This is a follow-up to the previous video I did. About 80% of it is just showing the individual sounds. The 4 seconds of Superior Drummer was from the Made of Metal EZX.
Since this is just effectively the same hardware that they put inside some of their home keyboards, it's mostly xglight based, even in the drum department. They have the expanded sound set, and it even includes some things that aren't on the home keyboards, but they also don't give you access to every single drum and purcussion sound in the system. There are some sound effects/ metronome sounds, etc that can only be accessed if you play the actual midi patches for the different kits using some midi device that can send the entire note range from lowest to highest. Some examples include the animal sounds and dj sounds presets, and a lot of the electronic kit sounds aren't in the assiginable sound bank as well. There's a completely unused set of metronome sounds in the click drum kit. I can't remember the midi mappings for the patches right now, but the data list for this instrument has all that listed I believe.
I just wish they had swapped the position of the ride and crash on the right side. My custom kits have both crashes in the upper corner. But I wish all the stock kits were configured that way. I took it apart to see if I could just switch the wires but 1 was too short to reach the other pad.
You will want to make sure that the midi mapping on the drums are reset to default because any changes to it will actually break the hi-hat open/close function, IIRC. You can very easily map all the notes in superior drummer to whatever notes are currently coming out of the Yamaha.
If you're asking if it's possible to import samples, no. Otherwise a custom kit plays and outputs audio just like any other kit unless I'm missing something about the question.
@@MesaMXR Thanks for your reply. Sorry - I wasn't very clear. I want to record my custom drum kit so that I can play it back to accompany myself playing violin. Is this possible? Every time I try to record it reverts to a pre-recorded kit.
How did you program the high hat with the pedal and stuff? I'm using getgood drums, and I got everything programmed except for the high hat. I programmed the high hat closed sound that it naturally makes when you just push the pedal, I programmed the hi-hat pad so it makes the sound of an open hi-hat. When I hit the open highhat pad and then hit the pedal it cuts the open hh off like it should, but I'm not sure how to program it so that when you have your foot down on the pedal and hit the hi-hat pad it makes the closed hi hat sound. I hope you know what I'm talking about LOL! Anyway if you could help me with any advice you got I'd greatly appreciate it. The other question I have is when I hit a pad there's a half a second delay until I hear the sound, but when I record with guitar I don't have any delay issues. Again if you got any ideas man, thanks in advance!
Here's the thing, you can't change the MIDI configuration or it will break the hi-hats like you're describing. It's a bug in the MIDI implementation and Yamaha confirmed that they don't care enough to fix it. You'll have to reset your unit back to factory default and use the MIDI mapping as-is, sadly. As far as the delay, what kind of audio interface are you using, if any? To get low latency on Windows you need to use some kind of ASIO-type driver and set the buffers low enough that you're getting
Hello again, I’ve read online that a Yamaha HH40 pedal is also compatible with a DD65 and DD75 and that the HH40 could be used as a bass kick pedal too if you swap from the pedal 2 port to pedal 1 on a DD65 or 75. Does that sound correct to you?
Hi, cheers for your tutorial. 🙂 I have a question... Is there a way to connect the machine to an hard disk recording or, in another case, is it possible to plug it with Cubase interface, not using the midi out? Thanks a lot...
You could use the headphones output to connect to 1/4 inch inputs on different kinds of recording devices. You could get a stereo 1/4 inch to dual mono cable and that would probably do it for you
How do u set it up from the start cause my friend chuck the in the bin and they r gone please help me out my nana brought me it and I love drums but I can't play them
It has a headphone jack which you could connect to devices using a 1/4 inch to 1/8th inch adapter but it might be better to use a USB MIDI adapter to control the drum samples in GarageBand
Sorry I forgot to ask if that means I can play the TD-9 pads as well as the DD75 pads (and pedals) at the same time so that I will have the 7 pads on the DD65 and the 4 pads plus cymbals and pedals on the TD-9. AND will I be able to use one kit style on the TD-9 and a different one on the DD65 (especially kit 49 & 50!). Sorry for all the questions - new to drumming.
Ahh.... You can use other electronic drum hi-hat & kick devices. Never thought of trying that, but then again, I haven't been using my Yamaha pads in a while. Thanks for the tip! I'll try it out soon with my Roland electronics.
Hey man I’m having a problem maybe you can help me. I have this connected to ableton on my pc with a MIDI to USB adapter, and the problem is that it only triggers samples in ableton when I hit the pads at a very specific velocity. If I hit it too hard or soft it doesn’t trigger on my computer. Any ideas?
My guess is you may wanna try looking at the settings for triggering in Ableton and see if there's something for sensitivity or other properties. The Yamaha will output the same note numbers regardless of velocity
I just bought mine. So far midi to macbook logic doesn’t work. Any suggestions? That’s why I bought it so have to return it if can’t get it to work. Keyboards midi in works fine to MacBook. Thanks.
@@scott16151 hello Scott. . Yes I did. I had to map each midi drum to the midi note I wanted in Logic and got it to work fine. Then I never used it. Lol. You’re inspiring me to use it again ! Thanks buddy 👍
@@djorlando57 LOL. The more I read reviews about it, the less I’m wanting to buy it. But, MAYBE. Almost bought a Roland spd sx today but since it’s just for me having some fun, I may just go for this Yamaha dd-75 at less than 1/2 price.
Depends on what you call bad. The sound themselves aren't the best. Is that what you're referring to? Or are you referring to some sort of distortion that may be coming out of the unit?
For a little more money, you could have bought a used Yamaha DTX532. I used to have a unit like this. From the early 90's. It was cool but E-drums have come a looooooong way since.
is it posible to use the pads through midi to use them as midi signal (the way i will use a midi keyboard to make a midi instrument beat) llike with logic x. using the internal logic drums
Very helpful video! QUESTION> how to control addictive drums 2 hats open and close with the HHpedal on dd75? I cant make this work with dd65, maybe this works in this new model? thanks in advance!
Carl Magbanua Hi Carl. I've noticed that the hi-hat open and closed notes will only transmit properly if you make no changes to the midi mapping on the drums. None. There is a bug in the midi implementation where if you change anything from the default note mapping it will break the high hats. It's a bug that was carried over from the dd65 and it's only partially fixed here. I reached out to Yamaha and they said that it's not getting fixed unfortunately. So bottom line if you want to use this as a midi controller, you absolutely have to have all the midi notes stock. You may have to do a factory reset to get it back to where it was if you changed anything. Let me know if this helps. Thanks for your comment and have a great day.
Was using a Roland KP-8 kick pad for the kick drum but almost any kick pad will work, actually. Yamaha KP65 is another one I have. The high hat pedal is a Yamaha HH65.
Hi Aaron! Is very nice to see another owner of dd-75! :) I got mine for a couple months ago, But i've experienced some serious problems with it, Maybe you can help me? The problem appears when i try to assign a HI-HAT (open/closed/pedal) notes to Ez-drummer's different hi-hat sounds (you use Superior Drummer, so im sure you know what im talking about). In my case there is absolutely NO WAY to get all THREE types of HI-HAT sounds. Only two of them! Yes, there ARE 3 default hi-hat sounds in DD-75. But i just CANT reassign em to another midi notes! Every time i try to reassign hihat midi notes by turning the wheel, it all messes up and wont let me get 3 different (open/closed/pedal) sounds. Did u have anything like that? Ill be VERY grateful for any advice! Thank you beforehand for the answer!! (sorry for double-message this! just for you to notice)
Here's the thing. If you try and reamap ANY note in the drumset it'll mess up the hi-hats over MIDI. It's a bug in the MIDI implementation that Yahmaha told me most likely won't get fixed. There was a bug in the old DD-65 where it would transmit the same note over MIDI no matter if your hi-hats were opened or closed. The solution is to leave the MIDI notes completely stock (may need to reset the unit to do that) and make the adjustments to the MIDI notes in the software instead. I can't remember if EZDrummer will even let you change the MIDI notes but if not you'd have to use something else like Superior Drummer. If you have Reaper there's a plugin in there that will let you remap your MIDI notes and that would probably do the trick as well. Let me know if that helps.
Hi Aaron! And thank you so much for your reply! Well, news seem to be not good for me :( First i tried to follow this guy's instructions ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-J85OIasLqDI.html , but then i discovered that eDrum MIDImapper WONT work on my Mac (i didnt try, but it says its windows-only) :( I dunno if there are any Mac-compatible programs similar to edrum MIDImapper, im searching at the moment. But later then i found THIS thread, www.toontrack.com/forum/studio-corner-1/ezdummer-2-key-mapping-issue/ Guy says "re-mapping MIDI notes in EZdrummer 2 is NOT POSSIBLE. :( :( Superior 2 can re-map all drums and their different articulations" So it seems like getting Superior Drummer is the only way for me to go. Well, ill do whatever needs to make this damn bugged piece of plastic work properly! >:( Only one question left: is it truth? You use Superior with your DD-75, can you confirm that it REALLY lets you remap MIDI notes?
It ABSOLUTELY lets you re-map drum notes to whatever you want. Before you rush out and buy Superior drummer, maybe you might wanna try using Reaper with EZDrummer and use the included "MIDI Transpose Notes" option. Reaper is only 60 bucks and would be way cheaper than 300 bucks for a Superior Drummer Crossgrade license. We can discuss this more if you message me directly.
Hello, please I need some help. I bought the Yamaha dd75 days ago and I got a MIDI to USB cable but I can not make it work. I have set everything fine on my computer, the problem is that the dd75 does not send anything. I think is a problem with the dd75 setup. Should it work automatically after plug in the cable? There is not forum or information and I dont want to ask for a money back as I seem people can make it work with MIDI. Some help please? Thanks
Adrián Espejo it really should work immediately after plugging it in. You may wanna try using the opposite midi jack than the one you're plugged into, but also make sure whatever program you're using is configured to use the midi interface you have plugged in
Hi dude, nice video, idk if u still alive or what lmao, But i Want to ask u if this dd75 is a worth buy for a beginer? I dont have so mucho many for an electric kit so this was my first option, But i hear some people say that its like a toy and is stupid buy it, what do u think?
Yeah I think it's great for a beginner. Doesn't take up much room. I've been using it at band practice every week with no issues. Not a huge investment if you're looking to get started.
