SD3 tracker drum augmentation not possible

[macsearcher_1]

Hello,
Can someone here explain how drum augmentation works with Tracker.
From my testing, it is not at all possible unless your original track is quantized to a rigid tempo.
Regardless of export settings, any drum hits in-between tempo events will flam or be out of phase.
I desperately hope to be wrong on this because I was excited to use tracker for all of my drum replacement/augmentation. Please correct me if I’m wrong.

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[Jacob]

@macsearcher_1 said:
Hello,
Can someone here explain how drum augmentation works with Tracker.

Not sure where your problem is from the information you wrote.
There is a bugfix coming out in the next release, 3.0.3, that fixes a possible phase/flam issue during midi playback from your DAW or inside S3 Song Track when having large tempo changes over shorter distances.

Or
if the replacement/augmentation sounds good inside Tracker during playback, i.e no flams or phasing, then something might go wrong during your export.
Then these export steps should help you.
On export from Tracker, the main rule is that “The same tempo or tempomap used during Export must be used later during playback of that midifile”.

1)
The first option, and easiest, is to use a fixed tempo during Export, and then use the same fixed tempo in your DAW.

2)
If you already have a Tempo map (or any tempo changes) in your DAW that you want to use, you need to import this tempomap into the Tracker (“Load Tempo Map from midi file”, in the Tempo Map menu on the left side in the Tracker Tab). Then upon Export, you choose the Tempo menu option “Tracker Tempo Map”.

3)
The third option is to Create a tempo map in Trackers “Find Tempo”, then select to use this tempo map on Export from Tracker. The tempo information will be stored inside the midifile and must then be imported to your DAW.

Using any of these 3 options, you will export the midifile in the same tempo(s) as you playback the midifile.

Jacob Norén - Toontrack
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