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Sorry it’s been so long getting back here…

I did find the answer to the process of getting this sound. I can’t recall exactly but hopefully I’ll get back to it soon and take notes on what I did. I do remember that it dealt with the snare section attributes and note numbers (I think) and taking away some elements. Or changing the numbers…I just know I stumbled onto it and was shocked it worked! (I should know to document these things by now but I always think “I’ll remember that” and then…not much…LOL

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Thanks John…

I’m triggering from my edrum mesh snare pad (hoping to simply replace the snare or snare/rim sound since this whole song is completely sidestick)
Also, simply using this program as if it were live—just sending my output lines over to my console inputs.

 

I’ll  give your suggestions a try. Sounds like that could do the trick. 😊

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Mick: not sure of the room at this moment, but I believe I’ve used two so far…no, not working in Grid or a DAW. I believe I’m in “stand alone” mode—in other words, I’m using it like a live thing and taking my audio interface outs over to my console area and plugging in to my recording inputs. (Yes I know, an antiquated way of doing it but I’m old 😆)

As far as what I’ve done…whew! I’m not so sure. I believe that I’ve had some minor success with whatever mode/page that shows “articulation and velocity” tabs. Under the articulation section I see several things—notably RIM and ??stick”. Somehow I worked with them by changing the note numbers (adding or clearing etc.) and somehow ended up with a closer version of what I wanted, but still not a “plain or clean” stick sound like I’ve been used to in my old Roland TD6 module. Sorry, I’m not real savvy at this stuff so I’m poor at explaining what I’ve tried…many times things are “trial and error” with me. 🤪

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Update: All good now. With some expert guidance in a session with Shootie School and his videos I believe I have everything working fine now.
I ended up dropping the laptop and getting a more beefy computer. And now from my TD6 I’m running into a Presonus Audiobox 96 audio interface, with the outputs routed to my patchbay. Much better performance now. 😊 (Yes I’m still doing things the old-fashioned way, but I’m much older now, and my feeble brain can’t handle too much change with so many around the home projects/fixes to be done—just yesterday my tractor blew a hydraulic pump, so there’s yet another problem to dig into🤪 Shootie Shawn did show me how I could work so much more efficiently, and I promise one day I will get to migrating to your suggestions. ☺️)

thanks for all the help here.

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Ah ha! There it is! Many thanks again. 😊

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I clicked on your audio interface video link but I keep getting an “oops…” message 🥴

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Hmmm…I just watched a Shootie’s video and I believe I’ve been enlightened—I’m thinking what I’m missing is the MIDI interface is my drum module, which, is sending MIDI, and that an actual physical audio interface would solve my monitoring issue.

That sound about right? 😊

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Shootie:

Let’s see…I have an HP desktop pavilion slimline with WIN7 64 bit. AMD Athlon II X4 650 processor. 3.20 ghz, 4 gb RAM. (I have ordered more memory to push it up to the max of 16GB)

yep, it’s still a bit old…🥴

Reply To: “Audio Interface”? I’m confused… version: 3.0.6
Operating system: Windows 7

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Yes sir! I’ve made contact with Shootie, and making arrangements for his help. 😊

Reply To: “Audio Interface”? I’m confused… version: 3.0.6
Operating system: Windows 7

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I do know that “Google is my friend” as well as YT. And I have been using them for many hours. Sometimes big help, and many other times leave me more confused. And then off on yet another quest. Seems like an endless cycle. Believe me, if I had someone local I could pay to come and make it happen, I’d be all over it. 😊

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Hey fellas…yall still around?? 😜

Sorry to have been away from this so long…so many other things have come up almost daily and have consumed my time…

Moat recent actions have been getting a newer laptop for the software—that ended up a bust as the laptop developed some bigger issues.
I then thought I’d try a desktop unit I have extra—if I recall, WIN7, 4GB memory…so now I have EZD3 on it and up and running…

However, I tried using the Roland TD6v module along with the Donner mesh pads, with the MIDISPORT 2×2 MIDI to MIDI USB connecting to computer. Ended up having about at least a second of latency was all I could muster. (at 64 rate) I could see that under the software MIDI window the only listed items were the MIDISPORT’s  2 lines, and not the Roland module.
At this point I again tried the Donner module and with it (USB MIDI cable connection) it appears to be no latency. So today I’ll continue trying to get a little deeper with the Donner module. More later…

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Whoa! “…MIDI captured…” that’s way out of my league. LOL…I’m just old and too hard to change my ways…I’m lucky enough to just actually play and get my playing recorded to the track. And that’s always been with just a stereo track. (For a spell I did separate the snare and toms to one track and all else to the other😜) I figured this EZ Drummer approach would give me a huge improvement in my usual process😊

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Thanks for that info Glenn…

as for reset, I have restored to factory setup a couple of times and haven’t noticed any differences, other than the normal resetting pad types, sensitivity, threshold, etc. And I have the mesh pads so they seem to be a little better to adjust. But still, in my limited “drummer/software abilities, I can’t get to a sweeter area of velocity. That’s why I’m thinking maybe the higher end units are much better at these tweaks?
I haven’t tried to plug phones into the TD unit…ever, I don’t think. Since day one of using electronics, I’ve always plugged into the headphone out of the PT interface, thinking that was the only way I’d hear everything properly. Also, my thinking is, if I’m using the TD to the laptop and plug phones into the TD, then I’d only hear the normal TD sounds instead of the EZDrummer sounds?

I’m not quite clear on how your monitoring setup is done…brain may be too foggy this morning lol

 

 

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Sorry that I’ve been so long in getting back to this. So many other “fixes” and family items have been popping up and limiting my time. (Not to mention old age LOL)

I’m nowhere near what I used to know about computers way back when, and these days I have to sort-of immerse myself  back into it when I need to look deeper, and that usually ends up taking long periods of time to try and grasp things/processes that used to come easy to me. That being said…

if I can ask for your patience in guiding me…

let’s look at my laptop to start with—tell me what items/settings I need to look for and verify so that we can be assured that end of it is set up correctly? And then possibly the Roland TD6 module? (Should I do a factory reset on it before giving you any settings? Just in case something in it isn’t correct to use for this setup…)

My initial setup has been: electronic kit pads into the Roland TD6, out of the TD with 5pin MIDI into a MIDIMAN (?) Anniversary unit to convert over to USB MIDI that then plugs into the laptop. I use the headphone out jack on the laptop to then plug into 1/4” inputs for my PRO TOOLS interface (which is a proprietary unit of only two inputs.) I monitor with headphones that come from a headphone mixer off the PT setup.

again, many thanks.

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Thanks Paul.
hmmmm…see my reply above to Brad, if you don’t mind, and see if any of that makes sense…

I don’t believe my TD6 is “optimized”, and honestly I’ve wondered if there is something wrong within it.

(I do have that latest update “V”  that was offered for it)

Im not a “real” drummer by a long shot, (guitarist) but I do well enough on my own recordings. But I think in the recent years since I first built my own Ekit that I’ve realized more and more of what’s lacking, but the trouble is identifying it and correcting LOL…

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