Marking Instruments In Superior Drummer

[Richard]

I am auditioning snare drums sounds for a song, which involves cycling the MIDI part while I load each alternative snare in turn, and then writing down the ones I like on a shortlist. This is pretty laborious!

Is there any way of marking instruments as I go so I don’t have to physically write everything down?

Thanks!

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.3.7
Operating system: macOS Ventura (13)

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[Andrew Payne]

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You can mark any instrument as a favourite using the “star” feature. Then you can choose favourites and any other filters you want. See 2 attached screenshots. cheers

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.3.7
Operating system: Windows 10

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[Richard]

Richard wrote:

I am auditioning snare drums sounds for a song, which involves cycling the MIDI part while I load each alternative snare in turn, and then writing down the ones I like on a shortlist. This is pretty laborious!

Is there any way of marking instruments as I go so I don’t have to physically write everything down?

Thanks!

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.3.7
Operating system: macOS Ventura (13)

Ahh thanks for that! I never realised there was that whole interface when you click “search for instrument” – I was just using the menu in the Drums tab!

Please can you answer a quick question about the search interface… how can I stop the snare sound from playing when I click on a snare? Even if I click directly on “Replace”, it immediately plays the sound rather than just loading it into the currently-playing pattern. Makes it harder to A/B compare when you get an additional out-of-time snare hit.

• This post was modified 10 months, 3 weeks ago by Richard.

[Richard]

I’ve found one way of loading a sound without it playing when clicked – Right-click “Replace”. Still not perfect as it brings up a context menu that then needs to be dismissed, but at least the part continues playing uninterrupted.

• This post was modified 10 months, 3 weeks ago by Richard.

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