So with velocity you can not only modulate volume, but also filters, envelopes, LFO amount and hundreds of other targets. Modulate just means make things change, with subtle or drastic changes to the sound, depending on the mod targets, and, of course, intensity of the modulation. And, at the same time, probably the easiest to use. Velocity if one of the many modulations sources available. Would you want extra volume control via pad velocity or is that macro control enough?Īlso consider other percussion types, is it nice to vary hi-hat level with velocity on the pad, or is this annoying and best left out? what's your preference? The ONLY way I can see of having micro control over each individual kick sound would be using the pad itself to control volume with velocity.Īll kicks are peak normalised so they all sound well matched to each other anyway. You can scroll through which kick you want using an encoder.

So I have this Macro volume control over all kicks, all snares, all hats etc.įor example lets say I lower the kick level, this will turn down ALL KICKS equally. *I use the 8 encoders above the PUSH screen for volume setting. So It doesn't matter how hard or soft you hit a drum pad, the drum sound will be at a constant level. I'm currently making a Drum Rack for Ableton which will be a commercial release along with a new drum library. This is actually a tricky question to frame properly, because my use case is quite complex. Assuming you have a controller or drum machine:ĭo you like to have the drum pads control the volume of your drum sounds with velocity or do you prefer an encoder for volume for each drum sound and work without velocity?

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