Can you get usable MIDI with Tracker when you only have a stereo drum bus?

[Jean-Marc Boulier]

The title says it all. I only have a stereo drum bus to feed the Tracker. I’m new to this, is there a way to get a usable MIDI file out of this? It seems to me that it was designed to work with a multitrack recording only. But if there is a workaround, I’d love to know.

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.1.7
Operating system: Windows 10

Jean-Marc
Music producer & audio engineer
SoundWise

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[Bear-Faced Cow]

This all depends on how clean your stereo track is. I’ve had some good results from clean stereo tracks.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

[Mark King]

I’ve tried and found that it’s quite difficult to get things right with multitrack due to bleed. I have managed to do kick snare and toms but not hi hat successfully. Hard to get right with grace notes without a lot of manual work. I should imagine it would be a lot harder on a stereo file. I found the time it took I could play it in faster but not much use if your not a drummer

SD3 with older sdx,s plus Rooms of Hansa and Death & Darkness. Cubase and wavelab current versions. Roland TD50x using all trigger inputs for triggering SD3 only. Windows 11 computer. Various keyboards and outboard gear as well as VST instruments. Acoustic drums: Yamaha 9000 natural wood and Pearl masters. Various snare drums. RME BabyFace Pro FS and Adam A7X monitors

[Bear-Faced Cow]

Again, this all depends on the stereo file itself. If it sounds like it was recorded through the phone in someone’s garage, you can expect to have issues because of the nature of the recording. Perhaps, one day the ML behind the tracker might be smart enough to determine a kit piece due to its placement within a beat, but for now, expect to do a bit of work on a stereo file especially if you have a less than satisfactory recording.

I have managed to extract many grooves off of a number of YouTube videos (don’t worry, they were marked as free and public domain) where the sound was clean. The tracker did an excellent job with it.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

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