Roland V-series & VH-10: Open hi-hat, pedal-chick, and pedal-splash
New owner of a TD-316. First e-kit.
I think I understand that with the hi-hat presets/patches which contain only one hi-hat layer, one sample contains all the head, the open, the pedal-chick, and the pedal-splash sounds. Correct? The only separate sound is the rim?
The problems I'm having are:
1-- The pedal-chick sounds are nothing like how they should be. They sound like little dainty tip strikes on the top of the hi-hat (making a 't' sound), not two cymbals being aggressively stamped together to making a 'ch' sound. I've got the volume at +6 and that's ok (only just ok - I wish it could go louder). It's the actual sound that's unacceptably unrealistic.
(I know if I choose 'synthwave' or 'user sample' I can use three layers. But I don't want the hi-hat to use the one-shot samples used in EDM; I'm looking for an acoustic feel/sound.)
2-- The pedal-splash doesn't work well. Am I doing it right? I'm stamping on the pedal and letting it go, and I'm getting the splash sound, but when the hi-hat reaches its top there's another splash sound, which shouldn't happen. I can trigger this second sound just by releasing the pedal, without stamping on it. But that is extremely unnatural and is not how an acoustic hi-hat works at all. Is there any way to disable the sound from occurring when the cymbal reaches the top of its travel? How are other people dealing with this?
3-- I'm finding it very difficult to time my open hi-hats correctly. It's like, I already have to be lifting the hat up when the open strike is made? Is my technique bad, or is this fixed by editing more settings, or is it just a weird implementation that we have to try to re-train ourselves to work with?
Just looking for confirmation that other people have these problems too, and maybe for some advice or tips.