Cymbal choking randomly

[kdownes]

I’ve been having trouble with cymbals choking with EZ Drummer 2 (and 3 as well, but I’m using 2 at the moment).  I’m running Digital Performer 11 and inputting midi via a keyboard to enter drum patterns.  For some reason I can’t figure out, about half the time when I am recording midi and hit a key for a cymbal hit, it triggers the muted sound rather than the one shot sound.  This happens pressing the same key — for example, I’m using the Seventies Rock Camco Toweled kit, and the A2 key is assigned to the Crash cymbal.  If I have the track record enabled and hit A2, I get a crash as expected.  But when I go to record midi in DP’s sequencer, if I hit A2 it mostly tiggers the muted crash, sometimes the one-shot crash.  Velocity and note duration make no difference either way.  In the piano roll view of the midi data, if I click an A2 note I get the one-shot crash, but on playback I get the muted crash.  Drawing in midi notes directly in the piano roll also doesn’t make a difference.  I’m getting it on the ride cymbals as well — seems like it’s just a cymbal thing.  I know this has been an issue for other people but so far there doesn’t appear to be a solution that works on my end.  Any ideas or things to try are welcome — thanks in advance!

EZdrummer version: 2.2.3
Operating system: macOS Monterey (12)

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[Mick Avoidant]

Can you post a soundbite? That would help work out what’s happening. Does it happen with other kits?

[Bear-Faced Cow]

You are probably triggering and recording the aftertouch on the keyboard by pressing down on the keyboard when hitting hit. Try releasing your fingers a little quicker from the keyboard.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

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[kdownes]

Mick Avoidant wrote:

Can you post a soundbite? That would help work out what’s happening. Does it happen with other kits?

Thanks for the quick reply!  I came in to try and record something this morning, and naturally right now it isn’t doing it, but I’ll bet it will again and I’ll posted whatever I can here.  When it happens it’s happening with all the kits.

Bear-Faced Cow wrote:

You are probably triggering and recording the aftertouch on the keyboard by pressing down on the keyboard when hitting hit. Try releasing your fingers a little quicker from the keyboard.

jord

I looked at the midi data and there is aftertouch on *some*, but not all, of the cymbal hits.  I’ll try to release the key more quickly to see if that helps.  Last night it seemed like nothing I did playing-wise was making a difference.  Thanks for the tip!

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