTube

Other areas you can affect volume are as follows and I have screen shots for some of these to show as well – circled in red. Note that I run to buses and then to individual outputs but all depends on your preferred routing.

1. Your Audio interface volume level
2. I use a mixer with preamp for audio output so this is another volume level control. I also have a headphone preamp for headphone channel out of mixer – another volume control for headphones.
3. I run an external Yamaha DBR15 amp with volume control (from the mixer)
4. Individual instrument mic channels in Drums tab and “level” and “velocity curve” 
5. Individual instrument mic channel levels in mixer tab
6. Levels in any ambient or OH mic channels (and you can alter which instruments bleed to these) and also the close mic instrument level in these channels
7. Level of instrment in “bleed form instruments for and ambient/OH channels as in 6. above

   I cant load any more screenshots so see next post for rest. Cheers Andrew

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Operating system: Windows 10

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Operating system: Windows 10

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