How do I average the space in between hits while NOT using quantizing?

[Nokturat]

Is there a way to just average out the space in between hits without quantizing? I didn’t bother to make a tempo map because of reasons that would take too long to explain. I want to be able to select a section of notes and then average out the space in between those notes without quantizing because I have no tempo map.

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.3.3
Operating system: Windows 10

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[roland rat]

Depends what you’re working to. If other musicians have contributed final parts, then it’s probably best to go with the bass guitar by ear, or by eye, and try to get a line of best fit. If you’re on your own, you can do the same thing without worrying about anybody else. I did an entire album like that by creating a tempo map of sorts using the ride sample (in BFD) and then played in on an e-kit to that, and edited to the ride/ click. It sounded good actually, even though the tempos were varying all over the place within each song.

If your song has a tempo, i.e. 120 bpm, you could work to that very easily, but I suspect your song is ‘wonky’, or as we used to say, ‘live’, and has variable tempo. Without a tempo, or tempo track, I’m not sure how the machine (i.e. S3) is going to assist. But who am I to say …

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.3.3
Operating system: Windows 10

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[Nokturat]

Thanks for the response! I am just recording a quick drum cover (The first time I used SD3 for that) and I didn’t think that making a click track would be too necessary. It’s too bad that superior drummer 3 doesn’t have the option to average the space in between selected notes, I feel like it could benefit a lot of drummers. Next time though, I am definitely going to create a click track doing that method.

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.3.3
Operating system: Windows 10

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