Hooking v-drums up to Strike?

[Che_Guitarra]

After using Strike for a while I can now safely say i'm completely over real drums, setting them up, micing them up and sorting placement, conditioning the room sound, tracking them, and all the rest... especially considering i end up sound replacing most of the hits anyway to get that 'metal' sound.

I've now got a session drummer on board that also has a Roland V-Drum kit, so i'm keen to throw real drums to the curb and work out how to get this new alternative up and pumping.

Before I get him to bring the kit in, i'm wanting a 'connecting v-drums 101' so we can hit the ground running. Can anyone tell me the process of getting v-drums into Strike and heard thru my monitors? Any pointers are much appreciated

[burningbusch]

Unless something has changed recently with the way Roland does the hi hat on the v-drum, it is going to be a challenge for you. The V-drums HH are not mapped F#1 (closed), A#1 (open). It's a continuous controller thing so there is complete variation from tight closed to full open. There are some software drum products out there that properly map the V-drums. I'm pretty sure Strike is not one of them.

Busch.

[burningbusch]

Here's a nice little video that shows Ocean Way drums mapped to the V-Drum Hit Hat. It give you a good idea of the complexity of sound you're dealing with.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uS0-29tyT-A

Busch.

[drumdh]

I am very interested if you have any success with the vdrums and Strike. I am going to pick up the VI either way, but would really dig it if I could use the kit with it.

[srslab]

I use the TD20bk kit in our studio. I recently started using strike but as with the td20 kit I have recorded midi and then used the 8 outputs from the TD20.

What I found really cool is to record the midi then break it out and play it back through the TD20 to isolate and adjust each piece of the drum kit.

[Che_Guitarra]

So I need to sort out the different zones on the hi-hats (and cymbals in general i'm guessing). I'm guessing I need to map this prior to tracking or the hat hit information will be simplified to one channel - is that what'll happen? Or can I adjust this after the fact during mixdown?