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Old 06-14-2018, 08:36 AM   #45
brainwreck
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Originally Posted by karbomusic View Post
Yea, it "ain't real drums" for sure playing wise but there's a chance I'll be a bit better off than before personally. Later after my post last night I pulled up a tune I had just done some "one take drums" with my keyboard a few days ago, I was at least able to be a good bit more expressive/responsive which surprised me. We'll see if it holds. Good conversation either way.
I think that likely the biggest issue for me with dynamics on pads/keys is having a much smaller physical playing force window than with real drums. In other words, say when playing a soft hit on a pad, my finger might be 1/8" above the pad before the hit, and for a hard hit my finger might be 1 inch above the pad before striking. Where with a real snare, my stick might be 1 inch above the drum head before a ghost note and 2 feet above the drum head for hardest strikes. I can't say that is the issue for sure, but it does seem like something of a leverage issue.
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