Session Drummer 3 q

I am using Session Drummer 3/Sonar 8.5.3 PE  and I am trying to use brushes on a snare.

I am not sure how to change the kit/drum to have brushes.  I tried different kits including one called "groovykit_brushes".  But it sure sounds like sticks hitting the snare.

How do change "sticks" to "brushes"? 

Thanks,

Charley

Thanks!

I tried that and it worked.  However, these must be 100 LB brushes as they sound like sticks.  I was expecting a soft brush like sound.  Am I doing something wrong?  The files all are some variation of "groovy brush snare_##.flac"

--Charley

With SD3 as you change the velocity of the note, it uses different sounds.
In this case, is it possible that when you use vel=100, it's using a sound that's
not right for you, but, since brushes are inherently a quiet sound, maybe using
a lower velocity, like 50 or 70 might access the correct sound that you're trying
to achieve.
 
Note: I haven't tried this, but computers are logical beasts and this seems logical
to me.
 
 

it's pretty tough in this day and age to find some nice brush samples. it's been an obsession of mine for years. Everything is 'hit it hard' these days. I've got quite a collection of brushy stuff i've collected over the years but organizing it so it fits right with each tune is a nightmare. you won't get there with session drummer either.

I quite agree. These brush samples are not typical of that jazzy soft brush sound such as can be found in Norah Johns Don't know why for example.
 
I found those same jazzy brush samples, and none fit this type of sound.