midi drum hell

[ChorazaiM]

Hopefully someone can help me sort out what's going on here...

I created a sample drum kit, with different samples set to different velocities, hoping that I could randomize the velocity on a drum pattern so that it triggers off slightly different variation of each drum piece, adding a more "human" feel...

Now, when I open this kit & pattern in Battery (which is what I use by default), the velocity seems to have no effect whatsoever on which samples are being triggered - all it does it lower/raise the volume of the default (loudest/value 127) samples themselves.

Loaded in DR-008, the velocty triggers different samples as it should, BUT, it also plays each note for a 1 beat duration (which is how it was programmed as I was paying no attention to duration as I was using Battery which apparently ignores this).

So, can anyone tell me either how to get Battery to respond to velocity, or how to get DR-008 to ignore duration?

 

[ChorazaiM]

DOH! Seems that I somehow overlooked the fact that I had set "velocity" to control "volume" for the individual pads (harking back to days of 1 pad, 1 sample, 1 velocity layer) in Battery itself. Well, at least it's working now

 

[moskus]

And the DR-008 could easily be changed by the click of a button. If you want to know I can find it out...

 

[ChorazaiM]

Sure Moskus It would be great if you can tell me how to make DR-008 ignore duration but still responce to velocity. Then I'm not forced into Battery simply because it's the only one I can get to work correctly

 

[moskus]

Click the "Mix" button in the upper left corner, and hit the "H"-button in the strip (between E and C). I think that'll do the trick...

And just one thing. If you preview the sounds by clicking on them with your mouse, the sound will stop if you release. But if you play it from the Piano Roll or your keyboard, it will "hold".

 

[ChorazaiM]

I guess if I had bothered to read the pdf manual I would have discovered that Thanks Moskus...

 

[moskus]

No problemo!