programming long cymbal roll
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Anssi Tenhunen
logarithmic rise with slight sine like modulation sounds usually nice. looks something like this: 80 74 82 76 84 78 86 80 88 82 90 84 92 86 94 88 96 90 98 92 100 96 106 100 112 108 120 116 127 120 127 127 127 etc
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Yeah they're tough to get right. But it's honestly just trial and error until you get it right.
Just treat those hits as you would to ghost notes for the snare, very low velocity.
Remember that one hand is stronger than the other.
Which beats would a drummer accentuate? Every bar? every second beat? every third?
Something that might sound cool would be: 127, 40, 50, 37, 70, 35, 49, 40. and so on.
That might work, or not. It depends on the samples and what you want to achieve.
Loop that section and go through each hit until it sounds just like you want it to.
Just treat those hits as you would to ghost notes for the snare, very low velocity.
Remember that one hand is stronger than the other.
Which beats would a drummer accentuate? Every bar? every second beat? every third?
Something that might sound cool would be: 127, 40, 50, 37, 70, 35, 49, 40. and so on.
That might work, or not. It depends on the samples and what you want to achieve.
Loop that section and go through each hit until it sounds just like you want it to.
Torniojaws
They call me Juha
I just draw a random line by hand (well, mouse) to the velocity lane of the midi notes, trying to avoid max velocity... generally around 50...100 works just fine, but it also depends on the cymbal in question. Not all cymbals take rolls well, in for example Superior Drummer 2.0.
