I own Studio One Artist, but I do not use it much. I normally use Cockos Reaper. Any VSTi has the possibility to automate most of its parameters. I have loaded up Superior Drummer 3 into Studio One Artist and I’ve noticed that in Studio One’s Virtual Instrument window, on the top left corner there’s an automation section right below the “Instrument: On”. It shows “Auto: Off” by default. Right next to the “Instrument: On” button there’s also an “Automation Bypass” button.

If you click on the “Auto: Off” button, you get a drop-down menu with four choices: Read / Touch / Latch / Write (Those are the automation modes – check  your Studio One Manual chapter on VSTi automation tracks. But the automation drop-down menu has another option: “Add/Remove Parameters”. I’ve been having a look and it seems to allow you to create a list of Automation for Superior Drummer 3’s parameters. But the parameters are just numbered and I don’t know which parameter controls what feature within Superior Drummer 3. There are 100 parameters available, plus “bypass”. I guess our moderators should tell us which parameter controls what by default, or if there is a way to assign a customized parameter to, say, a specific mixer fader. – I’ve checked with other VST instruments and the parameters available are automatically named (I also own another brand’s well-known drum VSTi and I get names for the parameters: “Kick Solo”, “Kick Mute”, “Kick Level”, “Kick OH level”, “Kick OH pan”, “Kick OH width”…). I suppose within Superior Drummer 3 there would be so many automatable parameters that they chose to just add 100 numbers and you must choose which one will control what. I don’t know how, but I’m sure there must be something about that in the manual, or maybe our moderators will let us know which parameter controls what, and/or how to assign those to different features within Superior Drummer 3.

So first off, the way Jord explained it is exactly how I work or if I want to manipulate several controls I use the macro assignments. However, since I said I would post some screen prints of doing all the automation in SD3. I shall.

So here goes;

In the mixer, right click (select) the fader you want to control. A menu should show where one the options is Bind to CC.

Select an unused CC (I selected CC 3 YMMV)

Go into the grid editor and at the bottom left you will see a pull down (default is velocity).

When you expand the list you will see the CC track that you created in the mixer. Select it.

Then use the pencil tool to “draw” automation.

I hope it helps!

• The post has been modified 2 times, last modified 3 years, 10 months ago by Brad.

Oh ok I got it now! In case this helps anyone else! The parameter number that you can automate (from 1-100) corresponds to the macro parameter number in SD3. So you can assign any of those to be automated in the DAW. Mistake on my part over here!