Roland TD12 and Superior Drummer 3 Help Setup

[Destino88]

I would like to get advise on how to trigger superior drummer 3 as vst on my current setup.
I have Roland TD12 module with the midi out going to midi in of the Behringer UMC404HD audio interface and with its usb
connected to my DAW (Reaper). my headphone is connected to my audio interface.

I can hear my kit when i strike the instruments and it does register as well in reaper. SD3 opens up when i access the track’s FX
and i can hear SD3 instruments when scrolling and clicking over it with my mouse. I selected TD12 in the SD3 Midi/Edrum settings
but no luck in triggering SD3 when i hit my drum kit.

Can i get help, advise and suggestions as to what else im missing here.

Thanks Everyone.

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[tomrip]

Hate to ask a silly question, but do you have the track armed?

[drumjack52]

What’s your operating system? Different things to look at depending if you’re on a Mac or Windows machine.

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.3.6
Operating system: macOS High Sierra (10.13)

Jack
aka musicman691 on other forums
Superior Drummer 3.4.0
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

[Destino88]

hi tomrip, i only have 4 tracks on my Reaper setup and they are set to automatic record -arm when track is selected.

[Destino88]

hi drumjack52, I have Reaper v6.83  and Superior Drummer 3 version 3.3.6 installed on my desktop running on Windows 10- Home, with Intel i7 -3770 cpu at 3.40GHz,  16GB RAM and 1.3TB HDD

 

[Bear-Faced Cow]

Does your drum kit trigger Superior Drummer in standalone? If so, you might want to check your MIDI channel on your instrument track in reaper. One more silly question: is SD instantiated as a plug-in in reaper?

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

[Destino88]

Bear-Faced Cow wrote:

Does your drum kit trigger Superior Drummer in standalone? If so, you might want to check your MIDI channel on your instrument track in reaper. One more silly question: is SD instantiated as a plug-in in reaper?

jord

Hi Jord,  yes,  i can trigger  SD3 with my drum kit as standalone and SD3 does appear as a track FX  vst plugin in Reaper, but  when i load SD3  as a vst plugin in the track’s FX,  my drum kit can’t trigger it.  i will check the settings again and will follow your suggestions.

[drumjack52]

Destino88 wrote:

Bear-Faced Cow wrote:

Does your drum kit trigger Superior Drummer in standalone? If so, you might want to check your MIDI channel on your instrument track in reaper. One more silly question: is SD instantiated as a plug-in in reaper?

jord

Hi Jord,  yes,  i can trigger  SD3 with my drum kit as standalone and SD3 does appear as a track FX  vst plugin in Reaper, but  when i load SD3  as a vst plugin in the track’s FX,  my drum kit can’t trigger it.  i will check the settings again and will follow your suggestions.

I think I have an answer – SD3 is NOT an effect it’s an instrument. Not sure about the terminology in Reaper but I would think it’s like every other daw out there. Treat SD3 like every other virtual instrument you use.

As an FYI it would help in future posts that you include your SD3 version and operating system. There’s are selection popups right underneath the reply window.

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.3.6
Operating system: macOS High Sierra (10.13)

Jack
aka musicman691 on other forums
Superior Drummer 3.4.0
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

[Bear-Faced Cow]

Jack is right: if reaper is allowing you to set up Superior Drummer as an effect, that seems to be the more likely issue. Superior Drummer, as Jack stated is a software instrument. However, I don’t claim to be a reefer user. I am mainly drawing on my experience from Logic Pro X, in which SD3 is clearly considered an instrument and not an effect.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

• This post was modified 1 year, 2 months ago by Bear-Faced Cow.

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