Reid Rosefelt
aka Tiger the Frog
In Addictive Drums 2, I have faders for Kick, Snare, Hihat, Toms 1,2,3,4 and three "Flexi" output faders, where I can route a host of things from claps to woodblocks. All 10 faders, plus overhead, room, bus, and master faders can be routed to separate channels to my DAW.
I can trigger up to 6 different cymbals in my AD kits, but all of them are routed through the Overhead or Room Mics. They don't get their own channels. I can, of course, set the volume different for each one within the program, as I can for everything else.
XLN Audio suggests the workaround of using the Overhead or Room faders by turning down the volume from the other drums and turning up the volume on the cymbals. This doesn't completely work, because even if all the other drums are set at zero, you still hear them. But mainly it doesn't work because that puts rides and crash drums on the same fader and I want to have the option to use the Overhead and Room mics in my mix.
If I work by tweaking the mix presets that come with Addictive Drums 2 and just send it out through the master stereo, I get good results. That's what I have done, and it seems to be how they want the program to be used. But I have my own compressors, reverbs and EQs, and I don't know why I have to be limited to what they provide.
Why do you think they would do this? Do any other drum programs work like this?
For the record, Groove Agent has 5 faders for cymbals.
I can trigger up to 6 different cymbals in my AD kits, but all of them are routed through the Overhead or Room Mics. They don't get their own channels. I can, of course, set the volume different for each one within the program, as I can for everything else.
XLN Audio suggests the workaround of using the Overhead or Room faders by turning down the volume from the other drums and turning up the volume on the cymbals. This doesn't completely work, because even if all the other drums are set at zero, you still hear them. But mainly it doesn't work because that puts rides and crash drums on the same fader and I want to have the option to use the Overhead and Room mics in my mix.
If I work by tweaking the mix presets that come with Addictive Drums 2 and just send it out through the master stereo, I get good results. That's what I have done, and it seems to be how they want the program to be used. But I have my own compressors, reverbs and EQs, and I don't know why I have to be limited to what they provide.
Why do you think they would do this? Do any other drum programs work like this?
For the record, Groove Agent has 5 faders for cymbals.