kit piece mouse selection volume control

[magwa101]

I like to play quieter allowing for more dynamic range when I do pound the drums. So my volume is up. However, when I select a kit piece for editing with my mouse it plays it at full volume. Insane. Can I get a simple parameter in settings to control this please?

Windows 11
Reaper
SD3

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[Gert van Duinen]

I guess I still have the same issue.

Turning up velocity for all triggers in my TD-50 drum module doesn’t add anything for being able to play dynamically. I love all the settings in SP3 allowing us to adjust just about any trigger settings and Levels or Velocity parameters, just to name a few.

But I still have to take off my headphones when I select an instrument as all preview sounds (including all existing MIDI tracks played back) are set to full  velocity / volume levels.

[Henrik Ekblom]

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Henrik Ekblom - User Experience Designer
Toontrack

• This post was modified 6 years, 5 months ago by Henrik Ekblom.

[Henrik Ekblom]

magwa101 wrote:

I like to play quieter allowing for more dynamic range when I do pound the drums. So my volume is up. However, when I select a kit piece for editing with my mouse it plays it at full volume. Insane. Can I get a simple parameter in settings to control this please?

You can select an instrument silently by pressing Ctrl + Shift on PC (Alt + Shift on Mac) when clicking on it.

You can also do the opposite (preview an instrument without selecting it) by pressing Ctrl on PC (Alt on Mac) when clicking on it.

If you want to preview certain velocity of a selected instrument, press Ctrl + Alt to see the preview pad, which has velocity sensitivity. The Preview Pad can also be shown all the time by going to More menu in the Drums tab > “Show Preview Pad”.

 

Henrik Ekblom - User Experience Designer
Toontrack

[Anonymous]

I think he’s saying all kits selected go back to “default” mic,  pad and room levels, only the saved (default) kit is saved to the velocity settings he wants.

[markusveralius]

Having a preview volume control would be a really useful little addition, as in Ableton Live, or even in the main settings. Previewing sounds blasts your ears every time you preview each sound at maximum velocity.

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.2.5
Operating system: Windows 10

[markusveralius]

The shortcut to silently select on Windows is actually ALT + SHIFT, which took a little bit of trial and error to work out. That combined with the preview pad is a less than ideal workaround, because as an e-drummer with laptop at the side of my drums I have to use the laptop one-handed.

• This post was modified 3 years, 9 months ago by markusveralius.

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