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STEPS TO SETUP A NEW PAD WITHOUT IT BEING LISTED:
Choose the
preset, which is closest to your pad in terms of technology used. For instance, if you have a
mesh head pad with two piezos, then chose something like
R-PD-125 as a starting point. You can learn
about technology used in your pad in your pad manual, or online.
Set
Top Velocity somewhere around 800 for each zone.
Set
Threshold close to zero.
Go to
Advanced Settings > Input Settings. Set Amplify to x1 and Sensitivity to 4. Do this for each zone, if
your pad has more than 1 piezo.
Test the drum. If you feel like you are almost there but the top velocity is too easy to peak, then try to make
the
Sensitivity higher. Move it to 3 and play the drum. If it is still too easy to get top velocity, try to move it
to 2, or you can leave it to 3 and try to lower
Amplify to x0.9, or x0.7.
If you feel like there is not enough sensitivity and you need to hit really hard to get the desired velocity, then
probably you need higher Sensitivity and Amplify settings. Try to increase the Sensitivity to 5 and, if it’s not
enough, to 6. If it’s still not enough, then move Sensitivity to 3, or 4 and increase Amplify to x2. It’s very rare
when you may need to increase Amplify to x5 (like rim piezos on some mesh head pads). So try to not make
it higher than x2. If x2 and Sensitivity 3 is not enough then increase the Sensitivity to 4, then to 5, then to 6.
Then try lowering the Top Velocity fader. Only then, when you feel like Amplify x2 is really not enough you
can try Amplify x5.
Set the
Threshold. If you set it close to zero before, then set it to 10, or 20. Try playing the drum with
occasional ghost notes and adjust Threshold to the value where the ghost notes are still there.
Adjust the
Top Velocity fader.
Set the
Rimshot Threshold.
Set
Head-Rim balance if needed.
Set
Velocity Amp if needed.
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