Brett,
in Aerodrums, like on a real kit, if you hit a drum at two different speeds, it is not only the volume that is different, but also the nature of the sound.
If you plan to only use one sample, you don't need to create samples of different volumes from it, just place that sample in a directory then point Aerodrums to it.
Then it will automatically adjust the volume of your sample depending on how fast you hit that drum/cymbal.
We recommend that you use several samples (obtained from hitting the recorded drum/cymbal at different speeds).
You have some control of which sample triggers for a given hit speed through the Adjust drums -> Volume and sensitivity menu. This lets you adjust the response curve of each drum, which maps how hard you hit to sample choice and volume.
When you create a new drum kit element from your own samples, we create a file out of them that is optimized for fast loading. The samples we ship with Aerodrums are in this format, so unfortunately you cannot see a directory or the individual samples. However, there is an explanation in the manual of how to organize your samples depending on the type of element you are creating (hand drum, foot drum, or hi-hat), here is the link:
http://aerodrums.com/manual/#making-new-drums.
Here is an example for the simple case of a hand drum: let's say you have 30 samples for the right hand named r1.wav to r30.wav and 30 samples for the left hand named l1.wav to l30.wav.
First you create a directory to contain everything, let's name it "MySnare".
Then you create a directory named "r" in MySnare and place r1 to r30.wav in it.
Then you create a director named "l" in MySnare and place l1 to l30.wav in it.
Finally in Aerodrums you go to "Drum kits", select a kit and click "Edit" (you can't edit preset kits so you need to have "Cloned" a drum kit first), then under the "Available elements" list, click "New", name the new element, select "Snare" in the list, click "Browse" and use the directory browser to select the MySnare directory you made, then click "Create".
Here's a view of the MySnare directory to be clear:
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MySnare
l
l1.wav
l2.wav
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l30.wav
r
r1.wav
r2.wav
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r30.wav
(P.S. sorry those 'l's look a lot like '1' s)