efnote cymbal choke

[Sam Bouckaert]

Hi guys

I’m playing an efnote 3 kit with ezdrummer 3 (both in standalone and logic/mainstage). But for some reason I can’t get the cymbal chokes to work.
I chose the efnote 3 mapping in ezdrummer, and everything else works great, but no chokes.

Any ideas?

EZdrummer version: 3.1.2
Operating system: macOS Tahoe (26)

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[Mick Avoidant]

Chokes aren’t mapped in EZD 3. Have you tried the Learn button? You could try setting your kit to do a Mute Hit instead of the choke.

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[Sam Bouckaert]

When I try a choke in learn mode, it doesn’t register in ezdrummer, so unfortunately, that’s not the solution.
Also it seemed to work with a TD17 i rented for a project last year, so it definitely must be possible.

In the edrums explanatory video, Toontrack states that “Cymbal choking is supported by ezdrummer and superior drummer and should work by default by simply selecting the correct e-drum preset for your module.”
So it should definitely work.

Hi-hat splashes also don’t work for me by the way, but since I rarely use those, that’s not much of a problem…

I did do a full reset of the efnote module to see if the issue had something to do with custom settings, but that didn’t do the trick…

Operating system: macOS Tahoe (26)

• This post was modified 2 days, 2 hours ago by Sam Bouckaert.

[Brad]

Sam Bouckaert wrote:

When I try a choke in learn mode, it doesn’t register in ezdrummer, so unfortunately, that’s not the solution.
Also it seemed to work with a TD17 i rented for a project last year, so it definitely must be possible.

In the edrums explanatory video, Toontrack states that “Cymbal choking is supported by ezdrummer and superior drummer and should work by default by simply selecting the correct e-drum preset for your module.”
So it should definitely work.

Hi-hat splashes also don’t work for me by the way, but since I rarely use those, that’s not much of a problem…

I did do a full reset of the efnote module to see if the issue had something to do with custom settings, but that didn’t do the trick…

Operating system: macOS Tahoe (26)

• This post was modified 2 days, 2 hours ago by Sam Bouckaert.

When you open Logic Pro’s Event List, do you see what efNote is sending? Does it correspond to the mute hit on the cymbal(s) in question?

EZdrummer version: 3.1.2
Operating system: macOS Tahoe (26)

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• This post was modified 1 day, 21 hours ago by Brad.

[John]

Hi,

‘Choking’ would be executed via AfterTouch, so my first check would be ensuring that AfterTouch is being sent from the module and reaching EZdrummer 3. If you go to the E-drums/MIDI In in EZD3, there’s a MIDI Monitor in the lower left. Does it register AfterTouch when you pinch the cymbals?

BR,
John

John Rammelt - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

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