Hi-Hat issues with Superior drummer 2.32 and Roland VH11 Hi-Hat

[MetalMatte]

I’ve had Superior Drummer 2.32 for about two weeks now and all of the equipment, except for the VH 11 Hi-Hat, work perfectly. I’m running it in Toontrack Solo and also Pro Tools LE 8.05.

The problems:
The Hi-Hat triggers the right signals, but it doesn’t do so naturally. For example, if I play a continuous pattern on the open Hi-Hat and then close it slightly (not completely closing the Hi-Hat), or play relatively fast patterns; opening and closing the Hi-Hat frequently, it gets choked and does not act as anticipated.

It has also occured that if I continuously step on the Hi-Hat (simply in order to keep the rhythm), it triggers a normal open Hi-Hat stroke (not a “pedal” sound), which quickly gets choked.

My attempts at solving the problems:
I believe that I have made the correct settings already, both on the module and in SD. I have set the Note Mapping to E-Drums Roland and I’ve tried setting the Controller to E-Drums as well as CC-offset. I’ve also tried manually setting up the Hi-Hat at the mapping section. None of these settings have made any great difference to the problems which I have been experiencing however.

Is there something I’m not getting? I’d appreciate any help.
Thanks in advance.

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[John]

Hi,

the ‘E-drums’ Controller type in Toontrack solo is for EZdrummer users, please only use MIDI Presets to set up the HH.
I would start with the Roland Preset and then try adding one of the Curve Presets. If none of them feels OK, I’d tweak the curve myself in the Velocity Curve for the HH controller.
Selecting one of the Curve Presets will show you an example.

BR,
John

John Rammelt - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

[Jack Pursian]

HI…This is sure not helping resolve my issue. I have Superior drummer, working with PT11. I can get all the drums except this hihat to work properly. I have the Roland TD25KV set. The controller works fantastic, but trying to get the hihats tweaked is making me crazy. In the mapping, I click the hihat, went to the preset, chose “note mapping Edrums Roland and Pedal Correction and get no results. Where am I missing these steps to get that to work. The choke or pedal sounds are not working. Thanks much

[Jack Pursian]

HI..Me again…I did read your post agin, went into the construct page, highlighted the hihat, changed the Avatar preset to another choice and all works fine. Thanks

[Dave Byers]

I noticed you have the TD25KV. I’m considering getting it. I have the td20 now. Looking forward to the more responsive snare, and cymbals it uses. Does that come through in superior drummer as well as it does on the TD25KV? Like where you’re hitting it rather than just volume and such. Are you getting that kind of response going midi? I’m mainly a guitarist/keyboardist and drum for my tracks. So I’ll want to tweak them at times with midi.

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