How to make Side Stick sound louder??

[Bucketfeet]

Hello,

Been enjoying EZD2, I think it’s a great product.

Just a quick question. I use a lot of side stick (the sound when you click on the very edge of the snare) in place of the snare in some of my songs. My problem is, it’s WAY too quiet…. I need it to be just as loud as the snare. If you listen to some ska music, you will know what I mean. I tried playing with the velocity in ‘edit play styles’ but it only affects the snare’s velocity and not the side stick…. also tried looking in mixer to see if I can raise the volume there, but the side stick it not there either.

Anyone have any tips on this?

Thanks!

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[John]

Hi,

raising the volume of a specific articulation isn’t possible in EZdrummer 2. It’s possible in Superior 2.
You can raise a drum’s volume by clicking the properties of the drum and turn the volume knob, aside from using the mixer.
Maybe raising the volume and playing softer on the center hits?

John Rammelt - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

[Scott Eshleman]

This may or may not work:
Try copying the MIDI, pasting only the Sidestick to a blank area of the timeline.
Then try increasing the Velocity of this particular section of MIDI.
Finally, copy and paste it back into the original MIDI groove.
Please let me know if that works. You may have to do it in sections.

[Henrik Ekblom]

If you have a MIDI file that plays side stick on your snare, you can raise the volume by:
– The Properties (accessed by right clicking on the snare), raising the volume knob on the top right corner
– The mixer, raising the snare channels
– In the Edit Play Style by raising the velocity on the snare

All the above actions will increase the volume on the snare, including all its articulation. So center hits, side stick hits and all the others will be louder.

I took a MIDI file that played a standard 4/4 beat. I entered Edit Play Style and right clicked the snare and selected Articulation/Sidestick. This makes all the hits sidestick hits.
I maximized the velocity of the snare, maximized the instrument’s volume in the properties of the snare and maximized the snare in the mixer. This made the sidesticks really loud

Henrik Ekblom - User Experience Designer
Toontrack

[Bucketfeet]

Thank you guys for the reply.

This is a bit of a tough one because the track I’m working on has sections with both Loud and regular snare hits and a pre-chorus with the side sticks. I may have to take gseshleman’s idea but instead of copying the loud side stick midi back into the drum track, just keep it as a separate midi on it’s own and render just the side stick portion as a WAV first, then layer it into my song.

Thanks!

[alexjazz]

Hi!

Same question. I’ve just purchased Ezdrummer 2 and sidestick is way too quiet. I intend to use it live playing lots of bossa nova, so sidestick should be loud enough. I’m triggering from a Roland td25… pls help! thx

EZdrummer version: 2.1.8
Operating system: OS X El Capitan (10.11)

[Henrik Ekblom]

alexjazz wrote:

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You can’t detail control EZdrummer 2 in such a way as setting individual levels of different articulations. You can only change the levels of different instruments. You’ll need Superior Drummer 3 to control individual articulations.

Henrik Ekblom - User Experience Designer
Toontrack

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[alexjazz]

thx very much man!… I understand… one more question… Do you know if it’s possible to send signal back into the drum module so I could layer sounds, obviously using the same USB cable that connects the module to the computer. I’m using a Macbook pro 2009… I’ve already tried using an audio cable from the computer back into the Audio In on the module. It works but i would much rather avoid the hassle.

Appreciate it.

Regards!

EZdrummer version: 2.1.8
Operating system: OS X El Capitan (10.11)

[Henrik Ekblom]

alexjazz wrote:

thx very much man!… I understand… one more question… Do you know if it’s possible to send signal back into the drum module so I could layer sounds, obviously using the same USB cable that connects the module to the computer. I’m using a Macbook pro 2009… I’ve already tried using an audio cable from the computer back into the Audio In on the module. It works but i would much rather avoid the hassle.

Appreciate it.

Regards!

EZdrummer version: 2.1.8
Operating system: OS X El Capitan (10.11)

I don’t know how your drum module works, byt maybe someone else here on the forum can answer this? I think you can get more answers if you post it as a new question in the e-drums section of this forum!

Henrik Ekblom - User Experience Designer
Toontrack

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