New User, first impressions
Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2014 6:44 am
I was blown away by the "rebound" video and had to try this for myself. So I got the AD kit thinking I could use this to record drum parts after the kids are asleep.
First thoughts are, I worry about the durability of the footpedals and the sticks, either getting lost or wrecked somehow. It would be great if inexpensive replacements were available.
Next, trying to get my room set up, I'm seeing the 'having trouble tracking you' notice come on intermittently so I'm not sure where I'm going wrong as I've set it up and look exactly like the cartoon guy. My monitor is behind the camera and I see that is discouraged, so maybe that is the problem?
Some trouble with the bass drum in particular, can't get it to track the way that I'm hoping, playing heel up -- it would be amazing to get the responsiveness Richard shows in his bass drum video. Here's hoping!
Also the crash on the 'big rock kit', seems to have some trouble triggering. Hopeful that I can tweak the rig.
The sounds of the kits I think are good, the piccolo snare and toms from the percussion kit are nice and snappy.
Playing along with Rush "Hold Your Fire"as my first AD jam was diving into the deep end of the pool for sure. I got into it pretty well but the combination of poor air drumming and some hiccups with my set up and it wasn't all the way there. Moving to simpler stuff like "Exit the Dragon" by Urge Overkill seems to give better results for me
Next step is to try and record some takes and see if I can import the MIDI into Sonar (X2) and actually make this work as a performance/recording instrument instead of just something to practice on...
Kudos to the team who made this, if I can learn to use this as well as Richard's demos I will be a very happy man.
First thoughts are, I worry about the durability of the footpedals and the sticks, either getting lost or wrecked somehow. It would be great if inexpensive replacements were available.
Next, trying to get my room set up, I'm seeing the 'having trouble tracking you' notice come on intermittently so I'm not sure where I'm going wrong as I've set it up and look exactly like the cartoon guy. My monitor is behind the camera and I see that is discouraged, so maybe that is the problem?
Some trouble with the bass drum in particular, can't get it to track the way that I'm hoping, playing heel up -- it would be amazing to get the responsiveness Richard shows in his bass drum video. Here's hoping!
Also the crash on the 'big rock kit', seems to have some trouble triggering. Hopeful that I can tweak the rig.
The sounds of the kits I think are good, the piccolo snare and toms from the percussion kit are nice and snappy.
Playing along with Rush "Hold Your Fire"as my first AD jam was diving into the deep end of the pool for sure. I got into it pretty well but the combination of poor air drumming and some hiccups with my set up and it wasn't all the way there. Moving to simpler stuff like "Exit the Dragon" by Urge Overkill seems to give better results for me
Next step is to try and record some takes and see if I can import the MIDI into Sonar (X2) and actually make this work as a performance/recording instrument instead of just something to practice on...
Kudos to the team who made this, if I can learn to use this as well as Richard's demos I will be a very happy man.