SD3 vs. Metal Foundry, some questions

[LeanderL]

HI!

I own SD2 + Metal Foundry. My kit is quite big with many cymbals, six toms and two hihats. It works fine with SD2…when I load it in FX3 one tom is displayed as a cymbal and there are also some other small glitches.

I don’t know where to continue making music…on one hand, everything’s complete in SD2 + Metal Foundry. Importing my kit in SD3 needs a bit of work…on the other hand, SD3 sounds better and also heavier (Andy Sneap presets). However, I need more cymbals, six toms etc. and you cannot add a second kick drum in SD3.

Should I stick to Metal Foundry? Or start from scratch in SD3?

I don’t understand why MF looks awesome with all those kit pieces but you cannot even add a second kick drum in SD3?

Here’s my kit:
https://abload.de/img/sd8zu3u.jpg

1) The second hihat should be on the right side but cannot be moved.
2) One of the toms is displayed as a cymbal
3) This is Metal Foundry. The background image says SD3 but because I edited the .png as I did not look the “evil” MF logo.

How can I add all my kit pieces to SD3? I know you can add them but I’d like to add the graphics too.

SeelenPuls ~ Poetic metal from Austria: SeelenPuls.at
Grummelgnom ~ Sociocritical metal from the forest: Grummelgnom.at

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[Henrik Ekblom]

You can add any instrument you want, it’s just that they will graphically end up as added instruments on the left side (inside boxes). This is because of many reasons, where one is that placing stuff in a 3d environment is tricky – especially if you add tons of instruments.

You can right click on the black cymbal (that is a tom) and select Search for Instrument. In there the tom will be selected. Go to the bottom right of the window and select More > Add as New Instrument. This will create a new instrument (in a small box on the left side). You can then replace the cymbal position with a cymbal of choice, or remove it.

“1) The second hihat should be on the right side but cannot be moved.” – do you want to move it in the graphics, or in the audio perspective? The latter is made by routing that hi-hats microphones to its own mixer channels, and the panning those to taste.

Does this information help?

Henrik Ekblom - User Experience Designer
Toontrack

[LeanderL]

Thank you!

Yes, I know. The thing is that while sound is most imporant it would be nice to change the appearance too. Metal Foundry, Machine etc. all have two kick drums and I’d expect from a good (and not cheap) VST that you could have two kick drums visually. MF has so many kit pieces on screen and I just would like to have them in SD3 too…by just loading SD3, loading an Andy Sneap preset and then adding them.

SeelenPuls ~ Poetic metal from Austria: SeelenPuls.at
Grummelgnom ~ Sociocritical metal from the forest: Grummelgnom.at

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