Don't try to do the roll too fast.

I don't think this is about keyboard technique, more about the limitations of the sample. You can't build a drum roll sound by rapidly repeating a single hit - it just sounds like a machine gun. Work within the limitations of the sound you have available.

Don't try to do the roll too fast.

I don't think this is about keyboard technique, more about the limitations of the sample. You can't build a drum roll sound by rapidly repeating a single hit - it just sounds like a machine gun. I suspect the same principle holds for your steel drum. Work within the limitations of the sound you have available.

Don't try to do the roll too fast

Don't try to do the roll too fast.

I don't think this is about keyboard technique, more about the limitations of the sample. You can't build a drum roll sound by rapidly repeating a single hit - it just sounds like a machine gun. Work within the limitations of the sound you have available.