Hi all, guitarist trying to emulate drummer here. Finally jumping into tackling Roland td-27 triggering SD3 and running into some snags. Been searching through topics and learning a lot but not getting straight to my answer needs—so, some NOOB questions here.
Setup: TD-27 module (v2 firmware) on an AtoE conversion kit. Snare, ride, cymbals factory. Upgraded to vh-14 hi-hat, 3 rack toms, 2 floor toms, bk-1 (cowbell). Dedicated Macbook pro, connected via USB with latest roland driver, lastest SD3 and SDX expansions installed. Using Digital Performer 11 with SD3 as plug-in (I want to be able to record MIDI so don’t want to use stand-alone).
Problem #1: Sound volume when triggering kit is inaudible. When playing notes using cursor to trigger instrument —volume fine. I’ve read some support topics regarding adjusting USB gain etc. and will explore that — but I’m missing, or not finding, the audio/midi setup. Can’t find a menu anywhere to tell SD3 what device is triggering it.
Watching this video for basic setup (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vcyj1kBzO2E&t=153s).
Problem #2: I will obviously need to map my kit to SD3 instruments that vary (or need additional instruments) from the SD3, roland td-27 preset. I thought I would start with the roland td-50x preset as it would have settings for the vh-14 hi-hat. In that same tutorial video above, they simply highlight an instrument > go to midi mapping ≥ learn and hit the real kit instrument to learn the mapping.
I don’t have the “learn” menu item in my menu (see screen capture of fly-out menu).
Once I do resolve the mapping – what is the best/easiest workflow to retain my physical kit and mapping? Say I’ve created this kit in SD core SDX, but want to load a kit from Legacy of Rock SDX. How do I “apply” my custom mapping to SD3 presets?
Thanks
Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.3.6Operating system: macOS Big Sur (11)
