Anyone here use a DrumKAT with Garageband?

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Anyone here use a DrumKAT with Garageband?

Maybe someone can help. My setup is DrumKAT (dk10) into iMac with MIDI-USB cable. My problem is when I close the HiHat with my Pintech pedal, all the pad sound start wavering with tremelo. It does not happen if I play through EZDrummer with Garageband closed, but I'll be needing to record in Garageband and I like the standard drum sounds in Garageband '09.

Does anyone have the answer as to why this is happening? Or if you have a DrumKAT and do not notice this, what is your setup?

iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.2), DrumKAT dk10, Pintech Hyperhat, Midisport Uno interface cable, Yamaha KP65 kick trigger.

Posted on Jan 8, 2010 7:55 PM

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Jan 9, 2010 10:58 PM in response to thebarak

Update/ modification to the original question.

There is also no modulation if I trigger EZDrummer sounds from within Garageband, but when I switch to the native Apple drums, rock kit, jazz kit, pop kit etc., the problem appears.

I rather like the free Apple sounds and would prefer to use those ones, if I can only resolve this strange problem.

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Feb 24, 2010 4:38 PM in response to thebarak

Update, Here we are a month later. I upgraded from a DrumKAT dk10 to a 3.8. I did this because I discovered the dk10 didn't have a continuously variable hit hat control function. Well, one of the first things I did after getting lost in the complicated DrumKAT interface for a few hours, was controlling Garageband.

No boing boing with the 3.8.....however, now the hat pedal raises the note like a tympani pedal. I'm sure this is not an Apple problem, but a DrumKAT problem, but still, if anyone is using any KAT with any Apple computer, please respond.

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