[Troubleshooting] Superior Drummer not playing all notes Roland TD-20

[bmjwitzel]

Hello all,

First, I’m sure this problem has come up before, but I haven’t been able to find a solution here or on other forums. Probably because I’m new to all this MIDI stuff and that I don’t know where to look for because I lack the proper jargon.

However, my problem is as follows: SD does not play all the notes I play on my drum kit. For example, if I play straight 16th double bass, every now and then it will not play a single 16th bassdrum note. While this makes for interesting rythms, It’s not wat I want of course. It’s not that it’s delayed or anything; it just does not play, no matter whether I play at 100 BPM or 180 BPM.

SD and Toontrack are fully updated. I play a Roland TD-20, MIDI connection via USB. My MacBook Pro is Mid 2010, 2,66Ghz, 4GB RAM.

Thanks for all the help!

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[Henrik]

Have you checked that the all MIDI notes are correctly sent by your e-kit? You can do that by recording what you play into a host and listen to the recorded MIDI.

Henrik Ekblom - User Experience Designer
Toontrack

[bmjwitzel]

Hello Henrik,

All MIDI signals are sent correctly by the E-kit. If I play alle the pads individually there’s no problem. It’s not untill I start to play that the sounds become mixed up. If I record a song it also misses random hits… It seems as if the more and faster you send MIDI signals to your MacBook, the more problems it has.

Thank you for your reply!

[revnice]

I’m having the same problem.

SD plays occasionally, missing most of the hits. It also gets the hits mixed up, entering an E might get me an Eb for example. All tracks are correctly routed, I’m using the Avatar kit in Sonar 8.5.3.

* I’ve checked that there is sufficient velocity and a duration of at least 1.

* I’ve tried a specific MIDI channel for all tracks (instead of None or Omni)

* I’ve created new MIDI tracks but nothing makes any difference.

Thanks – rev

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