EZDrummer 2 w/ Yamaha DTX900 Triggering

[Matthew S Grisham]

Toontrack,

Just wanted to say how pleased I am with the Yamaha preset for ekits. I was simply blown away with the response and feel after selecting this setting in EZDrummer 2. Everything is mapped perfectly. No need to even use HH Curve correction. The feel and playability is amazing. I have to admit, I have SD2 but I haven’t had luck getting the ekit preset to feel correct. The HH always was off a bit. Not sure what you changed in EZDrummer 2 but it works flawlessly! Thanks for such a simply, yet intuitive, fun, and great sounding program. Always been a fan and have many of your software products. Right on Toontrack!

Regards,
Rimshot1971 (Matthew)
Texas, USA

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[Henrik]

Thanks for the kind words

Henrik Ekblom - User Experience Designer
Toontrack

[Greg]

Does your DTX 900 crash trigger properly with the Yamaha mapping? The Crash 1 tip/bow isn’t mapped properly for the DTX 900. I get it that there are several DTX mappings, but hopefully TT will reconsider and create a few extra maps. All of the other leading competitors have.

Intel 13900K, Windows 11 , Cubase Pro 13.0.30, Studio One 6.2.1.64495, 64GB RAM, UA Apollo x4 and UA Apollo X8 Thunderbolt,, 64 sample buffer size, Radeon 570, 42″ 4k monitor

MIDI controller: Roland A-37, Jamstik Studio, MCU Pro + expander
Drum Brain: Yamaha DTX 900, RHH135 hihat, 2 crash and 1 ride cymbal, 4 toms.

[Matthew S Grisham]

@gmontano said:

Does your DTX 900 crash trigger properly with the Yamaha mapping? The Crash 1 tip/bow isn’t mapped properly for the DTX 900. I get it that there are several DTX mappings, but hopefully TT will reconsider and create a few extra maps. All of the other leading competitors have.

Hello,

Great question and suggestion on adding different mapping for DTX kits. I’ve found that Superior Drummer 2.0 has always been behind on the midi mapping presets compared to the other top competitors. I get excellent response right out of the box with Addictive Drums 2 and when I had version 1. Now with EZD2 it also is spot on with the HH from the start. I was pleasantly surprised and somewhat baffled why SD2 could not get this right. I just never could get a good response with SD2 on the HH even with using the HH Curve settings. I’ve even manually mapped it with all articulations and it still did not feel right or perform correctly. Of course with EZD1 there wasn’t even an option for ekit really. Regarding my crash trigger I honestly don’t know. I’m currently using a very small setup of my full kit and only have the Kick, Snare, and HH being used. . I’m not in a place where I have room to setup the full kit, unfortunately. Once I do I’ll see what my triggering does and get back with you. Unless its fixed or updated by then. Take care.

P.S. I guess I could just connect my crash to crash input 1 and see what happens. Get back to you on this.

Regards,
Rimshot1971

[Greg]

I double checked after posting this and the Crash 1 tip triggers the ride cymbal. I get that there are a few common Yamaha mappings and that one size doesn’t fit all, but the changes between the 3 most common set are so minimal I can’t imagine it would take TT much effort to include them. The HH is great, but TT usually is known for the extra polish on its products and I don’t know why the Yamaha mapping (probably the second most popular electronic set) isn’t important for their flagship drum products. All teh major competitors have done this. It’s mainly an issue with the EZD2 as there is no way to customize the mapping. Creating a a module preset to match the EZD2 Mapping is an option, but then swapping out other VSTis doesn’t work without creating mappings in the DAWs. Would be nice not to have jump through all the hoops.

Intel 13900K, Windows 11 , Cubase Pro 13.0.30, Studio One 6.2.1.64495, 64GB RAM, UA Apollo x4 and UA Apollo X8 Thunderbolt,, 64 sample buffer size, Radeon 570, 42″ 4k monitor

MIDI controller: Roland A-37, Jamstik Studio, MCU Pro + expander
Drum Brain: Yamaha DTX 900, RHH135 hihat, 2 crash and 1 ride cymbal, 4 toms.

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