Map SD3 Drum Names to Piano Roll Editor in Logic Pro X

[Rodney Ferguson]

Hi,

I am trying to map SD3 drum names to the piano roll editor in Logic Pro X.

I am able to use the environment in Logic to create a mapped instrument and connect it to the channel that has SD3 on it.

The problem that I am facing is when I reassign the SD3 track to the mapped instrument, the channel strip changes in the main window. This results in SD3 only being available from the environment window. Also all of the effects and sends options disappear from the channel strip in the main window.

Does anyone know of a better way to achieve drum instrument name entry?

Regards

Rodney

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.1.4
Operating system: macOS High Sierra (10.13)

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[Bear-Faced Cow]

You’re better off using the Step Editor and entering the drum names there. The Step Editor is far more advantageous for drum editing than the piano roll.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

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[Rodney Ferguson]

Bear-Faced Cow wrote:

You’re better off using the Step Editor and entering the drum names there. The Step Editor is far more advantageous for drum editing than the piano roll.

jord

The step editor is something that I also use regularly. However, the topic of the thread is the piano roll.

Although, if you are feeling helpful, may be you could describe how someone could add drum names to the lanes in the step editor.

Regards

[Bear-Faced Cow]

Considering that you have already discovered how the Environment works within Logic’s Arrange Window, and how it has been for the past 30+ years, the title of your thread is moot. If want to work with MIDI names and keep the channel strips within the Arrange Window as they are, use the Step Editor. Like I said, there are far more reasons to use the Step Editor than the Piano Roll for drums. Perhaps, if your response didn’t sound so condescending, I might have gone over them. However, use the inspector to change the lane names.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

[Rodney Ferguson]

Hi Jord,

Thank you for your contributions. Although, I find it difficult to process replies that are quite short and somewhat abrupt.

May be something more affable, such as…

Under the Step Editor you can add drum names and articulations for each lane. Select the lane, then rename it in the Inspector window – Lane.

Life is too short for keyboard arguments.

Regards

Rodney

 

 

 

[Red Gear Music]

I hate Logic’s midi editor with a passion.  I used to use Reapers midi editor and it was fine; worked as expected and had decent customization.  Moving then to Logic, holy #@$!, nothing did what I wanted.  So now, I record and edit midi in SD3.

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[Bear-Faced Cow]

Such as…

(there’s probably a simple solution considering that MIDI in Logic is better than most DAWs)

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

• This post was modified 5 years, 11 months ago by Bear-Faced Cow.

[Red Gear Music]

I would prefer diamonds instead of squares.  Adjusting CC4 information is difficult.  Cannot custom name or align the midi note role to how I want it. And many more that I don’t even remember now since it’s been so long since I last tried using LPX midi editor.

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[Bear-Faced Cow]

Adjusting CC4 information can be done in the CC/Velocity editing of the MIDI editor or the step editor. There’s also the ability to draw in your CC values in either. Custom names and alignment are easily done in the step editor as well. There are many tools to edit MIDI within Logic. My guess is that you have not familiarized yourself with them and are only familiar with the piano roll. Yeah, sure, if you’ve only used one tiny part of Logic (or any software for that matter)( for a little amount of time, it’s easy to say “it sucks”. However, if you found something that works for you, just use it and make music. 🙂

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

• This post was modified 5 years, 11 months ago by Bear-Faced Cow.

[Red Gear Music]

Bear-Faced Cow wrote:

Adjusting CC4 information can be done in the CC/Velocity editing of the MIDI editor or the step editor. There’s also the ability to draw in your CC values in either. Custom names and alignment are easily done in the step editor as well. There are many tools to edit MIDI within Logic. My guess is that you have not familiarized yourself with them and are only familiar with the piano roll. Yeah, sure, if you’ve only used one tiny part of Logic (or any software for that matter)( for a little amount of time, it’s easy to say “it sucks”. However, if you found something that works for you, just use it and make music. 🙂

jord

• This post was modified 5 years, 11 months ago by Bear-Faced Cow.

Agreed, I guess I really haven’t put in much effort on LPX’s midi editor because it wasn’t as obvious as others.  I am learning LPX on my own and watching some YouTube video’s here and there.  In the end, the music is all that matters and on the plus side, since I do all editing in SD3, I can save a SD3 project file separately from LPX for easier import into another DAW.

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[Bear-Faced Cow]

An excellent YouTube channel for Logic that would recommend to anyone is MusicTechHelpGuy. Even as long as I have been using Logic, Josh still manages to take me for a trip down the rabbit hole from time to time, as Logic can be as deep as you want to go with it.

I, too, like doing most of my drum editing in SD3 for similar reasons (I work with Reason almost as much as I work with Logic). As well, when I need to make a Q&D type of change, the play styles editor allows me to get in and out without missing a beat (pun intended, perhaps 😀 ). Grid editor can be quirky at times, but I still enjoy it, but when I really need some heavy duty editing, I will take it into Logic to use the Step Editor and other MIDI tools and then bring it back into SD3.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

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