Triggering Rimshots on Superior Drummer 3

[Jonathan0226]

Hi,

If I buy a dual zone trigger and run it through a ddrum ddti trigger interface, is it possible to route it so it’ll playback rim hits, regular snare hits, and rimshots when i hit the actual rim and head together?

Thanks in advance.

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[olliepudge]

Hi Jonathan,

Not sure if this helps, but you can stack any sample in SD3 so they will all trigger simultaneously when you hit just the snare. Wasn’t sure if you were aware of that or not. You don’t need anything else. Maybe I’m missing what you’re looking for?

Josh

[Jonathan0226]

Hey Josh,

Basically what I’m looking for is to be able to trigger my snare drum in a realistic manner so that I can play a rim shot by itself when I play an actual rim shot on the drum, a center hit when I just hit the center of the drum, a rim hit when I just hit the rim, etc. I wasn’t sure if a dual zone trigger set up would allow this in superior drummer 3.

Thanks

[olliepudge]

@olliepudge said:
Hi Jonathan,

Not sure if this helps, but you can stack any sample in SD3 so they will all trigger simultaneously when you hit just the snare. Wasn’t sure if you were aware of that or not. You don’t need anything else. Maybe I’m missing what you’re looking for?

Josh  

@Jonathan0226 said:
Hey Josh,

Basically what I’m looking for is to be able to trigger my snare drum in a realistic manner so that I can play a rim shot by itself when I play an actual rim shot on the drum, a center hit when I just hit the center of the drum, a rim hit when I just hit the rim, etc. I wasn’t sure if a dual zone trigger set up would allow this in superior drummer 3.

Thanks  

Hi Jonathon,

What kind of snare pad do you have? I can tell you that I use a Roland PDX-100 and I am able to trigger center hits, rim shots, and the rim alone separately in SD3. You should be fine as long as you get a dual zone pad. Hope this helps!

Josh

[Jonathan0226]

Thanks! That’s what I was trying to find out. I don’t have a snare pad yet. I was thinking of building my own internal dual trigger and attaching it into a snare drum I’m converting to electric and buying a ddti trigger interface

[James Mitchell]

olliepudge wrote:

@olliepudge said:
Hi Jonathan,

Not sure if this helps, but you can stack any sample in SD3 so they will all trigger simultaneously when you hit just the snare. Wasn’t sure if you were aware of that or not. You don’t need anything else. Maybe I’m missing what you’re looking for?

Josh  

@Jonathan0226 said:
Hey Josh,

Basically what I’m looking for is to be able to trigger my snare drum in a realistic manner so that I can play a rim shot by itself when I play an actual rim shot on the drum, a center hit when I just hit the center of the drum, a rim hit when I just hit the rim, etc. I wasn’t sure if a dual zone trigger set up would allow this in superior drummer 3.

Thanks  

Hi Jonathon,

What kind of snare pad do you have? I can tell you that I use a Roland PDX-100 and I am able to trigger center hits, rim shots, and the rim alone separately in SD3. You should be fine as long as you get a dual zone pad. Hope this helps!

Josh

I have a PDX-8 but I am not able to trigger zones. In super drummer 2, this seemed to be automatic, where certain zones of the pad trigger hits based on location and sensitivity. Now I just get what sounds like a single triggered sound at an aggressive sensitivity. Any ideas?

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