Compensating for quiet instruments

[rca86]

Hi there,

So I have SD3 as well as a few EZX extensions. One thing that’s a bit tricky is that when I load parts from some bundles, they’re at completely different volume levels from others.

Specifically with cymbals, if I load a crash from Gospel EZX and another from the core library, they’re at such different signal levels that even by boosting the ‘Level’ volume on the ‘Drums’ overview screen, the SD3 crash is still way too low.

Obviously an individual crash doesn’t have its own mixer level, so that doesn’t help me.

Is there a way to solve this without having to go through every other instrument and reduce its ‘Level’ by a few dB?

Appreciate any tips you can give me.

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.2.4
Operating system: macOS Monterey (12)

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[Red Gear Music]

Each instrument does have it’s own volume level to a certain degree as shown here…

But if that isn’t enough, you can look at where that cymbal instrument mic is routed through and you can adjust it there as well…In this example, I am just viewing the dynamic overhead mics, but I also have cymbals routed in the condenser mics as well as in the room mics.  All of these can adjust the cymbal volume individually.

Hope that helps.

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[Andrew Payne]

The other option that I use is to set up an individual channel for each cymbal and then you can control level and bleed into other mic channels. Also See this thread below in this forum. Hope it helps, Andrew

Topic: Ride Cymbal Volume and clarity | Toontrack

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.2.7
Operating system: Windows 10

Dell Precision 7730, i7 6 Core 2.6 GHz, 128GB RAM, 1TB SSD and 3 x 2TB SSD, Windows 11, Cubase Pro 14, SD3 plus a variety of SDX's and EZX's, Orchestral Percussion, EZBASS, RME BabyFace Pro FS and KRK V4 monitors. Modified Yamaha DTX900, DTXPRESS4 and Edrumin10 triggering SD3. Yamaha pads/cymbals and Roland VH-10 HiHat. PDP Maple acoustic kit for live playing.

[Bear-Faced Cow]

It is not about loud versus quiet. It is about processed versus unprocessed. The EZXs are mix ready, as they are processed in not so much that they are louder but in that they contain less dynamic range. The core library contains the full dynamic range of each kit piece, symbols in particular, thus appear quieter in order to let the full transients go through. In order to match the EZX, you would need to apply processing (EQ, compression, saturation, etc.) to the kit pieces in the core library, as well as busses, in a similar manner, in order to get the overall sound to be even in order to sit in a mix.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

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