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• Posted March 19, 2009 at 05:10 #1891005
  Khatru

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  Hi There,

  New member here.  New to e-drumming as well.  So, I’ve been playing around with quick press rolls(6-10 hits or so) for both snare and hi-hat and have come upon something that seems to work well.  Just wanted to know what ya’ll are doing and if there’s anything else I ought to be thinking about.  I envision/imagine the hits as being spaced apart greater along the time axis at the beginning of the roll, and less towards the end.  Originally, I tried lessening the velocity of each hit in a linear fashion, which sounded very mechanical.  Then I tried setting the velocity of each hit in a downward parabolic manner which would seem to me to be more natural, and came up with a great results.  Though I’m not a drummer, this makes sense to me, and since it sounds natural then I suppose I’m in buisness.  Any thoughts, and any other approaches would be appreciated.

  Thanks, Dave
   
  Ooops, sorry, i think I’m in the wrong forum.  Off I go!!!  
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