Snare dyamics - is it "too soft" for everyone or just me?

[Kfirshap]

So this is something that lays between a hunch and a problem to ping support about.

It seems like most of my hits on pads, especially with the snare, are being recorded at the lower end of the velocity curve.

Yes - when I hit harder, it tends to record a higher input velocity but it almost never reached anywhere above the 50%

But then when I click on the virtual drum to trigger the sample - the output is loud and sharp

I tried everything I could think of:

1. increase input gain
2. increase output gain
3. increase sensitivity
4. set every kind of velocity curve type there is in variety of ways

Still, something is missing. And mostly, it just seems to trigger the drums too quiet

With one caveat - the floor tom trigger seems to have a better velocity recording with weird over sensitivity to strong hits that triggers the input to its peak

Just wondering if it’s just me - or everyone experience difficulty adjusting velocity to be more “realistic”

Another note:

I play a Tama club jazz pancakes, so 12” snare, 10” tom, 13” floor with Evans db zero mesh heads

[Stefan_G]

Is your sensor perfectly aligned over the metal dot?

[Kfirshap]

Its a good question, how do you define ‘perfectly’ - can you share how you align it and what are thebresults you see

[Stefan_G]

I guess I just mean line it up under the central axis of the sensor, so that it’s not off to one side.

Also, you can boost your input level by adding a second magnetic dot on top of the first one. This works well.

[Kfirshap]

Interesting point about adding a second magnetic dot on top of the first one, didn’t try it - thanks!

Some tweaks that really helped me:

1. increased input gain and playes more with the velocity curve

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3. Played with the volumes of the kit itself to re-balance it, especially the snare parts. increased a bit the center and reduced the rim shot which was way above the rest in the mix (for Sol Seco)

it’s getting better, but it’s not perfect out of the box, spending quite some time on tweaking more often than I hoped to. It doesn’t change how innovative and amazing the tech is, but shows how much further it can go