Is it possible to choke cymbals in EZDrummer?

[zonfar]

Ive tried this product elsewhere and we couldn’t figure out how to choke cymbals correctly. We mapped the midi notes to the “Crash Muted” but that note played a very quick loud crash before muting.

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[Scott]

I’m not sure I understand your question. Could you explain what you mean by ‘choke cymbals’?

The ‘Crash Muted’ cymbal articulations work like any I’ve heard or used…a loud crash…then the hand stopping the ringing.

If you’re asking how to set a cymbal up so you can do a ‘manual’ crash mute, ie. hit a key on your MIDI controller and then hit another key/knob to stop the ring, it can be done by setting up aftertouch on your MIDI controller.

Personally, I use a Korg PadKontrol (for the moment) and I’ve set one of the knobs to manually choke my crashes when programming.

Scott Sibley - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

[zonfar]

Yeah I mean to mute the cymbals, although the midi module we both have is a alesis trigger io which doesnt have aftertouch on it, I don’t suppose there’s any workarounds?

[Rogue]

I’m afraid there isn’t. On the ‘mute’ notes though, the lower in velocity the longer the sustain, so perhaps using a trigger dedicated and calibrated to your liking may yield some acceptable results.

Best Regards,
RM

Rogue Marechal - Toontrack
Configuration Manager

[mario raimondi]

Bah..thys long rides that resonate for a liefetime are just a pain , do something about wake up! and let us confugure the midi notes , make ourr life easy guys come on

[ravik]

Hi all!
I have a Roland TD17KVX and I recently connected it with my laptop and I’m using EZ Drummer to get some more variety for the sound. However, whenever I try to get my audio from the EZ Drummer, my cymbal chokes simply don’t work. They work fine if I use my kit’s own module, so it doesn’t seem like a hardware issue. Can someone help me out with it?

[jeipi]

Hello, sorry for resurrecting this, but it seems like I have the same issue as the above poster.

I have a Roland T1DMK connected through USB. Choking a cymbal works with the module’s sounds, if I play a cymbal and then grab the pad, it “chokes” it, silencing the sound.

But not in EZ Drummer 2. I found a guy on youtube who claims has a workaround (here’s the video) but I was wondering if Toontrack fixed this yet?

 

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Thanked by: FrizzyBanger

[FrizzyBanger]

An easy workaround is to render the crash to an audio file, then draw a rapid fade-out to that audio file – make the timing of that fade match a realistic choke. Then EXPORT this as a new audio file. Then IMPORT this new audio as a sample into EZ drummer, assigning it to whichever kit and crash cymbal you like. You may wish to create a duplicate of the current kit and make ALL of those cymbals choked, so that you can blend seamlessly with the regular crashes.  🙂

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