Can anyone explain how the future hit function works when it comes to the forward and backwards swirl with brushes loaded? I have looked through the manual but cant seem to find much that goes to in depth. Thanks
this is from the Roots PDF but I think most of it applies to the SD3 Brushes swirls as well:
In a nutshell, when using the Brush Triggers articulations (abbreviated brushTrig in the Superior Drummer interface), playback of swirls starts at the Note-Off events as opposed to the Note-On events. Furthermore, the peak (or accent) of the sound occurs after a lapse of time equal to the length of the MIDI note.
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As a result, MIDI parts taking advantage of these triggers will typically consist of equally spaced Note-On and Note-Off events, very much like ‘regular’ MIDI, but the peak of a swirl triggered by a Note event, unlike ‘regular’ MIDI, will occur at the next Note position. In other words, you will hear the swirl one beat later than the MIDI note that triggered it, when its peak occurs:Using Brush Triggers has two main advantages: first, this allows the MIDI to be adjusted for different tempo without any other action than changing your sequencer tempo (or dragging the MIDI file into your project, regardless of what tempo it is set at). The second is that the playback of the swirl samples will contain the ‘swooshing’ building sound that precedes the peak, ensuring a realistic reproduction of a real- world sweep performed on a snare.
Here are some sample swirl loops I made to show, internally to Toontrack, how swirls can be programmed. It is the same shuffle/swing loop but with different swirl programming.
The D-loop is the reference that looks pretty much exactly like the picture John posted. It faithfully reproduces the swirl that was recorded. To me, it sounds a bit unmusical. The swirl was played to a metronome. Perhaps it can be thought of as a straight swirl. In this case we need a swirl with swing.
The A-loop is essentially the same swirl but delayed a bit. It sounds much better to me.
The B-loop mixes the strokes from A with faster back strokes.
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