Try the Sync MIDI thing again, only with small to moderate buffer, and you may find yourself pleasantly surprised.Prime Mover wrote:I've had very poor luck with the Sync MIDI offset setting. I have yet to try it on my new computer, but I ran a huge number of tests about a year ago and came up with no consistent result. Maybe I'll try again with my MacPro though.
And you're exactly right about the left hand = kick mentality. I'm an ambi, and play drums right hand style, but when I sit at the keys, left hand drives the bass. Similarly, when playing hand drums (djembe/conga), I use left palm for bass hits, and most drummers I know do the same. So now that I think about it, there seems to be a precedent for "left hand drives the beat" across the board on most things but kit. I actually liken playing keyboard drums to playing hand drums, anyway, as they're more finger-tip oriented.
PS: a Seaboard makes for a friggin killer hand drum controller, btw!
And that Seaboard sax work you did in your piece linked in another thread was very expressive... cool!
So I just took delivery on a Korg PadKontrol today and have been fooling around with it. Pads are WAAAAY more sensitive and responsive than the Trigger Finger. Since I am used to the TF, I set the pads on the Korg with response curve C-3, which gives more control at lower velocities than accelerates to 127. It strikes (!) me that it will be easier to work nuance into my drum programming with this input device.
I may not use the roll feature until that big EDM job comes through, but the flam feature may provide some quick color in fills. Also, the x-y pad defaulted to drum pitch with BFD, which is quite fun especially with delicate ride cymbal pitter-patterning.
Mike, when you get yours, note that you have to enable Roll and Flam on a per-pad basis; see p26 path manual.