Custom time signature track copy

[DALE RANDALL]

I created a custom track with many different time signatures and midi grooves, but now I need to copy this time signature layout into a new track tab for my e-kit to record to. Is there a way to copy the Track 1 tab to a new track and include my custom set up time signatures?

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[Henrik Ekblom]

Unfortunately no. We are aware of this being a problem, so we will have a look at it for a coming update!

Henrik Ekblom - User Experience Designer
Toontrack

[DALE RANDALL]

Ugh, that’s really disappointing. I’m going to have to find a work around for this I guess. I spent a few hours setting up all the time signatures the first time and really don’t want to do all that work again.

[DALE RANDALL]

I work with a couple other drummers too who use EZ Drummer to record their midi tracks from their E-Kits. It would be a handy feature to be able to export a complete custom time signature set up from SD3 that they could import into EZ Drummer to use on their end.

[Francois M]

I had the same gripe months ago. I setup all my time signature changes in Logic and/or can read them from a midi file import. Superior can’t import time signatures so I have to redo them all manually 🙁

[Henrik Ekblom]

Thanks for the feedback! We are aware of those issues, and we’ll try to make it easier to handle time signatures in coming updates!

Henrik Ekblom - User Experience Designer
Toontrack

[DALE RANDALL]

Has there been any headroom made on this feature? To be able to import and export time signatures?

[Henrik Ekblom]

The update with the fix hasn’t been released yet. However I thought of a workaround that might ease things in the meantime:

• Select all the MIDI files on the song track and drag them (together) to the User MIDI folder in Grooves
• Create a new track tab
• Drag down the groove you created in the first step from User MIDI to the new song track tab
• You’ll now get a popup asking if you want to import time signature and tempo changes. Check those and you should get the time signature changes!
  • You can now erase the MIDI song block on this song track that you don’t want to keep, and continue to make the next super hit 🙂

 

Henrik Ekblom - User Experience Designer
Toontrack

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Thanked by: DALE RANDALL

[Clinton Lund]

Any updates on the update on this one?

[John]

Hi Clinton,

I think all things mentioned in this thread has been possible for a while (except for EZdrummer 2 to Import an SD3 MIDI file with Tempo and Time Sig changes).

You can Duplicate a Song Track in SD3 with Tempo and Time Sig changes and they will be transferred to the new Song Track as well as any MIDI on it.

You can Export a Song Track as a MIDI file and the Tempo and Time Sig changes are included. You can Import Tempo and Time Sig changes from a MIDI file.

BR,
John

John Rammelt - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

[gillman]

I just want to copy the 1st verse from the song track and then paste the same information to the 2nd verse with the time signatures included. You state Drummer 3 was updated to do this but how is it done in steps or give a link please. I am using a Mac Studio  14.2 Sonoma OS

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.3.6

• This post was modified 1 year, 5 months ago by gillman.

[gillman]

Anybody had time to answer the above question? The new update states the time signatures can be copied now. But what are the steps?

 

Update 3.1.3.

Song Track

• Time signatures can now be copied between different tracks.
• Time signatures can now be imported from MIDI files.

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.3.6
Operating system: macOS Sonoma (14)

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