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Re: Stick Choice

2000-01-07 by Giles Hearn

I'm not sure whether the choice of sticks is really
that important with e-drums. I use standard
nylon-tipped 5A's. The thing is, if you're not getting
enough "power" - can't you just increase the
sensitivity of each pad or increase the overall
volume?
I'm not trying to be argumentative - it's just that
e-drums have a maximum volume according to the MIDI
limit of 127. That's it. You can't get any louder no
matter how hard you hit the pad.
Sure, a bigger tip is probably going to give you a few
more "points" of MIDI volume, but the main parameters
are pad sensitivity and the volume curve.

If you've got the MIDI analyser, you can hook it up
while you're playing. That way you can see the MIDI
velocity of each note as you play it.

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