[mpfisher69]

It’s not USB audio gain settings. The problem is with the velocity of MIDI notes sent from TD-17 to SD3. Anyhoo, that’s solved now.

Cheers,

[mpfisher69]

AntonK wrote:

Check your USB/Audio input gain in “System” – “USB/Audio”.

My TD27 was set to -18db, and i had similar issues – loud when triggered from SD3 and low volume when triggered from drums. Setting this parameter to 0db cured all the problems, now everything is loud and clear. I can’t imagine how many people have this problem because of Rolands factory settings…

Thanks to Jorg for pointing to this solution.

Jorg wrote:
For those with a roland module, there’s a hidden setting in all the newer Roland Modules like Td-25, TD-25, TD-30 and TD-50, it’s called the USB/Audio input gain and it’s by default set to -12dB which causes SD3 to be barely audible when triggered with the module, maybe search for a setting like that in your midi controller?

• This post was modified 3 years, 11 months ago by AntonK.

USB audio is not a problem here. Problem is with the velocity of MIDI notes sent from TD-27 to SD3. With my playing style, I’m unnable to reach full velocity of 127, unless I go absolutely bonkers and start to wack the living ghost out of drums!!! When I play as normal, my kick’s velocity rarely exceeds 85. The same goes for all other pads (snare, toms and cymbals). Fortunately, SD3 provides velocity mapping feature.

Open “E-Drum settings”. Remember to select your TD-27 as MIDI device in “Audio/MIDI setup”.

Open “Velocity” tab and play some phrase on your drums. Note the velocity values shown in the “Analyzer” section (bottom-left).
Select all MIDI notes (CTRL+A) and drag the 3 dots on the right hand side edge of velocity curve to the left. Match the value with the strongest hit you have noted in the analyzer. In my case it was 85.

Now, your MIDI settings should look similarly to the picture below. Play the same phrase on the drums and note how the velocity of your hits is being translated to higher values.

Remember to save your E-Drums preset!

You can also change your pad assignments here, but, this is for another post.

Please let me know if you need more help.

Cheers,

• The post has been modified 2 times, last modified 3 years, 11 months ago by mpfisher69.

[mpfisher69]

Go to: MENU->SETUP->MIDI on your SPD-SX and note the “GLOBAL CH” number (default is 10). In SD3 check MIDI-in/E-Drums settings and ensure that MIDI in channel is set to the same number as your SPD-SX, i.e.10.

Hope this helps.

Cheers,

[mpfisher69]

Had the same problem on my TD-17, although with Superior Drummer 3.

There are two ways to solve this problem:
1. Increase sensitivity of the trigger inputs on the TD-17 module. This will result in higher volume when you play your drums on their own (i.e. without EZD2).
For example: default sensitivity for cymbals on TD-17 is 7 (if I remember correctly). I had to increase this number to between 9 and 11 to get decent sound.

2. Use MIDI presets and “translate” to higher velocities in the presets. This was possible in SD3, I’m not sure if EZD2 can do that.

Please let me know if you need more information.

Cheers,

Peter

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