Combine User preset with other drums and mixer preset

[Remco Bouwens]

Hi there,

I started with a George Massenburg Ludwig Classic to build my own preset for use with a Roland TD 50 and a Tascam model 12.

In the mixer outputs, busses, eq and FX are set to my taste. For instance Kick mics will go to output 1/2 (input 1 Tascam), snare mics to output 3/4 (input 2 Tascam), etc.
In the Drums tab the level, tuning, voice and layers are also set to match the Roland TD 50 and my playing style.

Is it possible to keep all these individual settings when changing to another Drums and Mixer preset (core or other libraries)? Everytime I change to another preset all my settings are lost, for instance all mixer outs wil go to output 1/2. This will cost a lot of time changing and will keep me from experimenting with other presets.

Thanks in advance!!

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.3.6
Operating system: macOS Ventura (13)

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[Bear-Faced Cow]

Within the same library, there are a couple of ways to handle this.

In your preset dropdown, select Keep Output Routing on Preset Change.

Alternatively, click on the dropdown arrow beside the preset and click Select Parts… to which you can load the mixer channels. From there, save a user preset.

Going across libraries, it is not really possible as the channel routings a different across libraries due to the way various producers have recorded the drums.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

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[Billy 86]

What I find myself doing over and over, once I settle on a kit with any stacks is routing kit piece channels (kick, snare, hat, toms, X-drums, OH, rooms,etc.) to their own  outs so I can  bring them into DAW channels. So, If I create a custom routing configuration for a specific kit from a specific library, how would I apply that custom routing setup to drums from the same library? Thanks.

SD3 3.4, EZK2.1.3, EZ Bass 1.3.1, Win11, i9/9900, all SSDs, 64g RAM, Cakewalk, Studio One

[John]

Hi Billy 86,

follow Jord’s advice in the post above yours; Keep Output Routing on Preset Change and/or Select Parts when you load from other Presets in the same Library.

If you don’t load from presets, i.e. just switch out individual kit pieces in a custom output routing situation, the routing does not change.

BR,
John

John Rammelt - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

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[Billy 86]

Thanks for your help. This worked, but there seems to be buggy? Here’s what I did to test the concept.

Legacy of Rock library.

1. Selected Keep Output Routing on Preset Change
2. Loaded Amber Medium Ambience preset
3. Routed kicks to output 3/4 and named that output “kick”
4. Loaded in Sparkle Room Ambience preset
5. The kick channels reflected they were routed to output 3/4, but…
6. Output 3/4 was gone, only default output 1/2 remained visible
7. Clicked on Edit Visibility/Show All Channels to see if 3/4 was there.
8. Output 3/4 revealed itself, and it was the kick buss I had routed to, but it was named 3/4 again, and I had to rename it “kick”
9. It had been hidden during the process, so I had to unhide it, and I imagined having to do this for a handful of outputs each time I change presets.

Tried it with another preset with same result. Is that how it’s supposed to work? You do all your output routing, and then have to go in preset by preset and unhide the outputs and rename them all again? One thing it definitely doesn’t do at all is carry over added kit piece busses that are then routed to outputs. I use busses all the time for instrument pieces, which I feed into outputs.  If this is how it’s programmed to work, maybe a requested feature is a way to go.

SD3 3.4, EZK2.1.3, EZ Bass 1.3.1, Win11, i9/9900, all SSDs, 64g RAM, Cakewalk, Studio One

[Remco Bouwens]

Hi Jordan,

Thanks for you answer. A step further in simplifying my workflow!

Cheers,
Remco

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.3.6
Operating system: macOS Ventura (13)

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