Mapping an electronic drumset - volume
2005-09-18 by Peter Ostry
I recently got a Yamaha DTXplorer drumset and start mapping it to some drum samples I have. --- Volume The first samples I try are recorded at a healthy level and they sound good if I play them from the keyboard. A velocity of 127 for the kick drum gives me 0.4 dB in the audio instrument. But hitting the pad on the drumset with 127 produces only -6.4 dB (I guess the exact difference of 6 dB is just accidently). Why are the notes less loud if an identical velocity comes from the trigger of the drumset compared to a keyboard? Could it have something to do with note lenght? I can adjust the level slider and volume knob in the EXS to get more volume. But if I put the slider far up to reach a "normal" volume I loose all dynamics. Is that normal and do I probably have to adjust the velocity of each part on the drumset itself to match the EXS' requirements? ___ Peter Ostry