Can I add a 2nd Ride to a kit?

[TheSystem (Archive)]

I am playing around with SM Drums. It has 2 rides and I want to add a 2nd ride to my modded MIDI Output Template kit.

When I right click on the Drums screen, I do not see an option to add another. I do see options to add other pieces to the kit like a 2nd snare.

Thanks
Brian

[Ralph @ Rayzoon]

There is only support for one ride in JS4 at this time.

[TheSystem (Archive)]

There is only support for one ride in JS4 at this time.

thanks Ralph.

[Azimuth (Archive)]

Hi Brian,
You could add another Crash to the kit and change the sound to a different Ride cymbal model. You won't have the different articulations of a Ride but maybe it'll help.

[TheSystem (Archive)]

Hi Brian,
You could add another Crash to the kit and change the sound to a different Ride cymbal model. You won't have the different articulations of a Ride but maybe it'll help.

i was thinking about something like that with a couple splashes. one for each articulation.

brian

[Azimuth (Archive)]

The only issue doing what I suggested is that the Brain won't "view" the added cymbal as a Ride cymbal thus won't compose for the added cymbal as a Ride cymbal. You may have to hand edit to get satisfactory results.

[Knopf_]

Hello: not being myself a drummer and having very little knowledge about drumming, may I ask how and when a drummer would want to play with two rides? The only situation I can guess is by doing some kind of pattern or arrangement using both hands or maybe to have two very different tones.

[Azimuth (Archive)]

Most drummers I've seen have different Ride cymbals just for tonal variations.

[Knopf_]

Well, that makes sense. Here I found a sample

https://youtu.be/tsCn2jF69Do

[Dali_S]

Not an easy way but...

You can have 2 tracks with different kits (thus different Ride) and go from one track to the other via automation.

[code:1:b7bfb1012e]
==== ==== ==== Kit 1
== == Kit 2
[/code:1:b7bfb1012e]

Something like that.