Dim Pro Sustain

I want to have a percussion track that will have low toms that, in the sample I want to use, have lovely long decays. But sometimes I want to do a "roll", yet keep the sustain. Trouble is that means either having very short notes or overlapping them, which gets messy. If I use short notes, I get a little run of staccato toms that sound almost comical and not at all like a set of big toms being thrashed about.
 
There is a Sust/Sost switch in Dim Pro, but that seems to make no difference. I tried using the EG, with a long sustain time of 6.5 seconds, but that did not work either. Sorfzando for instance has "pedal" one of which is Sustain and that does the trick, but I was just wondering...
 
Or do I have to work on the SFZ file?
 
Any advice appreciated

HI. It's not the sample that is the trouble. It's Dim Pro or a setting I am missing in Dim Pro. I chose Sonor Hilite 2 U87-001.sfz as an example. It has a decay of maybe 2-3 seconds, especially in the lower registers.
 
If I play it in Sforzando, with the Sustain pedal on, the drum plays its entire sample, even if the note event is very very short, just enough to trigger the note. So it can be arranged somehow.
 
In Dim Pro, the drum sounds only as long as the note event keeps it going. So unless I use note events long enough to cover the full length of the drum's decay (and changes with the note#) I get the decay chopped off. Activating the sustain or using the EG do not seem to help, unless I am doing something wrong.
 
Even in a drum roll of fast hits, unless you overlap the notes, which sucks up polyphony and is messy to work with, you get a staccato series of rattles, not a series of rapid drum hits with the sample staying alive until the next fast hit.

Oh good it's not just me. And thanks for your efforts. In a couple of years  I may be able to return the favour!
 
hmm...grits teeth...'cause I do not have Addictive Drums showing....anywhere I can find.
 
OK. Weird about Dim Pro's behaviour and Raptor being OK.

Sorry yeah I should have said ASAP. I tried that. After much running about, I started to dl the stuff....1.8GB at 100KB/s = 5-odd hours...so I will try again when the Net is working better for me.

HAH! I would go to bed....except it's just time for lunch!
 
Thanks for all your help again.

Got it! Now the trouble is I have been "working" on it for 2 hours and I haven't actually used it for anything yet.
 
I have never been a loop user, but here I can see ...ummm...potential? There is a beat called Opolopo--Machine and it drives me crazy when I use the Percussion set. Makes me think of Breaking Bad and I wonder.....
 
I had to do some work about the place and feed the dogs, so I got a nice percussion set arranged, made some tweaks, turned Opolopo--Machine up on my system and just rocked along.
 
Funny thing is, before I was trying a Piano font and started making this really moody, drifty piece (of music, that is) that would only support very subtle cymbal work and maybe a few tom infills...ya can't win.
 
When  started writing, I had a Jupiter 6 (I sold it ...it was all about the lights and colour...the most luscious synth I have ever seen) and a Casio, because it had an 8-track MIDI recorder. My synth rack rose to four and I built a huge folding stand to handle them...and a 4-track tape recorder! Constantly bouncing, bouncing, bouncing like a bedroom scene from Debbie Does Dallas. (now you know how old I am)
 
Now look at us.

OldNick
Hey! They lied! I have been playing with these drums since 04:00 (now 16:15 here) and I'm not addicted at all!

I hear ya!  I just splurged on a AD2 custom pack yesterday that is on sale 50% off (today is the last day).  And I made sure to select Session Percussion.  That is a goody, for sure! 
 
You can't buy this custom pack direct from XLN, but 3rd party retailers like Audio Deluxe and JRR Shop carry it.  Add to cart to see special price.
 
JRR - $62.58
https://www.jrrshop.com/xln-audio-addictive-drums-2-custom
 
Audio Deluxe - $61.97
https://www.audiodeluxe.com/products/xln-audio-addictive-drums-2-custom
 
You get to pick 3 more ADpacks, 3 more MIDIpaks, and three additional kit pieces.
 
Yup, look at us now, LOL!!!

Yup, it's addicting, I tell ya!!!