Problem with the drums

I am having an issue were the drums often don't register a full hit. There needs to be a way to disable the volume effect for the drums. In trying to lay down a drum track for my song, I was going to start with the snare drum. Problem was about 20% of the time my hit would register as an ultra quiet hit, even thugh I hit it as hard as my previous time. Very frustration, doesn't seem to matter how hard I hit the snare, if I hit it 20 times in a row, 2 or 3 will invariably be almost nothing. With this problem being present, it is impossible for me to lay out a drum tack for my song. I have a iPad 1 and have not had any issues with it hardware wise that I know of. I don't see anyone else complaining of this issue, so not sure what the deal is. Are others able to lay down drum tracks just fine?

IPad 1, iOS 4

Posted on Mar 13, 2011 9:25 AM

Aug 17, 2013 9:00 PM in response to Ron Dorn

I've noticed that the length of time you leave your finger on a drum or piano key almost determines the volume of the beat more than how hard you hit it. That said, you can painstakingly alter the volume/velocity of each drum hit by doing the following:

- go to "Tracks" view by tapping on the icon that looks like a little brick wall

- select you recorded drum loop by tapping it

- tap it again to bring up a menu

- select Edit

- find the hit you want to change by tapping around on the little green bars until you find the one you don't like. You'll notice a menu pop up each time you tap a green bar. Once you've identified the offending hit:

- Select Velocity from the menu

- scroll right to increase volume/velocity

Same thing works for piano note velocity.

Hope that helpls!