Each velocity a unique sample?

[fussybritches]

Maybe this question’s been answered, or stupid. Or both.

In EZDrummer, if I use 127 snare hits in a track, with the first hit at velocity 1, the second at velocity 2, and so on up to 127, am I hearing 127 different samples? Or are some duplicates? And if some are duplicates, which?

Same q for every other component of the kit.

Thanks.

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[John]

Hi,

that’s not how it works.
First, I do not think that any Sound library has the same amount of samples for each instrument and articulation. SDX:s do have more than EZX:s.
Second, samples are divided into pools depending on their hit strength and then the engine picks among samples in a pool and send it out with a strength/loudness corresponding to the incoming MIDI.

John Rammelt - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

[fussybritches]

Thanks.

1) Is EZDrummer designed so that two consecutive snare hits (for example) will use two different samples? Or might both hits use the same sample?

2) If I want the track to play different snare samples, am I better off varying velocities or using the same velocity throughout? Or does it not matter?

[Henrik Ekblom]

EZdrummer will ensure that two consecutive snare hits won’t be the same – in most cases, e.g. we have some special libraries where it’s suposed to not sound different, some instruments in Electronic EZX for example.

If you play 2 hits in a row with velocity 110 for example, our acoustic drums will give you 2 different samples to avoid the audible “machine gun” effect. If you vary your velocity the drum sounds will be different in volume.

Henrik Ekblom - User Experience Designer
Toontrack

[fussybritches]

@Henrik said:

If you vary your velocity the drum sounds will be different in volume.

But EZDrummer will use different samples for the two hits, whatever velocities I enter?

[Henrik Ekblom]

yes

Henrik Ekblom - User Experience Designer
Toontrack

[fussybritches]

Thanks very much to John and Henrik.

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