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beatmunga wrote:3 pages to get to that.

Another sad indictment of Live users.

...and three years for you to get to the thread.

I used the Trapkat with DrumRack for a few years when playing out. My approach became more stripped down over time. What I ended up with was a few basic kits with several variations to handle specific songs. In other words, "Kit 1 Main" could be identical to "Kit 2 No Doubt" with...

TRS80 wrote:Right now I use an old Kurzweil K2000 and an out-of-production DrumKat.

Which DrumKat? They're still making most of 'em.
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Hello, Stan_T, The way I do it is to have all my samples loaded into a single Drum Rack then build the actual kits with my controller. In other words, program 01 may be a brushes kit, so selecting program 01 on the controller will point each pad to the appropriate brushes samples Can you discribe a...

Is there a way to change the presets on the Drum Rack without using the mouse? The way I do it is to have all my samples loaded into a single Drum Rack then build the actual kits with my controller. In other words, program 01 may be a brushes kit, so selecting program 01 on the controller will poin...

I'm using a Firestudio 26x26 with e-drums on a PC and I have no appreciable issues with latency. I realize that's different, but there are obviously people looping with version 7. It might help to post your Live audio settings.

If only I could keep up. Thanks Angstrom.

I'm waiting for the details on this sum'bich.

There are other circuits for using LED's as touch sensors, but this sucker seems a lot faster than most.

Regarding the point that you need real hi-hats to sound like real hi-hats: I've played e-drums and acoustics for thirty years so I can back you up on that. But, to duplicate the sound in the LCD track, you could do that with samples if you wanted. The_planet had the best suggestion of any of us. Go ...

I bought one new when they came out for about $300. It's ok for what it is and when it was introduced, but you'd be much better off putting that money into something new and sturdier. All other things being equal, it's 25-year-old gear that can fail on you.

I think you want compression, and tape saturation, To duplicate the sound of simply hitting a hi-hat on it's edge? That sounds like a lot of shit to go through to get a sound that comes naturally to the instrument. Now that I think about it, BFD has some samples like that. They're listed as "s...

It's not the pattern, right? It's the sounds and how they're made. I'm sure it's a combination of edge and top hits on a closed hat. Maybe I should mention I've been paid to play hi-hat's?

It sounds like a combination of top hits and edge hits. The chunky sounds are the edge hits. They sound like standard, medium or medium-thin hats to me.

McQ714 wrote:i was expressing an opinion and didn't ask to be attacked for it.

Indeed you were.

You know, as someone who used to own a restaurant, you'd think POS keyboards would have occurred to me. Cherry Keyboards makes a bunch of them. The Cherry RC128B looks really promising, since you can get a kit to customize the keycaps, including bridging them together. This one looks cool too, and q...