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Unlike
Threshold fader this parameter has nothing to do with filtering unwanted audio signal. Using Rimshot
Threshold allows you to adjust how hard, or how easy it is to play a rimshot articulation. If your pad has a piezo
in center and a switch on the rim like
Pearl TruTrac pads, the Rimshot Threshold must be set on the Center zone
tab only. If your pad has two piezo sensors (center and rim) like a typical mesh head electronic drum pad, it must
be set on both - Center zone tab and rim zone tab.
When you adjusting the
Rimshot Threshold the corresponding yellow strip on trigger input meter (see Pic 22) will
move along with the fader.
Pic 24: Triggering Settings Rimshot Threshold Fader
If you use a drum pad with two piezo sensors – one on the center and one on the rim, like typical mesh head
pads then both zone tabs have a Rimshot Threshold fader –
Center and Rim. This makes setting the Rimshot
Threshold more complicated, but if set up correctly, you can have full dynamic range of rim articulation (rim click,
or sidestick) with the ability to play rimshots. There are a few steps to setup the Rimshot Threshold on such drum
pads:
After these two steps are completed you should have full dynamic range of rim articulation available for playing
as well as being able to play rimshots. If rimshots are very easy to play, you may need to increase
Rimshot
Threshold for Rim Piezo, or for both piezos. If rimshots are too hard to play, you may need to lower the Rimshot
Threshold on some of the piezos, or both piezos.
TRIGGER SETTINGS RIMSHOT THRESHOLD
1. While on the Center-Piezo tab, hit the rim zone
with your typical hardest hit, but don’t hit it harder
than you would normally play the hardest hits. Set
the Center Rimshot Threshold value (yellow line on
meter) just above the meter grey bar, see Pic 25.
Pic 25: Dual Piezo Pad, Center Piezo Rimshot Threshold
2. While on the Rim-Piezo tab, hit the center zone
with your typical hardest hit, but don’t hit it harder
than you would normally play the hardest hits. Set
the
Rim Rimshot Threshold value (yellow line on
meter) just above the meter grey bar, see Pic 26.
Pic 26: Dual Piezo Pad, Rim Piezo Rimshot Threshold
