Please add a take folder feature for easy comping!

[Anthony Burulcich]

Hi, I’m struggling to figure out a quick work flow to comp my different takes/tracks in superior 3 but to no avail. for now I find it easiest to track all my takes in logic then comp them down to one midi performance than bring that back into superior 3 for the editing process. it would be best if superior drummer 3 can do take folders like logic that way we can do a bunch of takes on our e-kits than comp them quickly in superior 3 and avoid logic totally. I feel this is the only feature missing thus far to properly call superior 3 an “all in” Drum recording DAW, unless I’m missing something of course? thank you!

best,

Anthony

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.2.4
Operating system: macOS Mojave (10.14)

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[Scott]

You could record each take to different Tracks in the S3 Song Track. Click New Tab in the Track Menu or click the + in the Song Track.

Scott Sibley - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

[Bear-Faced Cow]

Midi take folders in Logic are really nothing more than a glorified representation of a folder of midi tracks. True comping is not available for midi in logic. All you can really do is slice your set of take regions into smaller regions and select the midi within that take. SD3 already has a far better comping ability if you save your various groove regions as user midi, as you can comp a groove, in whole or in part, over another groove.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

[Anthony Burulcich]

Oh, my only experience with the song track is when I drag a pattern to it, it automatically populates a whole song with midi I didn’t play, are you saying I can take the best parts of my different tracks/takes and have the song track be the comp? If so then I stand corrected and superior 3 has it all!

thnx A

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.2.4
Operating system: macOS Mojave (10.14)

[Anthony Burulcich]

Thank you Bear-face! So say I do 8 full takes on different tracks in S3, normally I would separate the logic take folders then flatten and merg all of them with my desired takes. So in S3 once I have my 8 full takes or “tracks, can I make 1 cut so that it cuts all the tracks at once? That way I can audition per say the best fill going into chorus 1? Also I am performing all my takes with V-drums if I didn’t clarify that. Thank you for your help!

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.2.4
Operating system: macOS Mojave (10.14)

[Scott]

Anthony Burulcich wrote:

Oh, my only experience with the song track is when I drag a pattern to it, it automatically populates a whole song with midi I didn’t play, are you saying I can take the best parts of my different tracks/takes and have the song track be the comp? If so then I stand corrected and superior 3 has it all!

thnx A

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.2.4
Operating system: macOS Mojave (10.14)

You can use the Song Track to record your MIDI performance to (from your edrum). For every “take” just add a Song Track. Then just comp to one Track.

Scott Sibley - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

[Anthony Burulcich]

thank you Scott this was very helpful.  Now is there a way for me to make a cut at a particular track/take and have that cut reflect in all the tracks/takes at once? so I don’t have to make the same cut on each individual track/take? and is there a way to have the play head in superior link up through all the takes so when I click between takes the play head isn’t in a different position all the time? thank you for all your help!

best,

Anthony

[Scott]

Anthony Burulcich wrote:

thank you Scott this was very helpful.  Now is there a way for me to make a cut at a particular track/take and have that cut reflect in all the tracks/takes at once? so I don’t have to make the same cut on each individual track/take? and is there a way to have the play head in superior link up through all the takes so when I click between takes the play head isn’t in a different position all the time? thank you for all your help!

best,

Anthony

No, I don’t believe their is. The multiple track feature is more for trying different arrangements and being able to quickly switch between them. My suggestion was more of a workaround to what you were trying to do.

Seems like a good idea for a feature request as it’s out of the scope of the current feature set.

Scott Sibley - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

[Anthony Burulcich]

Thank you Scott! yes I will make a request. so for now the easiest workflow for me is to record all my takes in logic, then comp them to one midi file then drag that into the superior editor which is far superior to logics form editing. maybe in the next superior update Toontrack can have a separate tab for v-drumming which can stack takes in a folder for quick swipe comping more like a logic or I’m sure other DAW. thanks for your attention, amazing product and more amazing customer service!!

best,

Ant

[Bear-Faced Cow]

Like I said already, quick swipe comping is only for audio in Logic. With MIDI, all you can do with a take folder is cut it up and select the MIDI in that cut up piece. Scott’s method is more or less the horizontal version of this using the various tracks.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

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