Superior Drummer 3 FL Studio 20 – Hi-hat issue Roland TD-30

[JasperAllen]

Hi there.

Hopefully somebody might be able to help me with this. I did post on Image Line’s forums, but thought I’d try my luck on here as well.

I’m having an issue in FL Studio 20 when I load up Superior Drummer 3 as a VST. When I use my e-drums as a midi controller, everything seems to work fine a part from the hi-hat pedal. It plays only as open even when I close the pedal. The sound of the pedal closing can be heard, but when I strike the cymbals, it plays as if they were open. I know this is a problem within FL Studio itself because when I load up the Superior Drummer 3 program exclusively, the hi-hat’s respond as they normally would.

If you need any additional information/screenshots, let me know. I’ve played on acoustic drums pretty much exclusively my entire life and only just bought SD3, so I’m a complete beginner when it comes to things like this. Even though FL Studio is somewhat looked down upon, it’s easy enough for me to use seeing as it’s more of a MIDI sequencer. I can alter the notes to my liking using SD3 as a VST without having to go to the effort of trying to multitrack record the Roland modules samples. Which, in my opinion, play better but obviously don’t sound as good. Thanks in advance!

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.2.4
Operating system: Windows 10

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[Mark King]

Have you chosen the td30 preset in edrum settings?

SD3 with older sdx,s plus Rooms of Hansa and Death & Darkness. Cubase and wavelab current versions. Roland TD50x using all trigger inputs for triggering SD3 only. Windows 11 computer. Various keyboards and outboard gear as well as VST instruments. Acoustic drums: Yamaha 9000 natural wood and Pearl masters. Various snare drums. RME BabyFace Pro FS and Adam A7X monitors

[JasperAllen]

Yes I have.

[pumpkinking]

You might want to compare the midi monitor values when playing the hi-hat in standalone vs. as a plugin to see if there is a difference in the incoming midi values for a closed edge/tip trigger.

I also had this happen once or twice in standalone and I resolved it by powering my modules off, refreshing the midi devices, powering them back on and refreshing/selecting again.  You have to make sure you reselect the midi preset you want to use.  Just seemed like a glitch to me, I think I had the hihat pedal closed while powering up the module and SD3 and maybe that had some negative interaction.

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.2.4
Operating system: macOS Big Sur (11)

[MintberryCrunch]

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[JasperAllen]

pumpkinking wrote:

You might want to compare the midi monitor values when playing the hi-hat in standalone vs. as a plugin to see if there is a difference in the incoming midi values for a closed edge/tip trigger.

I also had this happen once or twice in standalone and I resolved it by powering my modules off, refreshing the midi devices, powering them back on and refreshing/selecting again.  You have to make sure you reselect the midi preset you want to use.  Just seemed like a glitch to me, I think I had the hihat pedal closed while powering up the module and SD3 and maybe that had some negative interaction.

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.2.4
Operating system: macOS Big Sur (11)

Thanks for your suggestions.

The MIDI values are exactly the same. As for powering restarting the modules and refreshing the MIDI input lists, I’ve done that multiple times and still no change. I think at this point it’s definitely something to do with FL Studio not mapping the notes correctly to the piano roll. That’s just a guess though. As I said previously, I am able to hear the hi-hat pedal close, but when I strike it, it still plays as if it were open.

I have no idea what to do at this point. It’s really frustrating…especially when I’m no expert at either pieces of software.

[JasperAllen]

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Ok, so I finally did end up fixing it with the help of Toontrack themselves and having to fiddle around a little bit in order to find specific options.

Basically, I needed to open up Superior Drummer 3 as a VST in FL Studio. Then, in the top left corner I clicked on the arrow pointing right beside the cog which opens up the drop down menu. I then hit browse parameters. A list will appear in the browser tab on the left hand side. I kept browsing down until I found MIDI CC # 4 (Foot Controller) I right clicked, and hit link to controller. A tab then popped up, I played the hi-hat while pressing the pedal down, and voilà, it worked.

What an absolute headache. I definitely wouldn’t have managed to work it out for myself. So thanks everyone for chipping in. Have a good one.

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Thanked by: Christian083

[Christian083]

Thank you very much

Your Answer make min 2 Drummer happy that i know =)

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