Whiplash - Drum Cover in VR (Paradiddle)

After more than a year since my latest VR drum cover, I'm back with the most ambitious one I've recorded yet: Whiplash by Hank Levy! Just like my previous covers, I performed it using the drumming app I've been developing for VR, Paradiddle (http://paradiddleapp.com). It's currently available on Steam Early Access for PC VR (https://store.steampowered.com/app/68..., and App Lab for Quest (https://www.oculus.com/experiences/qu....

My goal with this cover specifically was to test some of the more advanced features that I've added to the app over the past year. I'm using electronic drum pedals to control the kick and hi-hat drums in the app, through the MIDI integration. I connected the MIDI output from the app to Superior Drummer 3, which allowed me to use some more professional drum set sounds, as well as do all the audio mixing. It was my first time really delving in depth to audio mixing and working with MIDI files, and it was a ton of fun to be able to tune the drum sounds to my own liking after I recorded everything. I used the newly added LIV (https://liv.tv/) mixed reality recording/streaming integration of the app to record everything in mixed reality, which really let me present the app in a much more interesting way in combination with the first person view. I also wanted to challenge myself musically, and so decided to take on Whiplash, a song I didn't know how to play on physical drums. I must say that the song was deceptively simple; only when I started playing through it did I realize all the little accents and ghost notes that made it much trickier to perform in one solid take.

As always, questions, comments and feedback are most definitely welcome! Make sure you also check out the Paradiddle VR Drum Covers playlist if you enjoyed this cover:
Paradiddle VR Drum Covers:    • Whiplash - Drum Cover in VR (Paradiddle)  
Or some of my previous VR drum covers:
R U Mine:    • R U Mine - Drum Cover in VR (Paradiddle)  
Pokémon Theme:    • Pokémon Theme Drum Cover in VR - Para...  
Paint It Black:    • Paint It Black - Drum Cover in VR (Pa...  

Full List of Hardware/Software Used:
Drum Pedals: Yamaha DTX502 Drum Module, Roland KT-10 Kick Pedal, Yamaha HH65 Hi-Hat Pedal
Audio Recording, Mixing, Drum Sounds: Reaper (DAW), Superior Drummer 3
Mixed Reality Recording: LIV (https://liv.tv/), OBS Studio
Camera and Capture: Sony a6000, Elgato Game Capture HD60
Video Editing: Adobe After Effects
VR Headset: HTC Vive

More links that might be of relevance:
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FAQ: http://paradiddleapp.com/faq
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