Superior Drummer 3 – MIDI Note triggered from different MIDI Controllers

[Fernando Ferreira]

I’m new to Superior Drummer 3.

I have an e-drum set with two Yamaha DTX700 modules that I use as MIDI controllers to trigger the instruments in SD3, and I know that SD3 supports multi MIDI controllers at the same time.

If I set a rack tom to be triggered from Module A by note 48 (Action 1), and an octoban to be triggered from Module B by note 48 (Action 2), then the Action 2 overrides Action 1: both modules play the same instrument when MIDI note 48 is hit.

It looks to me that SD3 does not differentiate MIDI notes by MIDI Controllers: all notes are in the same pool – Note 48 is unique, no matter which MIDI Controlller triggers it.

Is that true? Can I have two MIDI Controllers triggering different instruments without any transposition? Is there any common configuration in MIDI Controllers that I can change?

Converting this to a table, what I expect is this differentiation:

Module    | Note | Instrument
Yamaha 1   | 48      | rack tom
Yamaha2   | 48      | octoban

Actually, what is happening is:

Note | Instrument
48      | octoban

Is a MIDI Merge device a good way to fix this issue?

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.1.7
Operating system: Windows 10

• This post was modified 4 years, 11 months ago by Fernando Ferreira.
  Reason: Adding one more question in the end of the post

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[Bear-Faced Cow]

MIDI does not differentiate by controller. Technically, if you wanted to do this, and if your DAW supports it, you are better off using two instances of SD three and assign each track to its own controller, if you want to keep the same MIDI notes.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

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Thanked by: Fernando Ferreira

[Fernando Ferreira]

Sorry for the basic questions: I’m new to MIDI, and I’m reading a bunch of info and at the same time trying to fix this issue.

I’ve seen some devices called “MIDI Merge Box”. Those devices promise to “create and save routing, merging, and filtering presets.”.

Can that somehow help? Per instance, connecting both devices to the “MIDI Merge Box”, keeping the MIDI Controller 1 as is, and routing (or merging) the MIDI Controller 2 to a different (and unique) set of MIDI notes.

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.1.7
Operating system: Windows 10

[Bear-Faced Cow]

MIDI has an inherent limitation of 16 channels. A MIDI  merge box will overcome this limitation by allowing you to hook up multiple controllers using various series and parallel routings. However, this will not differentiate MIDI notes coming on on that same channel on the software instrument level. You would still need to separate the controllers on different tracks in your DAW.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

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Thanked by: Fernando Ferreira

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