[Garageband] How to create a short cymbal sound?

[Petri Niskanen]

Hi,

I would like to add a cymbal sound to my Garageband drum track that corresponds to situation in which real drummer hits a cymbal (usually crash) and then immediately cancels it’s playing by stopping the movement of a cymbal by his hand. Is that possible? If yes, how to do it?

I have Garageband 10.0.3 and EzDrummer 2 with several extensions.

Best Regards,
Petri

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[John]

Hi,

easiest way is to identify the keys that trigger Mute Hits, which would be note #50, #54, #56 and #58. You can see this in the MIDI layout for the EZX.
Triggering those keys result in Mute Hits and the Velocity determines the length of the hit.

You can also use AfterTouch with the regular hits but that requires means to trigger it, like in E-drum cymbal where you pinch the cymbal, or a keyboard with AfterTouch keys.
AfterTouch is also filtered out by Default in some hosts.

John Rammelt - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

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