I have a Roland TD-6v kit with an FD-8 HiHat pedal. Currently the HiHat registers as “open” unless I stamp down on the pedal as hard as I can and don’t let up at all. I’ve tried all the Pedal Correction* settings, and setting the Velocity Ctrl curve for hatsCtrl manually, and nothing seems to change its behavior at all.
I’ve loaded SD as a plugin in Reaper and attached a second plugin** that monitors the MIDI signals coming from the pedal so I can verify at what pedal “velocity” the hi hat’s sound changes. No matter which Pedal Correction setting I use, or even if I set the Velocity Ctrl curve manually, it goes from open to tight at about 90 (out of a max of 127), with nothing, or maybe a very tiny interval, in between; and yes, the little blue box next to Velocity Ctrl is ticked on. The behavior is the same in Toontrack Solo, so I know the problem isn’t being caused by Reaper.
Does anyone have any idea what I can do to troubleshoot this further? The way it works currently is barely playable, and with a performance coming up soon I’m starting to get very nervous. 🙁 90 might normally be a reasonable a place for the hat to start closing, but this pedal doesn’t get there until I’m pressing down really hard, so I want it to start closing closer to 30 (or getting to 90 with less pressure).
Thanks in advance to anyone who can help!!
* In case anyone’s unfamiliar with this setting and is looking for it, Pedal Correction can be found under the Presets/MIDI menu at the bottom of the Mapping page. I mention this because the manual, at least the version I have, incorrectly says it’s on the Load/Save at the top of the page (section 7.3). May you have better luck with it than I!
** If anyone’s interested, the plugin I’m using is Robin Schmidt’s Midi Monitor, which has proven really useful. It’s available along with a bunch of others http://www.rs-met.com/freebies.html.
