Old 06-23-2021, 06:51 AM   #1
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Hello,

I have a Yamaha DTXtreme III electric drum kit that I am using to fire samples within Reaper. I have checked all 4 toms I am using and the control unit is seeing 0-127 velocities. However, when I hit the pads really hard, Reaper is only seeing 3 of 4 toms hit around 80 or so. One tom is seeing 127, the others are not.

This is making it very hard to fire drum samples that sound good during a live play due to the unevenness. I have tried messing with the JS: Velocity Controller but that seems like a band-aid, not a fix.

Does anyone have any insight on how to get the velocities being read from the Yamaha unit to input correctly to Reaper?

Thank you!
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Old 06-23-2021, 12:31 PM   #2
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Hello,

I have a Yamaha DTXtreme III electric drum kit that I am using to fire samples within Reaper. I have checked all 4 toms I am using and the control unit is seeing 0-127 velocities. However, when I hit the pads really hard, Reaper is only seeing 3 of 4 toms hit around 80 or so. One tom is seeing 127, the others are not.

This is making it very hard to fire drum samples that sound good during a live play due to the unevenness. I have tried messing with the JS: Velocity Controller but that seems like a band-aid, not a fix.

Does anyone have any insight on how to get the velocities being read from the Yamaha unit to input correctly to Reaper?

Thank you!
First I would start with the manual for the controller part of your kit, there's a good chance that's where your problem is. It more then likely has 1 or more settings for velocity.

Second, what is the drum software you are using? That may also have some settings for velocity.

It's unlikely anything due to Reaper.

I have 4 different keyboard controllers and they all have different velocity outputs.
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Old 06-24-2021, 12:07 AM   #3
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FWIW I have the same issue & always have had, either from my Roland TD8, my Nanopad or any of my keyboards that I have used over the years.

In EZD or SD3 if I click on a drum with my mouse, it sounds at full volume, so I assume 127 velocity. I then do the same hit using any of my drumpad thingies & the maximum hit level is way lower.
I just live with it. Easy to fix..
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Old 06-24-2021, 06:39 AM   #4
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Hi, I often have this problem too
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Old 06-24-2021, 06:53 PM   #5
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Try looking at the velocity data with something instead of reaper, like Midiview

https://hautetechnique.com/midi/midiview/
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