Midi mapping based on velocity

[Aaron Lim]

Hi guys,

Just wondering if there’s any way to do a midi mapping based on velocity.

I have a single zone cymbal, which I assigned to Ride Bell Tip articulation.
However, I would like to assign the same cymbal to a Ride Bow Shank articulation if I hit the cymbal really hard.

Since I only have 1 zone on the cymbal, I’m trying simulate 2 zones based on velocity.

Can I know how I can achieve this?

Thanks!!

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.1.4
Operating system: macOS Mojave (10.14)

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[Mark King]

You need to create a stack using the different articulations and and use the velocity curve in each one to get the switching. Look in the manual at stacking. This is the feature that will allow this.

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[Bear-Faced Cow]

Actually, I would use the Velocity Gate rather than the Velocity Curve. Velocity Curve might come in handy for some smooth transition effects, and would take some patience to tweak.

jord

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[Aaron Lim]

Hi guys,

Thanks so much for your tip.

I managed to get it done using velocity gate and stacking.
I’ll switch to velocity curve if I find that I would like the switching between the 2 instruments to be more subtle.

Thanks again!

Aaron.

[noisyneil]

I’ve been doing the same thing for ages with velocity gating, and it seemed to work well. However, I recently noticed something that’s got me scratching my head.

I added a bell shank articulation to my ride, to be triggered when I hit my ride pad hard. The sound I wanted was a single super-compressed mono overhead, but I noticed that the stacked bell articulation was coming into the mixer on a new channel labelled ‘X-OH’, and so wasn’t present in the mono overhead channel. As this stacked articulation is coming from the same cymbal, I’d expect it to appear in the mono overhead’s Bleed section, but it doesn’t. It would be great if you could trigger specific articulations (as well as stacked pieces) via velocity gate to avoid this kind of thing.

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.1.7
Operating system: macOS Mojave (10.14)

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