doc-phil I finally bought ezdrummer and drumkit from hell yesterday ? I must say, its an amazing piece of software, however I've come up against a slight problem. Whenever I import my own midi files and then apply the ezdrummer plugin to a track in Mackie Tracktion, it sounds so soft compared to when I do the 'drag and drop' method of using the preset drum patterns that come with the software. Why is this? It is annoying because I like to program my own drum for certain parts, and use some of the pre-programmed patterns and fills as well.. So half my drumtrack sounds epic and loud whereas the other half is soft and... meh. (boosting the dB level on the soft parts doesn't have any effect and the I set the velocity to all parts at max of 127). Does anybody have any suggestions for me? Btw, the midi drum tracks I import are from Guitar Pro, I don't know if that has any bearing on the issue.
Gearhead What you might check is the MIDI velocity of the part you import. If it is, say, around 30 and the preset pattern is around 120 then you're going to hear a lot of volume difference. I don't know how to see the velocity in the software you mention, but I'm sure it is doable. Might be it, might not.
AlanRatcliffe +1. I also think it's likely to be the velocities in the MIDI files you import. Check in your MIDI event view to see. I'm not sure how you would do it in Tracktion, but most DAWs let you change velocities by a number of different methods. I'd hesitate to just set everything to 127 though - that'll kill any dynamics.
doc-phil Hmmm I think ur right ? Looking closer at the properties tab of each individual pattern, it shows that the ones I've imported from guitar pro are at 95 while the ones I dragged and dropped are at 127... Why is 127 the max number? It's quite an arb number :-\ Does that velocity apply to the whole pattern? So every single hit is 127 or 95 etc? If that is the case, how do I get dynamics, or the 'humanisation' as ezdrummer puts it?
Wizard doc-phil wrote Why is 127 the max number? It's quite an arb number 127 = 2^7 - 1 i.e. they use a 7 bit field to store the velocity.
Gearhead (I was going to explain about the 7 bits but Wizard beat me to it) You're not a nerd are you? ?
Renesongs LOL I have worked with Roland/Boss/Edirol/Sonar products for nearly 20 years. I read a midi sysex dump nearly as well as tablature. 8) Midi is all about trying to convey the most information in the least amount of bytes. There are instances where the bytes are broken down to nybles for extra economy. 0-127 or 1 -128 or a signed byte 7bit + 1bit for sign is a favorite in midi. There are 128 notes in the midi range (only 88 on piano). All parameters volume reverb chorus velocity pan have 128 values. There are 128 instruments in a General Midi instrument bank there are provisions for 128 banks of 128 instruments. However pitch bend values range from -8192 to +8192 which 14 bits signed ???
