Open and then Closed High Hat

[lohanwarrior76]

I am a new user to Superior Drummer and not very experienced in production. However, most drum machines I have used in the past usually “choke/mute/note off” the open high hat when I hit a closed high hat. I have mapped out the high hats using the notes that probably aren’t typically used for high hats (no choke strip?) due to my small 2 octave keyboard and I think that is my problem. The question is how do I tell Superior Drummer to “note off” an open high hat assigned to an arbitrary note when I hit a closed high hat assigned to another arbitrary note? Sorry for the rookie question and I did try to find an answer in layman’s terms in other areas of the forum but could not.

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[John]

Hi,

you are not supposed to ‘do’ anything. When you hit a closed hihat or pedal chick, the open articulation will close. If you use E-drums, the foot controller’s CC curve will tell the open articulation to close. This can also be done with the mod wheel on a keyboard.
127 is fully closed, 0 is fully open when you use the ‘hatsTrig’ articulations.

John Rammelt - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

[john Keates]

I have managed to get an expression pedal to open and close the high hat, however, when I close it, I don’t get a ‘chink’ sound. Do I need to do anything special?

My setup is expression pedal into Akai Max 49 into Reaper using midi filters and such to send the right signal.

Cheers!

[John]

Hi,

the Pedal foot chick is generated via a note number (generally note #44) and I guess your expression pedal does not send a MIDI note when fully depressed.

John Rammelt - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

[john Keates]

Hi John,

Thanks for the info. I am thinking of getting a Roland Octapad which has a high-hat pedal. I am guessing that would do the job?

[John]

It should, yes.

John Rammelt - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

[andrepolvo]

I have an Spd 30 octapad. How do I use my hi hat controller in Ezdrummer 2?

[John]

Hi andrepolvo,

connect it and go to ‘Settings > E-Drums…’ and select ‘Roland’.

This should take care of the basic stuff and if you need to re-map certain pads, it should be fairly easy in the SPD-30 to assign note numbers.

You can always check in the ‘Details’ of each instrument which note triggers which articulation.

BR,
John

John Rammelt - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

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