New topic started instead of polluting another topic, sorry about that.
This is primarily regarding the hihats in Metal Foundry, I am using open 5.
1: All my hihat hits are at 127, but there are still some barely audible hits scattered throughout. How do I get rid of these, or isn’t it possible? While recording today I hit the hihat hard as hell, and it sounded like someone was barely tickling it. All the hits came out at 127.
2: It sounds like the hihat is barely touched with the sticks even at maximum velocity…? Surely something must be off? This is in default mode, without any combined presets loaded or anything.
3: All hihat hits are supposed to be fully open, but some of them sounds like the hihat is almost closed, even if all the midi notes are the same. Am I missing a variable here? It sounds like on almost every other hit the hihat is almost closed. I mostly notice this phenomenon when the hihat is played at higher speeds.
Some insight would be appreciated.
New topic started instead of polluting another topic, sorry about that.
This is primarily regarding the hihats in Metal Foundry, I am using open 5.
1: All my hihat hits are at 127, but there are still some barely audible hits scattered throughout. How do I get rid of these, or isn’t it possible? While recording today I hit the hihat hard as hell, and it sounded like someone was barely tickling it. All the hits came out at 127.
2: It sounds like the hihat is barely touched with the sticks even at maximum velocity…? Surely something must be off? This is in default mode, without any combined presets loaded or anything.
3: All hihat hits are supposed to be fully open, but some of them sounds like the hihat is almost closed, even if all the midi notes are the same. Am I missing a variable here? It sounds like on almost every other hit the hihat is almost closed. I mostly notice this phenomenon when the hihat is played at higher speeds.
Some insight would be appreciated.
but I will again stress that it’s the musician who decides what good sound is when he pays someone to record and mix.
I agree. Unless you’re paying for a producer as well. If you’re self producing your project then, yes, what you say is law. If you’re paying for a producer then you’re paying to have him/her make these type of decisions. If the producer is on the ball, then he/she will have an end vision and if that end vision calls for slightly less aggressive hats for a particular song, then it’s up to the musicians to follow his lead. That’s what you’re paying him for.
I’ve done plenty of projects where the musicians are ‘self producing’ and have no idea what they’re doing. They end up asking me to produce because nothing ever gets done. There is no clear leader. It should be a give and take with both producer and musician working for the same end goal.
Scott Sibley - Toontrack
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You’re probably right about that, but I’ve never met a drummer who didn’t have a very clear vision of what drum sound he wanted
I guess that varies with the music style, too.
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