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Playback Position Control inside Grid Editor

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  • Replied May 2, 2020 at 19:44 #2573121
    Scott
    Moderator

    You can unclick the Follow Host in the S3 Song Track.

    Scott Sibley - Toontrack
    Technical Advisor

    Replied May 2, 2020 at 20:03 #2573125
    James White
    Participant

    Thanks for the reply! Unfortunately, that doesn’t solve the issue. When I turn off “Follow Host,” a lot of problems come up, and they’re worse than the one I posted about. Here’s what happens when I turn off “Follow Host”:

    1. Tapping the space bar only makes the song play, the drums don’t play at all.
    2. I must mouse over to and press the Play button in Superior Drummer. This makes the drums play solo, the backing track doesn’t play at all.
    3. If I hit the space bar to make the backing tracks play, and I hit the Play Button in Superior Drummer, they both play, but they are not in sync due to the fact that they have two separate cursors that determine their play position.

    I am customizing drum tracks to match original music. What I am looking for is the ability to control the play start position from within Superior Drummer that will keep the backing audio and the drums in sync with each other.

    Thanks!

    Matt

    Replied May 2, 2020 at 20:27 #2573134
    Scott
    Moderator

    Well, S3 as a VST instrument plugin can’t control its host DAW’s playback/timeline. The host can control the plugin only.

    If you want everything to play in sync, enable Follow Host and S3 will sync to the host’s timeline and playback (transport). There is no way to have S3 transports control the DAW.

    Scott Sibley - Toontrack
    Technical Advisor

    Replied May 20, 2020 at 07:52 #2581333
    Paul Lambert
    Participant

    Is there any way you can add a “rewire” feature to enable controlling host playback? It is my biggest issue with SD3. It would make the workflow so much easier to manage if so. Thanks


    Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.1.7
    Operating system: macOS Catalina (10.15)
    Replied December 29, 2020 at 22:01 #2689529
    Oliver Werbach
    Participant

    Hi Matt!

    Same with all instruments from Toontrack as AU or VST.
    Would be really helpful to get it working the other way around as well.

    The only workaround for now to align other midi tracks to SD3 or any other Ttoonrack instrument is to drag the midifiles out to the track and do the editing there. Not as smooth but as the drum editor in Studio one is great as well it does the Job.

     

    Best, Oliver


    Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.2.4
    Operating system: macOS Catalina (10.15)
    Replied January 12, 2021 at 01:53 #2695252
    Hal cragin
    Participant

    this would be good somehow.. as having to always keep the DAW visible to click the timeline…PITA… with all the featureS$ in SD3 midi Id love to stay in there .. Im in PT2020.12


    Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.2.4
    Operating system: macOS Mojave (10.14)
    Replied January 12, 2021 at 08:44 #2695303
    John
    Moderator

    Hi guys, as Scott posted above, there is no way for a VST plug-in to control the host’s playback functions. As for Rewire, Propellerheads/Reason Studios terminated it last year.

    Perhaps the ARA-technology in the future but as for now there simply is no way to do it.

    BR,
    John

    John Rammelt - Toontrack
    Technical Advisor

    Replied June 1, 2021 at 05:15 #2756808
    b1j
    Participant

    Yeah.  These suggestions are useless.  I watch YouTube videos where the presenter is able to actually decide where to begin playback.  Imagine that?  I cannot bring myself to believe that this is impossible in a four hundred dollar software.

     

    And by the way, when I open Superior Drummer 3 and try to find the version, forget it.  Not available to me.  So don’t ask.  I bought it a week ago if that helps.


    Operating system: macOS Catalina (10.15)
    Replied June 1, 2021 at 09:48 #2756850
    John
    Moderator

    Hi b1j,

    as stated earlier in this thread and other threads in the Forum, Toontrack cannot decide over what the host lets the plug-in do.

    You can, however, use keyboard shortcuts that are passed through to the plug-in, such as ‘Shift+Spacebar’ for Play/Stop and ‘Alt/Option+Spacebar’ for Play/Pause.

    IOW, if you point with the cursor on a specific Bar on the SD3 Timeline and then hit ‘Shift+Spacebar’, your host will not start playing but the SD3 Timeline will.

    All Keyboard Shortcuts are available under Settings > Keyboard shortcuts.

    BTW, a quick glance in the lower left corner of the interface will tell you which version you are on.
    SD3Version

    BR,
    John

    John Rammelt - Toontrack
    Technical Advisor

    Replied June 4, 2021 at 00:39 #2758170
    b1j
    Participant

    John, thank you for this excellent and helpful reply to my super-basic question!  You can tell I’m a rank beginner.  I appreciate your patient explanations of everything.  Such obvious answers!  I can see why I don’t find my question more often:  people just figure it out.

    Thanks again.  I’m actually making progress with my first drum track.


    Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.2.4
    Operating system: macOS Catalina (10.15)

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