Midi Drums into Ableton (v-kit)
Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2023 6:27 pm
Hey Passengers!
While in recent months I've been getting better at recording and mixing acoustic drums, I've also spent considerable time building various patterns and performances via midi as well. Layering kits and sounds is an awesome thing. Today I started working with a Roland V-Drum kit I have (TDK-11), and was sending midi into my DAW for recording; so I could layer and build electronically from my performance vs drawing in the patterns. In the performance I noticed that it picked up the basics pretty easy, but seemed to get confused a bit when I did basic rolls. I change the quantize settings from off, to every pattern imaginable, but didn't seem to make it better.
My question is, is there a setting or something that can be enabled in order to allow for more discrete playing - rolls fills et all? It seems if I get moving too fast, it just doesn't respond the way I'm expecting. As an example, a basic beat is just fine, and with some basic fills. If I try to do a five stroke drumroll, it really isn't able to capture it consistently. Sometimes close, sometimes not. Any thoughts, suggestions or ideas?
I'm using Ableton Live 11, and the midi interface from the drums into the DAW.
While in recent months I've been getting better at recording and mixing acoustic drums, I've also spent considerable time building various patterns and performances via midi as well. Layering kits and sounds is an awesome thing. Today I started working with a Roland V-Drum kit I have (TDK-11), and was sending midi into my DAW for recording; so I could layer and build electronically from my performance vs drawing in the patterns. In the performance I noticed that it picked up the basics pretty easy, but seemed to get confused a bit when I did basic rolls. I change the quantize settings from off, to every pattern imaginable, but didn't seem to make it better.
My question is, is there a setting or something that can be enabled in order to allow for more discrete playing - rolls fills et all? It seems if I get moving too fast, it just doesn't respond the way I'm expecting. As an example, a basic beat is just fine, and with some basic fills. If I try to do a five stroke drumroll, it really isn't able to capture it consistently. Sometimes close, sometimes not. Any thoughts, suggestions or ideas?
I'm using Ableton Live 11, and the midi interface from the drums into the DAW.