[markusveralius]

It would be great if SD3 streamlines the use of custom samples/kits to work well with e-drums, especially if it wants to achieve the claim of being the most complete drum software there is. Currently, it’s faster, easier and more flexible to create a custom sample-built kit in Ableton Live Lite within a drum rack. However, I would prefer to use SD3 alone.

Things like cymbal choking, hi hat articulations (closed and open hi-hats at a minimum) I expected to be much easier. It’s seems that the only way currently is the hack-y workaround method shown by Vic in the post above with the images. That is, stacking articulations and then turning down the SD3 sample volume to zero. John also helpfully showed how to emulate choking by changing the number of channels to one, but again this is just a workaround, and makes the workflow awkward.

It’s a shame the stock electronic hi-hat graphic only supports a single hit, for example. It makes using custom sounds or building electronic-style kits a real hassle.

If it can be done, why make it difficult and finicky for the user?

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[markusveralius]

I went to a store today to try out some kits. I took along my laptop to test how the DTX-Pro worked with EZ Drummer and I had this exact problem you described. When triggering the sounds inside the DTX-pro, there is no issue. However, when triggering EZ Drummer with the Yamaha preset selected, I also noticed that multiple other pads would play and the graphics would animate on the ez drummer screen.

Did you resolve this problem? It does seem to be an issue – there are two posts I’ve found already commenting on this problem on the Toontrack website alone.

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