MouseClickDrummerSo now im having some very serious problems. i am not finding the X-Drum function in S3 like I was able to add and drag the black X-pad anywhere i wanted in s2 on the layout. because when real drummers have the extra electronic pads they have them near the drums they want. or at least somewhere nearby. I can’t work like this, this is complete nonsense. Did they hire a woman or something to make this decision? With those squares off to the left I feel like im now trying to answer questions from Alex Trebek in the game of Jeopardy while im setting up a drum kit! Where are the X-drums? they were beautiful and functional and proper utility in S2!!
Also i cannot set the piano keys to be horizontal. i cannot work vertically, that is not how a keybed looks in reality and it is not how it looked in S2. And at the very least it should not have been arbitrarily changed but there should have just been the option to have it vertically oriented, or both if anything in a dedicated mapping view like there was a dedicated mapping page in S2.
What exactly happened to this company?? And who is making the decisions?
like this you guys may as well just eliminate all drum visuals altogether and just put some squares on the screen because nothing is proceeding reasonably anymore. I can’t believe what is going on here. Now i actually have to go back to S2. It was so perfect the way it was these small hexagons to be able to drag them to anywhere on the interface.
drumjack52If you read the manual for SD3 you’ll find out that what used to be called X-drums is now ‘Add Instrument’. Check page 33 or thereabout for how to add an instrument.
Where are you seeing piano keys in SD3? The MIDI mapping perhaps? If that’s it then vertical takes up much less space than a horizontal layout. If that’s not it please explain where you are seeing them.
While male I do NOT appreciate the sexist comments about hiring a woman to make decisions. That kind of language has no place here. You may want to try reading the documentation before going off on a rant.
Jack
aka musicman691 on other forums
Superior Drummer 3.4.1
Area 33 1.0.0
Death and Darkness 1.0.1
PT 2021.6
OSX 10.13.6
3.46 GHz hex core 2012 MacPro 48 gig ram
MouseClickDrummerI didn’t mean it in a sexist way, I meant it in a way where it seems like people who don’t enjoy what they are doing in the career role have contributed to certain crucial ‘department’s of this release which is to me in its entirety is not as useful to me as is superior 2.
And you didnt read what i wrote. There is no X-drums. It got changed to Add instrument and there is just a box at the left with the drum. it doesnt allow you to drag the pad like it was a proper X-Drum hex pad before to make it Intelligibly Layed out.
The midi layout of the keyboard is now vertical not horizontal. Why change it? why not just add the option to make it vertical as opposed to altering it completely.
But the biggest mistake here is the X-drum layout being gone.
MouseClickDrummerThis upgrade has not been a good experience. I have no use for superior 3. I’m literally installing superior 2 on the new rig. It’s much much better in many ways aside from the improved plugins.
There has not been any heart and soul put into this grid editor at all and for me is not usable. It’s not even close.
Another suggestion for improvement aside from a color coded lines wit strikes as the color per line, as well as a better shaded and multi level contrast outline grid for the beats, and putting in two or three permanent rows for the hi-hat so at least one row of closed with drop down, one row of medium and/or open is always present as well. But this editor needs whey better integration with the midi tracks and clips of the host.
But aside from that, removing those x-drum is a major letdown. Especially when a person wants an intelligently layed out pads for the electronic drums in the correct physical locations which serve as a reminder for the keyboard in a natural way.
In addition, why is the midi learn function so obscure hidden in a tiny menu and drop down.
Buddy, this is not a good situation! Lol
drumjack52I didn’t mean it in a sexist way, I meant it in a way where it seems like people who don’t enjoy what they are doing in the career role have contributed to certain crucial ‘department’s of this release which is to me in its entirety is not as useful to me as is superior 2.
And you didnt read what i wrote. There is no X-drums. It got changed to Add instrument and there is just a box at the left with the drum. it doesnt allow you to drag the pad like it was a proper X-Drum hex pad before to make it Intelligibly Layed out.
The midi layout of the keyboard is now vertical not horizontal. Why change it? why not just add the option to make it vertical as opposed to altering it completely.
But the biggest mistake here is the X-drum layout being gone.
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I DID read what you wrote and responded accordingly. The way you wrote your question made it seem like you didn’t read the manual. You never acknowledged in your original post that ‘add instrument’ replaced x-drums. You could have saved yourself a lot of aggravation if you had downloaded the manual BEFORE purchasing SD3. I did.
And you still haven’t explained where you are seeing a piano keyboard.
Maybe you didn’t mean your post to come across as sexist but that’s the way it reads.
Jack
aka musicman691 on other forums
Superior Drummer 3.4.1
Area 33 1.0.0
Death and Darkness 1.0.1
PT 2021.6
OSX 10.13.6
3.46 GHz hex core 2012 MacPro 48 gig ram
drumjack52This upgrade has not been a good experience. I have no use for superior 3. I’m literally installing superior 2 on the new rig. It’s much much better in many ways aside from the improved plugins.
There has not been any heart and soul put into this grid editor at all and for me is not usable. It’s not even close.
Another suggestion for improvement aside from a color coded lines wit strikes as the color per line, as well as a better shaded and multi level contrast outline grid for the beats, and putting in two or three permanent rows for the hi-hat so at least one row of closed with drop down, one row of medium and/or open is always present as well. But this editor needs whey better integration with the midi tracks and clips of the host.
But aside from that, removing those x-drum is a major letdown. Especially when a person wants an intelligently layed out pads for the electronic drums in the correct physical locations which serve as a reminder for the keyboard in a natural way.
In addition, why is the midi learn function so obscure hidden in a tiny menu and drop down.
Buddy, this is not a good situation! Lol
I find the MIDI learn quite easy to use. And I’ve used a bunch of different plugins that all have different MIDI learn systems. You have to learn how to adapt to change – if this 70 y/o can then a relative youngun should be able to.
Jack
aka musicman691 on other forums
Superior Drummer 3.4.1
Area 33 1.0.0
Death and Darkness 1.0.1
PT 2021.6
OSX 10.13.6
3.46 GHz hex core 2012 MacPro 48 gig ram
Mark KingThe title even says can’t find xdrums. Maybe it should read why gas xdrums been replaced with an inferior add instrument as it causes confusion. I too liked being able to position xdrums where I wanted them.
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
drumjack52The title even says can’t find xdrums. Maybe it should read why gas xdrums been replaced with an inferior add instrument as it causes confusion. I too liked being able to position xdrums where I wanted them.
He can’t find xdrums because they no longer exist. Like I said if he had bothered to read the manual he’d have known that.
Jack
aka musicman691 on other forums
Superior Drummer 3.4.1
Area 33 1.0.0
Death and Darkness 1.0.1
PT 2021.6
OSX 10.13.6
3.46 GHz hex core 2012 MacPro 48 gig ram
Mark KingI think he was being sarcastic.
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
drumjack52I think he was being sarcastic.
If he is he has a very strange way of putting things. I can recognize sarcasm and what he writes isn’t that. He needs to take a deep breath and lose the ‘tude (as well as read the freakin’ manual). I don’t suffer fools gladly.
Jack
aka musicman691 on other forums
Superior Drummer 3.4.1
Area 33 1.0.0
Death and Darkness 1.0.1
PT 2021.6
OSX 10.13.6
3.46 GHz hex core 2012 MacPro 48 gig ram
Mark KingTake it easy. It’s just a forum and not real life so nothing to get angry about. I do agree that it was a sexist comment though even if in jest.
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
drumjack52Take it easy. It’s just a forum and not real life so nothing to get angry about. I do agree that it was a sexist comment though even if in jest.
Who’s angry? Just stating the way I feel about the way the OP has posted here. Should be respectful and the OP sure wasn’t. Sexist is sexist no matter if it was in jest or not.
Jack
aka musicman691 on other forums
Superior Drummer 3.4.1
Area 33 1.0.0
Death and Darkness 1.0.1
PT 2021.6
OSX 10.13.6
3.46 GHz hex core 2012 MacPro 48 gig ram
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