Drum Masters & OWD Community Support Thread

[Reverend Rhythm]

I double click on the .zip file. If it is corrupted, it will not open. I'm sure this isn't a full-proof method, but it gives me a quick idea if there is a problem.

[maximilians1]

OWD 4 ambient was one, but it also was a problem on 2 or 3 of the DM2 kits as well. Seemed to be happening on any kit I tried. Thanks for your reply.

I think thats just the round robin, its a little different with every kit ,drum masters premium dry is very even , and I know with ez drummer lite it does the same thing but maybe not with as large a jump in volume as with owd kit 4, but i still hear it, with addictive drummer demo the hits are very close to same volume.
What I'm discovering though is with OWD 4 ambient , you can select center articulation and choose alt 2 this will give you a more even volume and you can try turning off the round robin as well. I'm not quite sure what alt does but it changes the sample pool I think.

[drumrgal]

Hi.
I've just download one of the multitrack kits I picked from the Group Buy from Downloadable sounds. It is the Drum Masters 2 NDV MT Gretsch® Kit (Multi-Track).

Now, I do the usual by dragging the .zip (which I made sure was the right size 1st) to my Infinite Library Installer & the blue line that shows the progress only goes 1/4 of the way & then stops? I've tried this 3-4 times now & same thing. I do know what I am doing so there is no problem there.

I can't figure out what the problem is?
Any idea as to why it will only go so far & then stop completely?

Please help.

Thanks,

Drumrgal (Kim)

I had this happen with several downloaded kits. The zip file is broken so you'll have to download it again and again until it works.

Hi Sampleconstruct.

Thanks so much for your quick reply. I really appreciate that.
Sigh....I guess I'll start again....hopefully the zip file is fine the 2nd time around

Kim

[Milt]

OWD 4 ambient was one, but it also was a problem on 2 or 3 of the DM2 kits as well. Seemed to be happening on any kit I tried. Thanks for your reply.

I think thats just the round robin, its a little different with every kit ,drum masters premium dry is very even , and I know with ez drummer lite it does the same thing but maybe not with as large a jump in volume as with owd kit 4, but i still hear it, with addictive drummer demo the hits are very close to same volume.
What I'm discovering though is with OWD 4 ambient , you can select center articulation and choose alt 2 this will give you a more even volume and you can try turning off the round robin as well. I'm not quite sure what alt does but it changes the sample pool I think.

Thanks a bunch, maximilians, going to give it a go right now. Appreciate your help!

[drumrgal]

I double click on the .zip file. If it is corrupted, it will not open. I'm sure this isn't a full-proof method, but it gives me a quick idea if there is a problem.

Thank you too Reverend Rhythm.
You know, I did try that & it wouldn't open so it seems like it was corrupted.

I'm just in the process of re-downloading that kit again. Thank goodness I just bought 'Speed Download' the other day because so far it does make a difference on how long the download takes. Much quicker

Kim

[maximilians1]

OWD 4 ambient was one, but it also was a problem on 2 or 3 of the DM2 kits as well. Seemed to be happening on any kit I tried. Thanks for your reply.

I think thats just the round robin, its a little different with every kit ,drum masters premium dry is very even , and I know with ez drummer lite it does the same thing but maybe not with as large a jump in volume as with owd kit 4, but i still hear it, with addictive drummer demo the hits are very close to same volume.
What I'm discovering though is with OWD 4 ambient , you can select center articulation and choose alt 2 this will give you a more even volume and you can try turning off the round robin as well. I'm not quite sure what alt does but it changes the sample pool I think.

Thanks a bunch, maximilians, going to give it a go right now. Appreciate your help!

No prob I'm just figuring things out too, maybe someone will correct me on this but perhaps a limiter and/or compressor on the snare channel could even things out although I have idea how to use them..big help eh

[Nystul]

I have not read fully through this thread so I don't know if it has been brought up. The NDV Premier Multitrack kit is actually taking samples from the Gretsch kit (I get an error when I first load). The kit sounds nothing like the Stereo kit. Any ideas?

Unfortunately I can confirm this. I'm surprised more people aren't mentioning it. Everything is from the wrong kit and there are a ton of missing samples.

[ducatibruce]

I have not read fully through this thread so I don't know if it has been brought up. The NDV Premier Multitrack kit is actually taking samples from the Gretsch kit (I get an error when I first load). The kit sounds nothing like the Stereo kit. Any ideas?

Unfortunately I can confirm this. I'm surprised more people aren't mentioning it. Everything is from the wrong kit and there are a ton of missing samples.

I'm not seeing it - all mappings load without error. On WinXP here full Kontakt 4.

Maybe a corrupted download or install. First I'd try reinstalling the kit, if that didnt work redownload & reinstall.

[megadude]

Hi peeps,

hope you are enjoying your drumming. I am a total novice to this stuff, so forgive me if these are dumb questions.
I am using the free kontakt player 4 (the freebie). i've loaded up the instruments and they sound great. what i am wondering is this. is there a way to route the outputs of a single instance of kontakt player so that, e.g., the snare sound goes to one track for processing with effects, while the hihat goes to a different one. I don't mean within Kontakt via its internal effects. (I figured out how to do that). I mean with external ones.
To be more specific, I am using Logic Pro 8. So is there a way in which a single instance of Kontakt could send, e.g., the hi hat to an auxiliary channel with logic's platinum reverb while the hihat gets sent to a different aux channel with a different audio unit effect? a
also, and this will show how newbie i am, i had downloaded a while back kontakt 3 player but never got the demo library authorized. and i couldn't figure out how to upgrade it to kontakt 4 via service center. so i just downloaded the kontakt 4 player as well. so they are both on my harddrive. i'd like to just get rid of kontakt 3 now, but will doing that screw up anything? i installed the infinite player in kontakt 4.

thanks!!!

[duojet]

I have not read fully through this thread so I don't know if it has been brought up. The NDV Premier Multitrack kit is actually taking samples from the Gretsch kit (I get an error when I first load). The kit sounds nothing like the Stereo kit. Any ideas?

Unfortunately I can confirm this. I'm surprised more people aren't mentioning it. Everything is from the wrong kit and there are a ton of missing samples.

I'm not seeing it - all mappings load without error. On WinXP here full Kontakt 4.

Maybe a corrupted download or install. First I'd try reinstalling the kit, if that didnt work redownload & reinstall.

Hi, are you sure it's the multitrack kit? The stereo version works fine for me, just the multitrack version has the issue.

[drumrgal]

Hello again.

Just wanted to mention that I re-downloaded the 2 multi-track kits (using Speed Download 5) & both zip files worked. (It was the Gretsch zip that didn't work earlier for me)
I now have everything downloaded & working for the Group Buy.

The 2 multi-track kits that I chose:
1) Drum Masters 2 NDV MT Gretsch® Kit (Multi-Track)
2) Drum Masters 2 JB Session Sonor® Kit (Multi-Track)

I had a chance to play around a bit with the Sonor - Nice!!! Love the extra multi-channel features too.
Tomorrow I will also try the Gretsch!!

Thanks again Samplconstruct & Reverend Rhythm for your help

Kim

[ducatibruce]

I have not read fully through this thread so I don't know if it has been brought up. The NDV Premier Multitrack kit is actually taking samples from the Gretsch kit (I get an error when I first load). The kit sounds nothing like the Stereo kit. Any ideas?

Unfortunately I can confirm this. I'm surprised more people aren't mentioning it. Everything is from the wrong kit and there are a ton of missing samples.

I'm not seeing it - all mappings load without error. On WinXP here full Kontakt 4.

Maybe a corrupted download or install. First I'd try reinstalling the kit, if that didnt work redownload & reinstall.

Hi, are you sure it's the multitrack kit? The stereo version works fine for me, just the multitrack version has the issue.

Yep, positive it's the multitrack - DM2 NDV MT Premr Kit.

[bruckner2]

same problem with the mt premier kit -- several crash cymbals report as missing when loading and kontakt 4 player is looking for them as multi-track Gretsch cymbals

[quote="ducatibruce"][quote="duojet"][quote="ducatibruce"][quote="Nystul"][quote="duojet"]I have not read fully through this thread so I don't know if it has been brought up. The NDV Premier Multitrack kit is actually taking samples from the Gretsch kit (I get an error when I first load). The kit sounds nothing like the Stereo kit. Any ideas?[/quote]

Unfortunately I can confirm this. I'm surprised more people aren't mentioning it. Everything is from the wrong kit and there are a ton of missing samples.[/quote]

I'm not seeing it - all mappings load without error. On WinXP here full Kontakt 4.

Maybe a corrupted download or install. First I'd try reinstalling the kit, if that didnt work redownload & reinstall.[/quote]

Hi, are you sure it's the multitrack kit? The stereo version works fine for me, just the multitrack version has the issue.[/quote]

Yep, positive it's the multitrack - DM2 NDV MT Premr Kit.[/quote]

[duojet]

I have not read fully through this thread so I don't know if it has been brought up. The NDV Premier Multitrack kit is actually taking samples from the Gretsch kit (I get an error when I first load). The kit sounds nothing like the Stereo kit. Any ideas?

Unfortunately I can confirm this. I'm surprised more people aren't mentioning it. Everything is from the wrong kit and there are a ton of missing samples.

I'm not seeing it - all mappings load without error. On WinXP here full Kontakt 4.

Maybe a corrupted download or install. First I'd try reinstalling the kit, if that didnt work redownload & reinstall.

Hi, are you sure it's the multitrack kit? The stereo version works fine for me, just the multitrack version has the issue.

Yep, positive it's the multitrack - DM2 NDV MT Premr Kit.

thanks. can you tell me the size of your zip install file. mine is 1,150,622,811 bytes

[I. Lehti]

Somewhere on one of the monster threads I saw a post by someone who was having a problem with the snares in some kits being inconsistent in volume, like the velocity triggering the drum is fluctuating when it is not. I seem to be having the same problem. I laid out 16 bars of midi snare hits, made sure the velocity was the exact same on every hit, and there is definitly flucuation in the volume. I checked and altered the snare velocity settings in Kontakt with no success. Anyone else noticed this?

Yes, I made that post on the Monster Thread and I first noticed it with OWD Kit 13, with Kontakt, and so I checked the sample mapping and each hit seems to jump to a different set of samples, and I believe Squids said it might be the way the samples were mapped and he going to check it all out. I didn't get a chance to check all the drums sets but I saw the same behaviour on one or two others. On Kit 13 there was also a different pitch on each different hit, and I turned the Velocity to Pitch to zero and it still didn't change anything. I'm sure Squids and team will find what does that and fix it. Thanks.