How do I replace a snare's sidestick articulation *only*?

[soundsgood]

I’ve got a brushed kit loaded that’s nearly perfect, but I need a sidestick. (Realistic or not, that’s what I need.)

With so many customization options in SD3, I thought there’d be an obvious way to load (or replace) just the one articulation I need, while keeping the rest of the snare intact. But so far, all I see are options to either (a) replace the entire snare with another snare or (b) to stack a new sound on top of existing ones.

I also tried “Add Instrument,” but I already have a sequence built, and when I added the snare with the sidestick that I like, it didn’t just replace C#1 (the only key I need); it also replaced the snare articulations at G#3—which is one of the brushed articulations I’m already using.

Why does it seem so difficult to replace just one articulation?

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[Henrik Ekblom]

The easiest way is to stack the articulation you want, and remove the sound from the original articulation (pull the volume slider in the Level property box to off).

We haven’t added a “replace” option in the interface because of some technical issues, and since it’s possible to do as I stated above it wasn’t a priority.

However, I will write this up as a feature request from you.

Henrik Ekblom - User Experience Designer
Toontrack

• This post was modified 6 years, 9 months ago by Henrik Ekblom.

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[soundsgood]

Henrik Ekblom wrote:

The easiest way is to stack the articulation you want, and remove the sound from the original articulation (pull the volume slider in the Level property box to off).

We haven’t added a “replace” option in the interface because of some technical issues, and since it’s possible to do as I stated above it wasn’t a priority.

However, I will write this up as a feature request from you.

Thanks for the reply, and thanks for writing this up as a feature request.

I hadn’t considered stacking, because it isn’t obvious (before mousing over Stack > Add to, which I never did) that individual articulations can be stacked. When I see “Stack,” I think of layering an entire instrument. But now I know.

I look forward to a dedicated Replace feature.

Thanks again.

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