[mattjr]

Oh, that’s great to know about right clicking an instrument to select it without triggering it. Thanks!

Yes, I know about input gain being set by default to -18. I can certainly bring that number up…which I have already done…but that affects mouse clicks and stick strikes equally, so the underlying issue remains.

I looked at the velocity of my stick strikes. No, I generally am not striking anywhere near 127. I guess I tend to play more lightly than that…which is why I have the input gain and headphone volume turned up a bit. I just wish that this didn’t cause devastatingly loud mouse clicks. Perhaps in future incarnations of SD, there can be independent volume controls for sounds that are triggered by pads and sounds that are triggered by the mouse. I can’t be the first person to have difficulty with this. Meanwhile, I will use the right click as a workaround. Thanks!

[mattjr]

Thanks for that info. If you have a moment, I’d like to ask 2 more follow-up questions:

1. The Preview Pad is helpful, but is there a way to bring up the Preview Pad for a given instrument without first clicking on that instrument or changing the drop-down to indicate that instrument? Both of those actions trigger the sound at velocity of 127. Again, I’m concerned about subjecting my ears to those 127 velocity strikes.
2. I’m listening through headphones plugged into the Td-50. As you suggested, I experimented with Output Gain on the TD-50. That setting seems to have no effect on the volume of anything I’m hearing…either from stick strikes or mouse clicks. What am I missing?

Thanks again.

[mattjr]

Thanks for the info, Scott. Your response leads me to ask 2 questions:

1. How do I know what velocity I am achieving with a given strike on the drums? Is there a meter that displays that information inside of SD3?
2. You said that a mouse click triggers 127. Is there a way for me to change that setting so that the default mouse click is NOT full velocity?

Thanks!

[Author]

Replies