Adding Drums to Previously Recorded Songs

[Rich DuBose]

Hi. I’m a newbie to SD3. I have several songs I’ve already recorded in Logic X. They are audio files, without any midi. No drums. I’m want to bring the audio into SD3 and build some drum tracks for them. Is that possible? Thanks.

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.3.7
Operating system: macOS Sonoma (14)

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[drumjack52]

In short – no. Why not just keep the stuff you’ve already recorded in Logic and put SD3 on a track like you would any other VI (virtual instrument) and build your drum tracks there?

Jack
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[Mark King]

You can use tracker to create midi from audio. It only works to certain degrees though. Try it and see. You could also mix the sounds in with the audio.

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[Scott Eshleman]

Please correct me if I’m wrong and maybe I’m misreading the OP
but it sounds like he’s got songs in Logic with no drums at all.
No MIDI drums. No audio drums.

I think that what he really wants the functionality of EZDrummer3’s Bandmate
to help him build drum parts…

or he could use Logic Pro 11’s Session Drummer to follow a track

[Brad]

Rich DuBose wrote:

Hi. I’m a newbie to SD3. I have several songs I’ve already recorded in Logic X. They are audio files, without any midi. No drums. I’m want to bring the audio into SD3 and build some drum tracks for them. Is that possible? Thanks.

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.3.7
Operating system: macOS Sonoma (14)

Hi there,

Just to add to the conversation. The first thing I would ask is: Did you record everything else to a click track?

Scott’s suggestion is a good suggestion.

Use Logic’s session drummer to follow the track and trigger SD3 samples. Full disclosure, I am not a Logic Pro user, but there are plenty around here to help out.

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[Bear-Faced Cow]

I would agree with Brad that a quick and easy way to add some drums to your song is by using the Session Player. If all of your audio has been recorded into separate tracks, your drum track can follow any of the recorded tracks.

if it is a single audio track with multiple instruments, you can always try using the stem splitter in Logic Pro 11 to have the session player follow a specific track

You can also use Superior Drummer 3 in place of Logic’s drums.

in addition to Brad’s post regarding the click track, even if you didn’t record your audio to a click track. You can use the smart tempo feature in logic to map your tempo to your audio. The drums will follow automagically. I do this many times when I have a guitar idea. It often provides a more organic feel to the song.

jord

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