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Note: It’s very important to understand that Threshold doesn’t filter useless signals and
only allows the actual signal from your drum pads. Threshold filters everything that
comes into Mimic Pro’s trigger input. So the higher Threshold value the less soft hits can
be triggered by Mimic Pro. If you set Threshold to 50 on your snare drum you probably
won’t be able to play ghost notes, because they will be filtered by Threshold. Always use
Threshold carefully and increase it in small steps checking triggering with soft hits.
The Threshold parameter (see Pic 23) sets the border that controls the flow of audio being sent to the trigger. It’s
very important to understand how it works and how to use it.
Pic 23: Triggering Settings Threshold Fader
When you adjust the
Threshold there is a corresponding blue strip moving along with the fader in the Trigger
input meter, see Pic 22.
If the Mimic Pro is connected to a bad power source it can cause a hum in Mimic Pro’s trigger inputs. Also if
there is something vibrating, or very noisy located near your electronic drumkit, for instance, a loud bass guitar
cabinet, this may create noise in your pad sensors. All this hum and noise may cause misfires. For instance, if you
hear random ghost notes triggering on the snare, tom, or any other drum input, this means that there is some
audio signal (hum, noise) going to that trigger input. You can filter this out by increasing the Threshold value.
Apart from noise described above, there is one more kind of noise that may cause false triggering – It’s when
you are hitting one of the pads on your drum kit and it triggers one of the other pads. This is called
Crosstalk.
You would have to have a separate stand for every drum to avoid this. But conditions are almost never perfect.
Usually crosstalk happens when pads are mounted on the same stand, so when you hit one pad, the energy from
the hit goes to the stand and reaches other pads causing false triggers. Mimic Pro has the
Advanced Crosstalk
Elimination System, you can read about this below in the Crosstalk Elimination section. Even though Mimic Pro
has the Crosstalk Elimination System, in some cases, you can just use the Threshold fader instead. Especially if
crosstalk is very minor and you don’t have to increase 30-45 value.
TRIGGER SETTINGS THRESHOLD
Note: In some very rare conditions you may need to set Threshold parameter to very high
values – 100, or even more. This may happen if, for instance, your drum kit is located on a big
subwoofer. This seems extreme, but sometimes drummers have to work in these conditions.
