richardIs it possible to delete some of the sound files to streamline SD3 to have only the drum sounds I regularly use? The sound library is not really labelled to where you would have any clue what file is what sound. If it is possible to delete files to reduce the size, does someone have a reference for what file is what?
drumjack52Is it possible to delete some of the sound files to streamline SD3 to have only the drum sounds I regularly use? The sound library is not really labelled to where you would have any clue what file is what sound. If it is possible to delete files to reduce the size, does someone have a reference for what file is what?
Can’t be done. You don’t need to install everything. Just leave out the 2 surround files.
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
richardWell in another thread, a Toontrack employee suggests deleting certain obw. files to get rid of the surround sounds from the sound library. I would assume there would be certain files in the sound library folder for individual drum sounds that can be deleted as well.
drumjack52Well in another thread, a Toontrack employee suggests deleting certain obw. files to get rid of the surround sounds from the sound library. I would assume there would be certain files in the sound library folder for individual drum sounds that can be deleted as well.
You evidently don’t understand the way Toontrack does things with the base SD3 library. The surround files are two separate download and install files. When you installed SD3 and it’s base library did you install everything including the surround files? There was no need to. What you’re referring to is removing the surround files if they’re installed. There is no way to do what you want. Why would you want to anyways? If you’re that starved for space then you have other issues and need to get a bigger drive or split the samples off to a separate drive. You never know when you might want to use something other than what you regularly use. Sure we all have our favorites that get used on a regular basis but that doesn’t mean we don’t use other sounds.
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
Ken SpenceWow, hard drives are cheap. Put the entire library on an external drive because when superior drummer loads it loads files once and put them in memory.
wow, spend more money on your memory and an external hard drive. with everything running and loaded into memory, my memory load is 13.5 gig that is superior drummer, YouTube, a drawing program, excel and a keyboard manager. Not to mention to interface control software‘s. For less than $200 you can buy a 1 TB hard drive with a USB 3 interface plenty fast enough to load it’ll take you maybe 10 seconds when you first start up.
by the way, the most common reason for slow loading of any damn file, are antivirus software‘s.
Avast is the only software that I use because if it is good enough for the Canadian Air Force, it is good enough for me. It is small and stinking fast. All your other popular brands that comes with your machine when you first get it out of the box and you pay money for, slow you down fill you up full of advertising and publish shit straight out the back door to third-party companies.
PS Avast is available for every platform. iPhone, Mcintosh, Google phone, Windows, etc.
Cheers Ken
SD 3.3.6 on Windows 10 | Cubase 11
And a new Apple air laptop OS 15.5
drumjack52Wow, hard drives are cheap. Put the entire library on an external drive because when superior drummer loads it loads files once and put them in memory.
wow, spend more money on your memory and an external hard drive. with everything running and loaded into memory, my memory load is 13.5 gig that is superior drummer, YouTube, a drawing program, excel and a keyboard manager. Not to mention to interface control software‘s. For less than $200 you can buy a 1 TB hard drive with a USB 3 interface plenty fast enough to load it’ll take you maybe 10 seconds when you first start up.
by the way, the most common reason for slow loading of any damn file, are antivirus software‘s.
Avast is the only software that I use because if it is good enough for the Canadian Air Force, it is good enough for me. It is small and stinking fast. All your other popular brands that comes with your machine when you first get it out of the box and you pay money for, slow you down fill you up full of advertising and publish shit straight out the back door to third-party companies.
PS Avast is available for every platform. iPhone, Mcintosh, Google phone, Windows, etc.Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.3.4
Operating system: Windows 10
The OP doesn’t give us any system info so it’s hard to give a definitive answer. Desktop or laptop? Can he add more ram? Is he really that short on drive space? Did he install the surround files (that’s not mandatory)? If going for an external ssd I’d suggest going for a 2 TB as drives can fill up fast. Put all the samples there and not on the system drive. Unless the system drive is a super-fast NVME.
BTW SD3 by default does NOT load everything into ram but streams it. I have it set to load the full kit and for the Death kit I tend to use that’s just over 13 gig from an internal SSD.
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
Ken SpenceHey there,
Yes, you are right, we do not know what he has for hardware.
I can be a bit critical, when these kind of questions are asked because if one spent the money on superior drummer, why would you try to run your DAW and superior drummer on a Volkswagen instead of a Lamborghini from the hardware point of view
I was under the impression that everything was loaded into ram and then streamed from there.
Yes, NVME drives are much faster. I have two of them along side, my 4 SSDs mounted in the box, and then 4 more mounted in an external drive box.
I must admit that I was under the impression that only the audio files required by the daw were streamed and the drum files, which are basically sound files ran from memory.
When my I5 smoked, and I was looking for a replacement, I went whole hog and bought an I9/20 core.
thanks for the info.
Cheers, Ken.
Cheers Ken
SD 3.3.6 on Windows 10 | Cubase 11
And a new Apple air laptop OS 15.5
drumjack52Hey there,
Yes, you are right, we do not know what he has for hardware.
I can be a bit critical, when these kind of questions are asked because if one spent the money on superior drummer, why would you try to run your DAW and superior drummer on a Volkswagen instead of a Lamborghini from the hardware point of viewI was under the impression that everything was loaded into ram and then streamed from there.
Yes, NVME drives are much faster. I have two of them along side, my 4 SSDs mounted in the box, and then 4 more mounted in an external drive box.
I must admit that I was under the impression that only the audio files required by the daw were streamed and the drum files, which are basically sound files ran from memory.
When my I5 smoked, and I was looking for a replacement, I went whole hog and bought an I9/20 core.
thanks for the info.
Cheers, Ken.
Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.3.4
Operating system: Windows 10
I’ve seen many threads here with people asking for help which could have been easily taken care if they did due diligence like you mention. I always check system requirements and use demo s/w if the developer allows that. It’s a shame Toontrack doesn’t have a demo version of SD.
As to what gets loaded into ram it depends on the daw. ProTools with it’s user settable cache can load everything into ram provided you have the ram needed. Each separate vi can have it’s own settings for what gets loaded into ram or streams – PT has nothing to do with 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
richardSo here is why I want to reduce my sound library folder size. I have an e-drum set with a trigger module (eDrumin10) that requires my laptop be hooked up to it in order to have drum sounds. That laptop is a MB Air M1 which has an internal 512GB HD. Yes, I can use an external SSD to house the sound library to free up space on the internal HD but I would prefer not to have to carry the laptop and the hard drive to and from my house to where my e-drums are set up. I know it is a minor inconvenience but since I only plan on using one set of drums from the entire sound library, I would prefer to keep the sound files for those drums on the laptop and stick the rest on an external hard drive that could be added back to the sound library folder, should I need them in the future. Reducing the sound library folder down to 50-75 GB would be much more manageable on my laptop.
I assumed that since you can delete certain sound files to get rid of the surround drum sounds from the sound library that you could also remove other sound files to remove certain drums but everyone, including John, who describes the surround file deletion, says that what I want to do is not possible. So unless somebody else says otherwise, this discussion is pretty much over.
Ken SpenceRichard
I now see why you want to get smaller.
John is right you can delete or at least move the files to another HDD. I just looked at the install directory and there is no way to tell what is what from the file names.
In the product manager. there is an option to delete the files in the drop-down beside the download button. If you were to copy all files to an external drive, then go to download manager and delete the library after copying you should be able to downsize your core files on your computer. you should be able to re establish these files in the future, if need be.
Cheers Ken
SD 3.3.6 on Windows 10 | Cubase 11
And a new Apple air laptop OS 15.5
drumjack52So here is why I want to reduce my sound library folder size. I have an e-drum set with a trigger module (eDrumin10) that requires my laptop be hooked up to it in order to have drum sounds. That laptop is a MB Air M1 which has an internal 512GB HD. Yes, I can use an external SSD to house the sound library to free up space on the internal HD but I would prefer not to have to carry the laptop and the hard drive to and from my house to where my e-drums are set up. I know it is a minor inconvenience but since I only plan on using one set of drums from the entire sound library, I would prefer to keep the sound files for those drums on the laptop and stick the rest on an external hard drive that could be added back to the sound library folder, should I need them in the future. Reducing the sound library folder down to 50-75 GB would be much more manageable on my laptop.
I assumed that since you can delete certain sound files to get rid of the surround drum sounds from the sound library that you could also remove other sound files to remove certain drums but everyone, including John, who describes the surround file deletion, says that what I want to do is not possible. So unless somebody else says otherwise, this discussion is pretty much over.
Really can’t be done what you want to do. A question that you haven’t answered: did you install the surround files? There’s no need to do that. Again if you are that starved for drive space you have other issues. What you want to do would make a hash of managing things and could cause problems for SD3.
Something that might help is to investigate the use of containers as regards ssd’s. But that’s a whole ‘nother administration nightmare. if you don’t know what you’re doing.
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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