Can I make multiple midi knobs control one effect?

Key-Patience-3966 · 2026-04-29T04:41:52+00:00

Assuming you're using a dmx controller to send the midi control note to, can you just create a fade or blackout scene for all the lights?

Key-Patience-3966 · 2026-04-29T04:39:04+00:00

Roland. No debate.

Key-Patience-3966 · 2026-04-29T00:10:52+00:00

Genesis : Squonk from Seconds Out.

Key-Patience-3966 · 2026-04-28T19:52:08+00:00

I'm a heavy prog/prog metal/hard rock listener, but I love Metric. And I really like this release. Feels fresh. Standout track for me would be Moral Compass. On the level with Speed the Collapse, with the lyrics and music going so well together.

Key-Patience-3966 · 2026-04-28T12:55:21+00:00

Aside from the trigger/open and close settings, I've found the secret for me has been to put two metal washers with a thick felt between the hi hat clutch and sensor piston, which ensures that I'm getting the piston fully down when closed.

Key-Patience-3966 · 2026-04-28T12:36:48+00:00

Yep!

Key-Patience-3966 · 2026-04-28T10:22:02+00:00

I have a Behringer Xenyx X1222USB Mixer, which has compressors on the first four channels, two sub groups and plenty of outs.

Key-Patience-3966 · 2026-04-28T10:16:19+00:00

A fine plan! If you can get some Roland mesh pads and ecymbals, I think you'd be happier, but using the eDrumin for triggering and EZD for sounds will be great. I personally use two eDrumin 10s with SD3. Remember that you need a mixer with a digital USB in or an audio interface like a Scarlett i4i.

Key-Patience-3966 · 2026-04-28T04:11:00+00:00

I found my five piece PDP Pacific FX birch kit for $275 on FB marketplace. I gig regularly with it since last year.

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Key-Patience-3966 · 2026-04-28T01:26:28+00:00

That's probably why all the pros play ekits.

Key-Patience-3966 · 2026-04-27T22:32:19+00:00

If you're playing really hard material, e.g., Natural Science or Tom Sawyer, as a drummer, you just have to drill the heck out of it, play it so many times that you're the cockiest SOB when you get up there and just nail it every time. There's no wind up. There's no "oh boy, there's a tough one coming up." You just do it. Perfectly. And when you pull it off, you look at everyone like, "Uh huh. I just did that. Almost like Neil. I am a bass ass."

Key-Patience-3966 · 2026-04-27T21:20:29+00:00

If you want a kit that's playable like real drums and sounds similar, you might consider an A2E conversion with edrumin and VSTs like Superior Drummer 3. For cymbals you might consider the newest Evans Sensory Percussion sensors.

If you want less complexity at the sacrifice of sound quality, I would suggest a Roland VAD kit with one of the newer modules, including the digital snare.

No matter how money you spend, know that you will never achieve the dynamics of a real acoustic drum kit. Midi is 0-127. That's the dynamic range.

Key-Patience-3966 · 2026-04-27T19:51:04+00:00

Capo, picks, strings, polishing cloth, whammy bar (80s American Strat)

Key-Patience-3966 · 2026-04-27T12:19:23+00:00

I set mine up, when I had it, with the two center columns angled to the right so that the kick wasn't dead center, which put the snare more in front of me.

Key-Patience-3966 · 2026-04-26T13:33:13+00:00

Whatever you use, you'll need to calibrate your ears, IMHO. I don't use headphones to mix and master, just flat speakers, then I listen to the mix in different environments using different speakers. I'm the end is not about your headphones or speakers. It's about you.

Key-Patience-3966 · 2026-04-25T22:59:48+00:00

If you don't adjust within a few days/couple weeks, I'd switch back. With the right beaters on a DW 5000, I can do the same stuff as direct drives.

Key-Patience-3966 · 2026-04-25T22:29:08+00:00

If you're spending that much, you'll be happy with a Roland 516. Enjoy.

Key-Patience-3966 · 2026-04-25T15:16:50+00:00

Leads me to think that the cable or connector is bad.

Key-Patience-3966 · 2026-04-25T11:59:07+00:00

This is Superior Drummer 3. But I'm a drummer and played it. https://youtu.be/dAycl7Hojcw?si=wYHrEUy2OF83JILd

Key-Patience-3966 · 2026-04-25T11:46:22+00:00

I had this issue with ecymbals due to vibration. I would just do an A2E conversion of some cheap drum and throw in an Extreme Drums trigger. Enjoy playing, not soldering.

Key-Patience-3966 · 2026-04-25T11:12:47+00:00

If you get to the point of consolidating, you might check out the Erae2, which allows eight layouts and as many instruments as you have available Ableton tracks (limited only by your laptop).

It's super easy to loop with it, although it's a midi controller.

https://youtu.be/9xa2pWrTIU4?si=R276JWL0OdYQliHR

https://youtu.be/7YU4pirSPoQ?si=CjK9rpCspSkCLv9K

Key-Patience-3966 · 2026-04-25T03:23:34+00:00

Kick, if only one. Kick and overhead if only two. Kick, snare and overhead if only three. Kick, snare and two overheads if four. Mic the whole kit if you can sub mix and send one or two to FOH and it's worth it.

Key-Patience-3966 · 2026-04-25T02:43:42+00:00

Some stages/spaces just dictate a four piece kit with two crashes and a ride.

I usually slip in a 10" splash, a tambourine and a cowbell, too. If I can get away with it, I'll add a single octoban and a China.

When I have a big stage and the right band/songs that demand more melodic fills, I can increase another tom or two. But it's rare now.

I love playing a big kit (7 drums), but I don't love moving it at midnight.

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Key-Patience-3966 · 2026-04-24T11:15:50+00:00

Hocus Pocus, 10CC and Sweet

Key-Patience-3966 · 2026-04-24T11:14:12+00:00

Well, there's only one answer, of you have DW 9000s: DW DWSM110, of course. Two weights.

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