Opening an SD2 project in SD3

[Martin Burrow]

I have a song which I created in 2017 using Superior Drummer 2 I’m revisiting. I’m using a Metal Foundry preset. I want to open the exact same kit in Superior Drummer 3 but I can only seem to save it as a Superior Drummer 2 save file.s20. Is there a way to open it in SD 3 or do I have to recreate the kit from scratch?

Thanks,
Martin

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.4.2
Operating system: Windows 11

Asus Maximus X Code, Intel i7 8700K, 32GB DDR4 2400Mhz, Samsung 970 EVO NVMe M.2 500gb SSD System Drive, 1 x Crucial 960gb SSD A/V Drive,1 x Crucial 960 1x 512 Samsung SSD Samples Drives, RME Raydat, Windows 10 x64, Philips 40" 4K BDM4065, 1x Gigabyte GTX 960 2gb,
Samplitude ProX5 & Sequoia 16 beta.

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[Brad]

Martin Burrow wrote:

I have a song which I created in 2017 using Superior Drummer 2 I’m revisiting. I’m using a Metal Foundry preset. I want to open the exact same kit in Superior Drummer 3 but I can only seem to save it as a Superior Drummer 2 save file.s20. Is there a way to open it in SD 3 or do I have to recreate the kit from scratch?

Thanks,
Martin

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.4.2
Operating system: Windows 11

Hi there,

If you still have access to SD2 you can save a combined preset within the SDX itself, not an s20 file. You should be able to then load the same SDX into SD3 and then open the combined preset file to get you part way there. Been a while since I needed to do this, but I believe all the kit pieces were in place, but some routing and mixer/effects needed to be redone.

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.4.2
Operating system: macOS Tahoe (26)

Mac Studio M1 Ultra, RAM 64 GB, 1TB Drive, OSX 14.x, 15.x, 26.x and Windows 10 (VM)
DAW: Fender Studio Pro 8, Presonus Studio One Pro 7
DTX Express III (Extreme triggers), Nektar LX88
OWC Thunderbay Mini (4 X 1TB Sata SSD), Express 4M2 (4 X 2TB M.2 SSD), Envoy Express (1TB M.2 SSD)
Presonus Quantum, Faderport & Faderport 8
Black Lion Sparrow Mk2 A/D, FMR-RNP-RNC, MIDI Xpress 128, BM5A, KRK VXT4, Equator D5
2020 Macbook Pro 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD Audio(mobile rig)

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Thanked by: Martin Burrow and Scott Eshleman

[Martin Burrow]

Thank you I will try that.

Martin

Asus Maximus X Code, Intel i7 8700K, 32GB DDR4 2400Mhz, Samsung 970 EVO NVMe M.2 500gb SSD System Drive, 1 x Crucial 960gb SSD A/V Drive,1 x Crucial 960 1x 512 Samsung SSD Samples Drives, RME Raydat, Windows 10 x64, Philips 40" 4K BDM4065, 1x Gigabyte GTX 960 2gb,
Samplitude ProX5 & Sequoia 16 beta.

[Thomas Hansen]

This works fine.  Even the mixer settings come over.  The only issue I have seen is a problem where I am losing one X-Drum which when I had two instances of the same drum that was tuned differently.

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.4.2
Operating system: Windows 11

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Thanked by: Brad

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