Is There any Maximum Number of Mixer Channels in SD3 or SDX’s

[Andrew Payne]

Hi ,

Is there any maximum number of mixer channels in SD3 and does it change if an EZX kit is used in SD3 ? I have a fairly large e-kit with multiple triggers and have lots of additional user instruments that route to their own user channels. I have never come across any limit in number of mixer channels (esp user channels) in SD3 (or SDX’s) when using the same number of user instruments. However I recently was setting up a similar kit with Alchemy of Pop in SD3 and reached a maximum number of channels (see screenshot) before I routed all my normal instruments I use. Thanks Andrew

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.3.7
Operating system: Windows 10

Dell Precision 7730, i7 6 Core 2.6 GHz, 128GB RAM, 1TB SSD and 3 x 2TB SSD, Windows 11, Cubase Pro 14, SD3 plus a variety of SDX's and EZX's, Orchestral Percussion, EZBASS, RME BabyFace Pro FS and KRK V4 monitors. Modified Yamaha DTX900, DTXPRESS4 and Edrumin10 triggering SD3. Yamaha pads/cymbals and Roland VH-10 HiHat. PDP Maple acoustic kit for live playing.

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[John]

Hi,

IIRC it depends on if it is mono or stereo channels but I think I have added about 95 channels (stereo channels counted as 2) before maxing out. This is excluding the 32 buses and the output channels.

BR,
John

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[drumjack52]

Is there a direct way to add mixer channels or is that only possible when adding an instrument?

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Jack
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[John]

Is there a direct way to add mixer channels or is that only possible when adding an instrument?

Right-click an Instrument, go to More > Route Instrument Microphones…

The Instrument you right-clicked will be the currently selected one but you can select any Instrument in the top-left drop-down, I .e. you do not need to close this window if you wish to add/route microphones for more than one Instrument.

So, if I e.g. want a new Close Mic for my Ride(s), I click the ‘Close’ Microphone drop-down and select ‘Create New Channel’. In this case, it will be auto-named ‘X-OH’. If I have another Ride that I treat the same, it will be named ‘X-OH1’, etc. BTW, creating new channels is not restricted to ‘Close’ mics.

When done, I close the Routing window and go to the Mixer to double-click the names to give them some better names.

BR.
John

John Rammelt - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

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[drumjack52]

John wrote:

Is there a direct way to add mixer channels or is that only possible when adding an instrument?

Right-click an Instrument, go to More > Route Instrument Microphones…

The Instrument you right-clicked will be the currently selected one but you can select any Instrument in the top-left drop-down, I .e. you do not need to close this window if you wish to add/route microphones for more than one Instrument.

So, if I e.g. want a new Close Mic for my Ride(s), I click the ‘Close’ Microphone drop-down and select ‘Create New Channel’. In this case, it will be auto-named ‘X-OH’. If I have another Ride that I treat the same, it will be named ‘X-OH1’, etc. BTW, creating new channels is not restricted to ‘Close’ mics.

When done, I close the Routing window and go to the Mixer to double-click the names to give them some better names.

BR.
John

Thanks. Would be great if this could be done from within the mixer as that’s where I’d go to add channels to a mixer – just like in a daw.

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Operating system: macOS High Sierra (10.13)

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

[Andrew Payne]

Hi John,

 

I did a bit of a test and it seems that the number of additional channels before maxing out does vary depending on SDX or EZX. In the case of Alchemy EZX it runs out at the original 35 Mics plus a max of 33 additional user channels and this is less than any other library I have used. Is there any reason for this or is it just the way that a library is set up. Also I presume there is nothing that can be done about this other than combining some of the outputs into a channel ? thanks, Andrew

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.3.7
Operating system: Windows 10

Dell Precision 7730, i7 6 Core 2.6 GHz, 128GB RAM, 1TB SSD and 3 x 2TB SSD, Windows 11, Cubase Pro 14, SD3 plus a variety of SDX's and EZX's, Orchestral Percussion, EZBASS, RME BabyFace Pro FS and KRK V4 monitors. Modified Yamaha DTX900, DTXPRESS4 and Edrumin10 triggering SD3. Yamaha pads/cymbals and Roland VH-10 HiHat. PDP Maple acoustic kit for live playing.

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