Tuning your kit

Tune the signal in this order so one problem does not hide another.

1. Select and verify the profile

Open Settings → MIDI, select the exact kit family, then use MIDI Monitor. Test every head, rim, cymbal zone, hi-hat position, and pedal. Create a custom map with MIDI Learn — Create Custom Profile when notes differ.

2. Tune trigger response on the module

Use the module’s sensitivity and velocity-curve controls so light-to-hard playing produces a useful range instead of clustering near 1 or 127. Set thresholds high enough to reject vibration but low enough to retain ghost notes. Fix retriggering and crosstalk on the module. Rhythma has no pad-sensitivity control.

📷 SCREENSHOT: MIDI Monitor showing varied Vel readings for soft, medium, and hard snare hits

3. Align timing

Choose Run Timing Alignment in the Timing Alignment section and follow the click/strike prompts. Apply the result to the current profile and connected MIDI device. If necessary, adjust Manual offset toward Early or Late in 1 ms steps, then replay a steady exercise. Reset to 0ms removes a manual adjustment.

Calibration is setup-specific. Repeat it after changing the kit profile, MIDI device, audio route, headphones, or browser/device. Never use the offset slider to correct inconsistent strokes or wrong mappings.

Still stuck? Email admin@rhythma.pro.