Switch FX?

[stephenpaulharper]

I play edrums, and have a five tom kit.  So there are a select few kits I can use as is.  But I like lots of the given presets with a lot less drums.  Is there an easy way to copy the FX from one preset to a clean kit?  Any help is greatly appreciated.

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.1.4
Operating system: Windows 10

Windows 10, REAPER, ADK edrums, Mimic Pro and DDTi TMIs

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[Olof Westman]

You typically dial in the EQ differently for each tom in a set. Copying the effects from one Tom-channel into another usual won’t give you a good result. Still, that kind of manouver is pretty simple.

Select the channel you want to copy from.
Save a ChannelEffects preset using the ChannelEffects menu in the top left-had corner.
Select the channel you want to copy to.
Choose that preset you just saved.

Perhaps even simpler is to just Ctrl-drag the effects one by one to the other channel.

Olof Westman - Toontrack
Coder

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[stephenpaulharper]

Thanks for the reply.  Actually, through a little exploration, I discovered with the Core Library presets, you can load the mixer settings only (load parts, un-check drums), instead of the kit pieces.  Now if the expansion packs had this feature, I’d be all set.

 

Stephen

Windows 10, REAPER, ADK edrums, Mimic Pro and DDTi TMIs

[Bear-Faced Cow]

You can work around this by loading the preset with the mixer routing you have in mind and then replace the kit pieces with those of the SDX you desire. It may be a bit manual, but it appears to work (at least it does for me).

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

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[stephenpaulharper]

Thanks for the reply.  Yes, that does work, but it’s a bit time consuming compared to just loading the mixer settings only from a preset.  I’m not really sure why this is a feature with the Core Library, but not with the SDXs.  I guess most of the SDXs came first.

 

Thanks again.

Stephen

Windows 10, REAPER, ADK edrums, Mimic Pro and DDTi TMIs

[John]

Hi,

there is also the possibility to load an older SDX preset and first save it as a User Preset in SD3, e.g. load N.Y. Vol 3 >Neil Dorfsman Factory Set > 70s Processed and Save as User Preset. Then you can load Parts from this User Preset. User Presets can be Managed in to folders if you do this for many SD2 formatted SDX Presets.

BR,

John

John Rammelt - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

[Bear-Faced Cow]

John wrote:

Hi,

there is also the possibility to load an older SDX preset and first save it as a User Preset in SD3, e.g. load N.Y. Vol 3 >Neil Dorfsman Factory Set > 70s Processed and Save as User Preset. Then you can load Parts from this User Preset. User Presets can be Managed in to folders if you do this for many SD2 formatted SDX Presets.

BR,

John

Considering that user presets are saved into directories under their respective libraries, are there any adverse or unpredictable behaviours that can be expected if we start shuffling them between libraries?

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

[Olof Westman]

Considering that user presets are saved into directories under their respective libraries, are there any adverse or unpredictable behaviours that can be expected if we start shuffling them between libraries?

Go ahead. There won’t be any crashes or other over malign effects. Still, the results range from poor to terrible, so there is not much point.

Olof Westman - Toontrack
Coder

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[Bear-Faced Cow]

Well, if I can’t make it any worse… 😀

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

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