For everyone that commented and helped with my earlier problem a most sincerest thanks!
Let's start out with "I am NOT enjoying this learning curve thus far". Every time I believe I am ready to take even the smallest step forward, I find myself taking tens steps backward and becoming even more confused than before.
So here goes:
I thought it would be prudent to learn this new digital recording "thing" as a small step by step approach in the chronological order in which most sessions are (were?) run.
ALL I WANT TO DO IS RECORD DRUMS from an electronic, trigger pad, drum kit to capture the "performance" of the musician, and be able to make the final decision on what drum sounds to use, near or during the mix down stage. This IS supposed to be one of the "great" things about all this computer recording right ?? Back in the days of tape, once it was on tape there wasn't much you could do to get a completely different sound.. So,.. this is something I plan to take advantage of,. even if it kills me,..
So I have an Alesis DM10 studio kit which I have/want to use a vst drum program for the sounds right? Should be simple enough,... NOT! I have usb from dm10 to studio one pro and am able to have the triggers trigger the sounds in MT Power drum kit 2 but there are 2 problems.
1. The midi notes are NOT matching up. When I go into Mt Power to adjust the mapping I can highlight the instrument I want to change and simply type in the proper value for the dm10 (this alone took quite awhile as there is NO mapping information in the dm10 manual), BUT,,... but,.. MT Power has a feature that when you click on the instrument to change it's value, you can get it to autofeed the info by simply hitting the trigger you want to play that instrument. HOWEVER the stupid dm10 WILL NOT stop ghost triggering. Every 15 seconds or so, without even being near the kit, a few of the triggers will sound off meaning the the value I am trying to set gets changed in the drum vst. It is INCREDIBLY frustrating! I have already sent the unit to Alesis once to have it fixed and I have spent endless HOURS adjusting sensitivity, crosstalk, etc, etc,.. Is there a way to turn off the "auto fill" feature in MT Power drum kit 2??
2. The hi hat pedal isn't matching up either. I do get a proper "step on the pedal" sound when the pedal is stepped on. When I hit the hi hat with the pedal up I get an open hi hat sound, but when I depress the pedal AND hit the hi hat I STILL get an open hi hat sound. UUGGHH!,.. Any suggestions out there ??
Right now I am STRONGLY leaning towards the purchase of the Ddrum DDTI Trigger interface Ddrum DDTI Trigger Interface | Musician's Friend as I now LOATH the dm10, am not crazy about the sounds in contains, am frustrated by the limited number of outputs it has, AND it won't stop sending erroneous ghost triggers. This would leave me with a trigger only set up using vst drums, which suits me fine anyway,..
Has anyone out there had the opportunity to work with one of these ?
Can anyone throw a candle down here,.. it certainly appears to be a rather deep hole?,.. hehehe,.. Thanks,.
Let's start out with "I am NOT enjoying this learning curve thus far". Every time I believe I am ready to take even the smallest step forward, I find myself taking tens steps backward and becoming even more confused than before.
So here goes:
I thought it would be prudent to learn this new digital recording "thing" as a small step by step approach in the chronological order in which most sessions are (were?) run.
ALL I WANT TO DO IS RECORD DRUMS from an electronic, trigger pad, drum kit to capture the "performance" of the musician, and be able to make the final decision on what drum sounds to use, near or during the mix down stage. This IS supposed to be one of the "great" things about all this computer recording right ?? Back in the days of tape, once it was on tape there wasn't much you could do to get a completely different sound.. So,.. this is something I plan to take advantage of,. even if it kills me,..
So I have an Alesis DM10 studio kit which I have/want to use a vst drum program for the sounds right? Should be simple enough,... NOT! I have usb from dm10 to studio one pro and am able to have the triggers trigger the sounds in MT Power drum kit 2 but there are 2 problems.
1. The midi notes are NOT matching up. When I go into Mt Power to adjust the mapping I can highlight the instrument I want to change and simply type in the proper value for the dm10 (this alone took quite awhile as there is NO mapping information in the dm10 manual), BUT,,... but,.. MT Power has a feature that when you click on the instrument to change it's value, you can get it to autofeed the info by simply hitting the trigger you want to play that instrument. HOWEVER the stupid dm10 WILL NOT stop ghost triggering. Every 15 seconds or so, without even being near the kit, a few of the triggers will sound off meaning the the value I am trying to set gets changed in the drum vst. It is INCREDIBLY frustrating! I have already sent the unit to Alesis once to have it fixed and I have spent endless HOURS adjusting sensitivity, crosstalk, etc, etc,.. Is there a way to turn off the "auto fill" feature in MT Power drum kit 2??
2. The hi hat pedal isn't matching up either. I do get a proper "step on the pedal" sound when the pedal is stepped on. When I hit the hi hat with the pedal up I get an open hi hat sound, but when I depress the pedal AND hit the hi hat I STILL get an open hi hat sound. UUGGHH!,.. Any suggestions out there ??
Right now I am STRONGLY leaning towards the purchase of the Ddrum DDTI Trigger interface Ddrum DDTI Trigger Interface | Musician's Friend as I now LOATH the dm10, am not crazy about the sounds in contains, am frustrated by the limited number of outputs it has, AND it won't stop sending erroneous ghost triggers. This would leave me with a trigger only set up using vst drums, which suits me fine anyway,..
Has anyone out there had the opportunity to work with one of these ?
Can anyone throw a candle down here,.. it certainly appears to be a rather deep hole?,.. hehehe,.. Thanks,.