Hi,

we’re all newbies at some point, ask away; this Forum is a place to (hopefully) get all the answers.

In the SD3 Core Library, all Cymbals have their ‘Close’ signal in the Stereo ‘OH Dyn’ Microphone/Mixer Channel.

The other Instruments can have their Bleed turned Off in this Channel but not the Cymbals. Their respective Volume can be changed though, as you see in my screen shot above.
As mentioned earlier in this thread, some SDX:s have been recorded with e.g. the Ride Cymbal having its own separate microphone/Mixer Channel.

If you really want to have a specific Cymbal on its own Channel in the Mixer, it is possible but requires some steps.
Right-click the Cymbal in question and navigate to ‘Route Instrument Microphones…’
This will bring up the selected Cymbals possible Close and Bleed routings. Apart from turning off a bleed signal you can click to the right of the ‘Close’ signal and select ‘Create New Channel’ at the bottom.
This will insert a new Channel in the Mixer with only the Close signal from the Cymbal, no Bleed. All Bleed from this Cymbal is still routed to the various microphones around the Kit, unless you turn them off or re-route them.
Your new Channel can be re-named by double-clicking its name in the Mixer and this Channel can be independently panned in the Mixer.
Things to bear in mind:
– this will not change how the Kit was recorded so if you pan a Cymbal that was recorded on the left side of the Kit to the right side, the Cymbal’s Bleed will still behave as how it was recorded, unless you create new Channels for the Bleeds as well.
– if you have EQ/FX/Sends on the OH Dyn Channel, you will have to copy these to your new Channel(s), plus I would check the routing of the Mixer Channel if you are starting from a Preset.

BR,
John