Superiore Drummer 3 with Mackie DL 16s/ Master Fader 5.1

[glfolts@gmail.com]

Hi All,

I am attempting you use a Mackie DL16s. I have not see latency issues so far.   I am having issues with using it for live mix.  I have the kick, snare, Tom, hh, oh, Amber, cmp…outputs sent to channel 9-14/15 on the board.  But the snare mike only adjust the snare maybe 20%, it more changes the sound than the volume.  I know this is due to the overheads, bleed, and compressor all having snare sounds in them, but dont see an easy way for the sound man to adjust the mix of snare/ Tom/ kick easily.  How are you all routing and then adjusting?

Superior Drummer 3 plug-in version 3.3.6 (build 35757) [64-bit ARM VST 2]
Standalone host version 3.3.6 (build 35757)

SOUND LIBRARIES
Legacy of Rock version 1.0.1
Superior Drummer 3 – Electronic version 1.0.0
Superior Drummer 3 – Percussion version 1.3.0
Superior Drummer 3 – Preset Sounds version 1.0.3
Superior Drummer 3 version 1.3.0
The Rock Foundry – Preset Sounds version 1.0.3
The Rock Foundry version 1.0.3

MIDI LIBRARIES
Legacy of Rock version 1.0.1
Superior Drummer 3 version 1.3.0
The Rock Foundry version 1.0.0

Mac Ventura 13.2.1

Master fader 5.2.1

Mackie Dl16s

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[Mark King]

For live you may want to turn the bleeds off and reduce the toms and snare in the overheads. You certainly don’t want effects on unless you really need them to create a certain sound.

SD3 with older sdx,s plus Rooms of Hansa and Death & Darkness. Cubase and wavelab current versions. Roland TD50x using all trigger inputs for triggering SD3 only. Windows 11 computer. Various keyboards and outboard gear as well as VST instruments. Acoustic drums: Yamaha 9000 natural wood and Pearl masters. Various snare drums. RME BabyFace Pro FS and Adam A7X monitors

[glfolts@gmail.com]

thanks for the reply!  won’t that significantly change the sound from the intended recorded audio?

[Mark King]

Absolutely but if you are in a live venue then you have the room acoustics as well. A really treated drum kit with reverb etc and ambiance mics could sound awful then amplified in a big room. Recording and live are two different things. When I play I may used processed kits for recordings but dry kits through pa speakers.

SD3 with older sdx,s plus Rooms of Hansa and Death & Darkness. Cubase and wavelab current versions. Roland TD50x using all trigger inputs for triggering SD3 only. Windows 11 computer. Various keyboards and outboard gear as well as VST instruments. Acoustic drums: Yamaha 9000 natural wood and Pearl masters. Various snare drums. RME BabyFace Pro FS and Adam A7X monitors

[glfolts@gmail.com]

Thanks get point!

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