Session Drummer 3 sensitivity and feel not matching the V-Drums

Hi everyone,

I've never done this before so I'm hoping I can find some good advice.

When I play my V-Drums (TD-4 brain) I get a very natural response from the Roland module's built-in sounds.  I can play ghost-notes, rolls, etc. I was under the impression that all this midi information would be sent out of the module and recorded into Sonar X2 exactly as I played it.  And I have the feeling it is, but the problem is that when I play back the recorded track through Session Drummer 3, it "sounds" nothing like what I hear through the Roland module.  I'm talking specifically feel-wise, not sound quality.  The Session Drummer software doesn't seem to be able to reproduce the nuances of my playing anywhere near as well as the Roland module.  The sounds in Session Drummer are fine.  I can tweak them and am not unhappy with the quality, it's the reproduction of my performance that I'm not happy with.  Is there a drum mapping tweak that I need to perform?  Are there mapping presets for Session Drummer that are more suitable for people who are actually performing the drum part with electronic drums as opposed to programming the drum tracks?  Please help.  I'm very new at this (MIDI drums).  Thanks in advance!

Can't find input quantize.

just turn snap off.
 
while I totally agree with the above solution, input quantize is not on by default snap is.
 
though ive been wrong before.  :)

Could it be the number of samples used in the kit? Session Drummer typically has less that 20 samples per drum. Larger Drum synths like BSD and Superior Drummer have many more.

I'm sorry but you were are hoping for is not possible in Session Drummer. 

Typically, I use either Superior Drummer or Steven Slate drums to achieve what you are asking.  

I think Session drummer is not sophisticated enough to cope with a real drummers playing.  Sadly the software packages I mentioned are not cheap solutions. 

Actually, I downloaded the free demo version of Addictive Drums and the response is AMAZING!!!!!! Now I have to figure out how to get rid of MIDI latency which is a different issue altogether and is happening with both Session Drummer and Addictive Drums.  Thanks all for your help.

There was some discussion a while ago regarding velocity response on the Session Drummer 3 - some built-in libraries seem not to scale well with velocities.

Platinum Samples library for Session Drummer 3 have more layers :

Have a listen to the test here

http://youtu.be/o4OsCLqt2II

Download the current Content Club Rock Legends Kit 3 and see how it goes.

Yes if you already own BFD1. 

That seems to be an upgrade price. I do however recommend BFD2. Even at its full price. 

John


Yes if you already own BFD1. 

That seems to be an upgrade price. I do however recommend BFD2. Even at its full price. 

Sorry, ~I thought that was for the full package.


This is however:


http://www.soundsliveshop.com/p/FXpansion_BFD2_Virtual_Drum_Software_Instrument/FXP-BFDII?CAWELAID=1830894566&catargetid=1821667982&cagpspn=pla&gclid=CIXnq_Hx-7YCFS7KtAodthMAjA