A few noob questions...

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Re: A few noob questions...

Postby ignotus » Fri Feb 01, 2008 6:36 pm

Here are my results with the settings you suggested - I think retrigger is too high at 8 for my pad, but it does vary strength more now. With double-hit rolls it seems to pick up the first hit very loud and the second very quiet; lowering retrigger improves this.
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Re: A few noob questions...

Postby ignotus » Fri Feb 01, 2008 6:46 pm

This one sounds a lot better - I lowered retrigger to 2 and brought gain up to 2. This file is a mix of hard and soft hits.
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Re: A few noob questions...

Postby dmitri » Fri Feb 01, 2008 6:53 pm

You still get too strong first few hits in free bouncing (didn't look at the rolls yet).
Can you list all your settings(no exclusions) for the pad again?
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Re: A few noob questions...

Postby ignotus » Fri Feb 01, 2008 6:59 pm

curve: linear
threshold:15
gain:2
high level:944
retrigger: 2
dual head: yes

This is the setting for the last recording, which I think sounds much better than the previous ones. With them I used exactly the settings you suggested.
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Re: A few noob questions...

Postby dmitri » Fri Feb 01, 2008 7:08 pm

ignotus wrote:curve: linear
gain:2
high level:944
This is the setting for the last recording, which I think sounds much better than the previous ones. With them I used exactly the settings you suggested.

Is HiLevelAuto set to No?
944 is near the maximum MegaDrum's HighLevel setting. If I got so high HighLevel I would lower Gain instead of raising it.
Do you have a spare potentiometer between 4k7 and 47k? Just to try to attenuate a signal from the piezo.
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Re: A few noob questions...

Postby ignotus » Fri Feb 01, 2008 7:22 pm

I put in a 47k pot, and this is the result.
dmitri wrote:Is HiLevelAuto set to No?
Yes
I don't know much about this, but is my piezo delivering too much current or something?
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Re: A few noob questions...

Postby dmitri » Fri Feb 01, 2008 7:44 pm

The last 'free bouncing' recording looks much better!
I don't know why yet but your rolls don't look good. These are mine soft and medium rolls:
soft and medium.mid


I didn't record the hard roll because I cannot keep the same hit strength with harder hits. Please note, in the above recording all the hit level variations are due to my weak drummer skills:)
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Re: A few noob questions...

Postby dmitri » Fri Feb 01, 2008 7:49 pm

Also, it appears your pad sends very strong signal. If all your pads are as hot as this one I would recommend you to replace 4k7 R9-R16 resistors with 3k3 or even 2k2 resistors.
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Re: A few noob questions...

Postby Synthex » Fri Feb 01, 2008 7:51 pm

dmitri wrote:Also, it appears your pad sends very strong signal. If all your pads are as hot as this one I would recommend you to replace 4k7 R9-R16 resistors with 3k3 or even 2k2 resistors.

Or add pot on pad output.
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Re: A few noob questions...

Postby ignotus » Fri Feb 01, 2008 7:57 pm

The pot has improved things a great deal! I've playing around with it; full open for a 47k pot (I don't have any other values) and here are some more rolls. Much better I think...See what you think. I'm no drumroll expert either!
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