Totally. I battle this myself, as I also record MIDI via an e-kit into a DAW. You should have some way to adjust the velocity either at the drum module itself, or after, inside your DAW, or a bit of both. In Superior Drummer, I can adjust things much like this video, with a 'curve':Eric, the MIDI recording also captures velocity, so any unevenness in the kick is how it was played. I can edit that though, so I’ll take a look see.
I'm not sure. It could be level, eq, compression or some combination of those.BSG - Do you mean just bringing up the volume on the kick?
i almost fell into that trap. I guess the drumkit sounds a bit artificial, that gives it that robotic feel. Plus there is not much dynamics in the drums.Thanks for the feedback, guys. Much appreciated. FWIW the drums are a real drummer. Not sure why, but I seem to get comments on them being programmed on quite a few of my posts, and I’m still not sure what the issue is.
I’ll take a look at his module. It’s on the low end of Roland’s offerings. Not sure if that has anything to do with it. The drummer is clueless regarding MIDI. He has the kit tweaked the way he wants for audio, and that’s really all he cares about. My problem is the only way to record his audio is as a stereo track. That doesn’t give me enough latitude for mixing as you can’t access the individual pieces in the kit.Totally. I battle this myself, as I also record MIDI via an e-kit into a DAW. You should have some way to adjust the velocity either at the drum module itself, or after, inside your DAW, or a bit of both. In Superior Drummer, I can adjust things much like this video, with a 'curve':
www.youtube.com/watch?v=csEK4DlEd2s
I also adjusted the velocity on the module itself, and that helped the drummer tremendously. I was getting unevenness as well, and it was no fault of the drummer. E-drums can take a lot of tweaking and they don't translate like the real thing. Pretty close, when dialed in though.
Yeah, the MIDI gives me a lot of flexibility after the fact. I can rebalance the entire kit if need be. Add reverb where needed. Etc. Etc. And even fix minor timing issues - which I usually try not to, unless very egregious.Ah, it's an e-kit. At least you got the MIDI so you're not locked in to the balance or sound of the kit.
Thanks. Didn’t touch the guitars, but as Newton said, each action has an opposite and equal reaction. IOW, every time I move one knob some other shit changes.This mix sounds much tighter and smoother. The guitars seem to be glued together better in this version as well. Well Done..
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