building a kit w/ Avatar and DFH?

[duckilover]

Hi all, first post, I’m sure some of this has been answered but…

I’m hoping to build a kit “similar” (very loosely meant) to what Neil Peart might use. So, a double kick, and at least 4-5 toms that are higher in pitch than what is in the standard template. Some triangles would be nice, but I’m not sure they are available in Avatar/DFH.

The most luck I have had is to add a second kick that ends up showing in the top right of the corner.

I have seen pics on the web of kits that look great, double kicks, added drums in the right place, etc. so I’m sure this is possible.

Are there any tutorials available to accomplish this?

Then of course there is properly mapping in the mixer for mics etc. but one step at a time is best lol:)

Thanks for any help.

Shawn

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[Nathan]

You added an “X-Drum”, an eXtra drum to the original kit. If you “Right-Click” and drag that kick, you can reposition it, but that won’t make any diference to sound or stereo panning, it’s merely a pictue. For that you need to delve into the micophone assignment and find your feet in the mixer screen.

 For a kit with a double-kick to look tidier, you need to find a session in a library that has on as default -I think some of the metal libraries have them.I think what you are trying to do is easily accomplished in SD with the appropriate libraries.

Spend some time with the manual and go through the tutorial videos on the toontrack site. It took me a week of reading, watching and fiddling until everything had clicked and I started getting confident. There’s a lot of useability under the hood.

Hope this is helpful…

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[John]

Hi,

as planetnine suggested, please check out the Tutorial videos on the main Toontrack site.

BR,
John

John Rammelt - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

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