Need help – rimshot/sidestick not working correctly anymoren (low sound)

[Martin Weterholt]

Hello!

I’ve been using Ezdrummer 2 for some time now. Recently i had a small problem with my Roland TD4k and decided to reset all pads and eventually the whole system.

Since then, i can’t get my sideshot or rimshot (the ‘wooden’ sound you hear when you strike the rim of the snare) to sound all the time + it isn’t loud enough when you do hear it.

So my questions are these:
– how can ik get my rimshot to sound all the time?
– How can i make it louder ( i already tried the ‘rim gain’ in my td4k, but all it does is let it sound the snare rimshot? not the ‘wooden’ sound i want too hear.

thank you for your help!

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[John]

Hi,

I think you need to play around with the sensitivity, velocity curve and crosstalk in your module to make it respond like you want it to.
There may also be a switch setting for rimshot/cross stick or similar.
We’re talking about triggering the ‘Sidestick’ articulation (note#37) in EZdrummer 2, right?

BR,
John

John Rammelt - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

[Martin Weterholt]

Hi John,

yes, we are talking about that one. The thing is, i’ve downloaded the manual for the td4k and looked at velocity, rim gain and rim adjust. The problem is that, when i set my rim gain too high, the sound also changes from the sidestick to the rimshot sound.

Can i set the rimshot note to the sidestick note when it comes in ezdrummer 2? Because i can see the different notes coming in when playing..

Btw: when i turn of xstick volume in my Roland td4k , then the rimshot sound always plays. When i set my xstick to the highest level (3) it plays the sidetalk sound 🙂

[John]

Hi,

you cannot change MIDI note assignments nor change volume of individual articulations of a drum in EZdrummer 2, those are features available in Superior 2.
I’m afraid you will have to experiment with the module settings.

BR,
John

John Rammelt - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

[Juicy]

As John says, SD2 All the way.

[Martin Weterholt]

Thank you for your answers. But i did always work, that’s why i don’t think SD2 is necessary. But i will try and look at the settings. When i have an solution i will report it here.

[Juicy]

Just saying for ultimate control even with TD4 module , the SD@ plug would give you exactly what you want.

[Martin Weterholt]

I get what you’re saying. But i managed to fix it.

My td4k module is able to reroute midi numbers. So i disabled the xstick. This way, i know i always hear a rimshot and never a sidestick sound. So, now i have changed the midi note for the rimshot to the midi note for a sidestick. That worked!

[Ron_2]

Hi, I love the EZ-Drummer two. I need to turn midi note 37 off. The Side stick is getting false triggered from the kick. Is there an easy way to turn that note 37 off? Thank you…

[Jorg]

What?

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