Superior Drummer – Roland TD-4 – Ride Bell sound

[Tomster]

Hi!
with SD2 i was able to set up the velocity Bell sound on my ride cymbal via the Midi notes functionality.
I can’t find this feature in SD3. Can somebody push me in the right direction?

Thanks!

- Rock steady -

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[John]

Hi,

please check the MIDI In/E-drums page and your TD-4 Preset.
When you hit the Ride Bell on your kit, you should see in the MIDI In Analyzer which note is sent.
Check the Ride’s mapping and make sure the Bell is triggered by the incoming note.

BR,
John

John Rammelt - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

[Tomster]

Hi John,
the cymbal (Roland CY-8) only has two zones, edge (59 -> ride crash) and the normal playing zone (51 -> ride bow), but not a specific bell zone.
I think in SD2 the bell sound was triggered based on the velocity of the hits? At least this is how i understood your answer in the SD2 forum:
“that particular part is not pre-set up in the Roland MIDI Preset, no but about everything else is if you have a Roland module.
The velocity switch can then be loaded via the Mapping page > MIDI Presets > MIDI Nodes > E-drums > Ride Bell Split.
As always, when you’re done with your setting up, save your own MIDI Preset.”
[https://www.toontrack.com/forum/e-drum-workshop/sd-td4/]

Thanks,
Thomas

- Rock steady -

[John]

Ah, OK.

Then I would right-click the Ride, go to ‘More’ > Stack > Add to > Bow, then add the Bell articulation.
Next, select the Bow articulation in your Ride Bow Stack and switch on the Velocity Gate Property Box. Set it to e.g. Low 0 and High 110.
Then you select the Bell articulation in the Bow Stack and set the Velocity Gate to Low 110 and High to 127.

BR,
John

John Rammelt - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

[Tomster]

Thanks, John,
Is this supposed to trigger only the bell sound when i hit with velocities >110? Because i can’t really hear the bell sound (i tried exactly the steps you described).

- Rock steady -

[John]

OK,

that’s strange. I just tried it myself and it works as expected.
Can you ZIP your Project and attach to a post here?

BR,
John

John Rammelt - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

[noisyneil]

This is exactly what I was looking for so THANKS!!!

Is it possible to set this as default so that the bell articulation remains in the higher velocity range even when switching libraries/presets? That would be incredibly useful.

Cheers.

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