Volume control when clicking articulations menu

[Erwin Ew]

Selecting an articulation by clicking on Center, Rimshot etc results in max loudness of the articulation. I’ve marked the buttons in red:

Is it possible to click without playing the articulation in Superior Drummer version 3.0.1?

When this is not possible, I suggest to play a soft articulation when clicking on the left side of the button, up to maximum volume on the right side of the button.

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[Henrik]

Yes, you can do that. This is from the manual:

If you would like to preview the sound of an instrument without selecting it, hold down Command + Options (Mac) and click the instrument (Control + Alt + Click for PC). Conversely, it’s possible to select an instrument without previewing its sound by holding down the Shift + Option while clicking (Shift + Alt + Click for PC).

Henrik Ekblom - User Experience Designer
Toontrack

[Erwin Ew]

@Henrik said:
If you would like to preview the sound of an instrument without selecting it, hold down Command + Options (Mac) and click the instrument (Control + Alt + Click for PC). Conversely, it’s possible to select an instrument without previewing its sound by holding down the Shift + Option while clicking (Shift + Alt + Click for PC).  

Thanks Henrik! Shift + Alt + click on PC answered my question.

I suggest to add this shortcut combination to chapter “3.4 Drums Tab Header Bar” | “Articulation Menu”, because this shortcut is described in a different chapter “3.2 The Drum Kit Graphic Interface”. I was not aware of this by reading reading 3.4.

FYI: I tried combinations like Control or Alt or Shift, but Shift + Alt + click is not a common shortcut combination on PC. Anyway, no problem to learn this combination, just my feedback. Thanks again for your help.

[Henrik]

Thanks for the feedback! 🙂

Henrik Ekblom - User Experience Designer
Toontrack

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