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Converting AU plugin presets for VST2 plugin?

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  • Replied January 29, 2021 at 02:56 #2700359
    Brad
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    The user presets within SD3 are not platform specific. You can open a Windows preset in Mac and visa versa.

    The only thing you need to do is put them in the proper folder.

    So if you created a user preset on Mac for the core library with SD3, copy it from; /Users/(YOUR NAME)/Library/Application Support/Toontrack/Superior3/PresetsEZX/SL-SUPERIOR_DRUMMER_3/S3Presets

    to your Windows folder;

    /Documents/Toontrack/Superior3/PresetsEZX/SL-SUPERIOR_DRUMMER_3/S3Presets


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

    Mac Studio M1 Max, RAM 64 GB, 1TB Drive, OSX 12.x/13.x and Windows 10 (VM)
    DAW: Studio One Pro (always up to date)
    DTX Express III (Extreme triggers), Nektar LX88
    OWC Thunderbay Mini (4 X 1TB Sata SSD), Express 4M2 (4 X 2TB M.2 SSD), Envoy Express (1TB M.2 SSD)
    Presonus Quantum, Faderport & Faderport 8
    Black Lion Sparrow Mk2 A/D, FMR-RNP-RNC, MIDI Xpress 128, BM5A, KRK VXT4, Equator D5
    2020 Macbook Pro 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD Audio(mobile rig)

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    Thanked by: stevejohnsonmusic
    Replied January 29, 2021 at 13:11 #2700475
    Bear-Faced Cow
    Participant

    The corollary to Brad‘s post is that AU presets are DAW specific. Simply saving your SD3 kit preset or Project as a DAW specific preset has little value. It only becomes useful when you are taking advantage of features within the DAW, such as in the case of logic pro, native or 3rd parry plug-ins on the outputs, or channel routings in the case of patches.

    unless you intend to make use of your DAW‘s features with SD3, it is far more advisable to save SD3 presets and projects in its own format. As Brad stated, they are not platforms specific.

    jord

    Jordan L. Chilcott

    Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

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    Thanked by: stevejohnsonmusic
    Replied January 30, 2021 at 22:44 #2700937
    stevejohnsonmusic
    Participant

    Thanks for your replies! 🙂

    AU preset files (AU stands for “Audio Units” and is a proprietary Apple plugin format that’s not compatible with anything on Windows) have a completely different structure than VST files and they are not interchangeable.

    (I was trying to post the preset file contents but the forum software is interpreting the the file code as HTML and it’s blowing up.)

    Replied January 30, 2021 at 22:50 #2700942
    Brad
    Participant
    stevejohnsonmusic wrote:

    Thanks for your replies! 🙂

    AU preset files (AU stands for “Audio Units” and is a proprietary Apple plugin format that’s not compatible with anything on Windows) have a completely different structure than VST files and they are not interchangeable.

    (I was trying to post the preset file contents but the forum software is interpreting the the file code as HTML and it’s blowing up.)

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    I guess I should have clarified, I am talking about presets within SD3. How are you saving the presets you are referring to?

    SD3-presets


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

    Mac Studio M1 Max, RAM 64 GB, 1TB Drive, OSX 12.x/13.x and Windows 10 (VM)
    DAW: Studio One Pro (always up to date)
    DTX Express III (Extreme triggers), Nektar LX88
    OWC Thunderbay Mini (4 X 1TB Sata SSD), Express 4M2 (4 X 2TB M.2 SSD), Envoy Express (1TB M.2 SSD)
    Presonus Quantum, Faderport & Faderport 8
    Black Lion Sparrow Mk2 A/D, FMR-RNP-RNC, MIDI Xpress 128, BM5A, KRK VXT4, Equator D5
    2020 Macbook Pro 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD Audio(mobile rig)

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    Thanked by: stevejohnsonmusic
    Replied January 30, 2021 at 23:00 #2700949
    stevejohnsonmusic
    Participant

    I was saving from within the plugin frame/window in Digital Performer. This is the default way to save presets in DP. I wasn’t aware there was a different way to save in SD3, let me look into that. Thanks!

    Replied January 30, 2021 at 23:08 #2700955
    Brad
    Participant
    stevejohnsonmusic wrote:

    I was saving from within the plugin frame/window in Digital Performer. This is the default way to save presets in DP. I wasn’t aware there was a different way to save in SD3, let me look into that. Thanks!

    Ah! That’s where the disconnect was…. you were talking what Jord mentioned. Platform specific plug-in/channel specific presets.

    Doesn’t DP support both AU and VST? So basically bring a plugin open in both VST and AU and manually create the VST version of what you have in the AU plugin?

    I have a Windows VM on one of my Mac workstations… I’ll have to try that with Studio One.


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

    Mac Studio M1 Max, RAM 64 GB, 1TB Drive, OSX 12.x/13.x and Windows 10 (VM)
    DAW: Studio One Pro (always up to date)
    DTX Express III (Extreme triggers), Nektar LX88
    OWC Thunderbay Mini (4 X 1TB Sata SSD), Express 4M2 (4 X 2TB M.2 SSD), Envoy Express (1TB M.2 SSD)
    Presonus Quantum, Faderport & Faderport 8
    Black Lion Sparrow Mk2 A/D, FMR-RNP-RNC, MIDI Xpress 128, BM5A, KRK VXT4, Equator D5
    2020 Macbook Pro 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD Audio(mobile rig)

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    Thanked by: stevejohnsonmusic
    Replied February 18, 2021 at 06:01 #2709054
    stevejohnsonmusic
    Participant

    Thank you Brad and Jord for your input.

    Ultimately I decided trying to work cross-platform was going to be problematic, and the Windows laptop was pretty old anyway, so I ended up replacing it with a maxed-out refurb mid-2018 15.4″ Macbook Pro. So now I can run DP on the same platform, using the same plugin format, on both machines. Hopefully this will simplify things.

    On to the next challenge: how to change SD3 presets or patches under DAW control? Digital Performer allows me to have unlimited sequences within a file. I want to use a single instance of SD3 in a “V-Rack”, so that each sequence in the file points to the same single instance of SD3, conserving resources. I was hoping for MIDI program change messages to allow me to change the drumkit for different songs, but that doesn’t appear to be an option.

    I created a new post on this topic, if you have any tips I’d be grateful:

    https://www.toontrack.com/forums/topic/sd3-midi-program-change-yet/

    Thanks,
    Steve


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