Kirtland PetersonAloha from Honolulu,
Forgive me if this is an old/frequent question, but I’ve yet to find a straight-forward way to achieve…
In short, I need separate audio SD3 tracks to mix.
I cannot use multi-instrument or multi-timbral set ups that produce separate tracks that don’t result in the creation of separate audio files for each SD3 track.
I won’t bore you with my “workaround” — it works! — but I feel certain Toontrack and/or serious users know some quick-and-efficient ways to achieve this.
Again, apologies if I’m whipping a dead horse, but to date the “this is the way you do it” advice I’ve found seems needlessly cumbersome and time-consuming compared to my workaround (suggested by someone on the NI boards to help with a similar issue with a NI drum VST).
Mahalo!
Cat
drumjack52I don’t understand this statement: ‘I cannot use multi-instrument or multi-timbral set ups that produce separate tracks that don’t result in the creation of separate audio files for each SD3 track.’. Please explain.
Select ‘use multichannel outputs’ in SD3’s mixer. Then create the number of audio tracks in your daw and set their inputs to the appropriate output coming from SD3. You may have to make changes in the SD3 mixer to get things where you want them to go to. My setup has all the kicks mics going to one output in SD3, the snare stuff to another, etc. I also split out the rack toms to one output, the floor toms to another. Be aware of how the various cymbals route as not everything goes to the overhead mics. Of course a lot of this depends on the SDX you’re using as not everything is the same in each one.
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
Kirtland PetersonAloha e Jack,
Mahalo for your answer.
It may be me, but I’ve followed much advice to the point you’ve explained, but… the final step eludes me. (That’s the explanation for the sentence you weren’t clear about.)
It would complicate a discussion to share what I do, which works.
I just know I should be able to record (i.e., make audio tracks) SD3 to separate LPX tracks in a straight-f0rward way, one that currently eludes me.
If you could help me take that last step, I’d be eternally grateful!
Mahalo!
Cat
drumjack52Aloha e Jack,
Mahalo for your answer.
It may be me, but I’ve followed much advice to the point you’ve explained, but… the final step eludes me. (That’s the explanation for the sentence you weren’t clear about.)
- I am keeping all the midi information in SD3 and… recording each/all tracks to audio in LPX?
- I’m moving midi information to the Logic track stack and recording from there?
It would complicate a discussion to share what I do, which works.
I just know I should be able to record (i.e., make audio tracks) SD3 to separate LPX tracks in a straight-f0rward way, one that currently eludes me.
If you could help me take that last step, I’d be eternally grateful!
Mahalo!
Cat
Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.3.6
Operating system: macOS Ventura (13)
- This post was modified 2 years, 5 months ago by Kirtland Peterson.
Okay so you have the MIDI inside SD3. That stays there. What comes out of the outputs of SD3 is audio and not MIDI. The MIDI goes nowhere. Have you ever used a virtual instrument before? It’s the same thing with SD3. In the case of SD3 you can either have the MIDI in SD3 or in your daw with a MIDI track in your daw feeding SD3. I do the latter in ProTools as it makes things simple to track tempo changes of a tune rather than having the MIDI in SD3.
You can export stuff from SD3’s sequencer tracks as a MIDI file but there’s no need to do that.
I do wish you’d share the method you are using. It would not complicate things but only help to understand what you’re doing and how to help you.
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
Bear-Faced CowIf multi channel is not working for you, and you need to separate audio channels into logic for your kit pieces, then your only real recourse is to export all of the kit pieces from SD3 and import the audio.
jord
Kirtland PetersonAloha Jack,
I am neither inexperienced nor a Luddite.
While I’m sure you’re trying to help the best you can, it’s not coming across as either helpful or respectful.
I have other places to go for answers and will no longer check this conversation.
Dr. Peterson
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