Hand percussion – video?

[Harri Kokko]

Hi,

in one of the Superior Drummer 3 videos shakers and tambourines are mentioned and that the special issues with the midi grooves of these are discussed in another video dealing with grooves. I tried to find such a video but could not find it. Is this video still in the makings and not yet available?

• This post was modified 5 years, 10 months ago by Harri Kokko.

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[John]

Hi Harri,

I assume you mean ‘Futurehit’ instruments?

I guess it’s discussed in a video with other stuff, don’t think there’s a specific one for it.

They are of course mentioned in the SD3 manual:
https://www.toontrack.com/manual/superior-drummer-3/3/#3-4-drums-tab-header-bar
https://www.toontrack.com/manual/superior-drummer-3/7/7-3-edit-midi-edit-play-style-and-the-grid-editor

I saw that there’s a user video on YouTube, discussing Futurehit instruments in EZdrummer 2 but it’s the same principle:

BR,
John

John Rammelt - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

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[Harri Kokko]

Hi John,

yes, I was referring to Futurehit instruments. Found a section in the user guide describing the issue mentioned in the video:

”An example of this would be a shaker, maraca, or a shaken tambourine. This type of instrument is also known as an “indirectly struck idiophone” in musical terms. They have been delineated as such because MIDI programming for these instruments is different (i.e. it is performed in Edit Play Style or in the Grid Editor). Finally, User Instruments are instruments that have been modified and saved by the user from the More Menu. For example, a drum Stack that you have created and modified via the Property Boxes could be saved from the More > User Instruments menu. This saved user instrument could then be added as an additional instrument with the User Instruments selection…”

Thanks for the info.

rgds

Harri

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[kemccarthy1]

I just ran into the same issue trying to add a tambourine. In Cubase I created a SD3 track assigned a drum kit and added a tambourine and assigned it a MIDI key in the mapping. However I couldn’t figure out how to “play” it on my controller.

Short of it is I went through the video above, read the manual and a couple of discussions online but came to the conclusion it’s far better to find a Groove that uses a tambourine and import it in Cubase. From there I can edit it for the performance I need.

If anyone else can add to this, let me know.

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.1.7
Operating system: macOS Catalina (10.15)

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