Grid editor and follow host problem

[LeanderL]

Hi!

I use Cakewalk Sonar Professional/Cakewalk by Bandlab. The project has all tempo changes in the time line.
In Superior Drummer I have the drum midi with no tempo changes. When I press space or click play in my project (in the DAW), Superior Drummer follows the host and the tempo changes. However, I do not see the project when in grid editor…so I cannot click anywhere in my project to start playback from there. I have to minimize SD3, click play, then restore SD3 again…

When I click play in Superior Drummer, I only get SD3’s playback (good) and can jump to all time stamps where I want to check or edit something, BUT I get 120 BPM all the time regardless of follow host on or off.

How can I navigate my midi in SD3’s grid editor and get the correct BPM when pressing play in the grid editor?

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.3.7
Operating system: Windows 10

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[Shootie]

You must put all of the same time changes in your DAW session in SD3 as well. Check the Track Menu in SD3 or right click on the  timeline/ruler to get started.

Elite Toontrack Tutorials at www.shootieschool.com.

[Mark King]

I just never put the midi in sd3. I always have it in the DAW. I do have Cubase though which has a great drum editor.

SD3 with older sdx,s plus Rooms of Hansa and Death & Darkness. Cubase and wavelab current versions. Roland TD50x using all trigger inputs for triggering SD3 only. Windows 11 computer. Various keyboards and outboard gear as well as VST instruments. Acoustic drums: Yamaha 9000 natural wood and Pearl masters. Various snare drums. RME BabyFace Pro FS and Adam A7X monitors

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[drumjack52]

Mark King wrote:

I just never put the midi in sd3. I always have it in the DAW. I do have Cubase though which has a great drum editor.

That’s the way I always work as it saves me from having issues like the OP. You never want to have the mIDI in 2 places as you can never be sure what’s what.

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.3.7
Operating system: macOS High Sierra (10.13)

Jack
aka musicman691 on other forums
Superior Drummer 3.4.4
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

[LeanderL]

The drum midi is only within SD3 and not in the DAW. There are certain issues with exporting midi from Guitar Pro…it changes the volume randomly…so I don’t use the midi in the DAW, then assign it to SD3, but load the midi in SD3 itself…same for EZ Bass.

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[Jordan Chilcott]

There’s nothing wrong with your workflow. I mainly put my MIDI in Superior Drummer not only because I think the drum editing tools are great, but because I can take the project with me outside of my DAW.

Just do what Shootie advised and you should be good.

jord

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[LeanderL]

Thank you!

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