Tempo envelope map

[Tim Brogdon]

I read a lot about being able to tempo map with Tracker while importing audio files but as I am not a drummer I’d like to do something different.

Is it possible to create a song track of various grooves set to a specific bpm and when I have completed the track creation apply/edit a tempo map to the whole song and then bounce it out of SD3 as audio files? I know I lose the map by doing this. I just want to get the overall groove “more groovy” and then record the rest of my tracks (gtr, piano, etc) to the bounced drums tracks. Kinda old school I know. 🙂

Thanks,

Tim

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.1.4
Operating system: Windows 10

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[mertas]

yes,this is possible. why do you need to do it this way?

[Tim Brogdon]

I like playing to a “groovy” drummer. 🙂 Drummers tend to speed up choruses and solos. On some tunes that aren’t midi-driven with instrument samples, I find I get better results programming the drums first getting their total groove on without relying on the DAW click. Not always – but sometimes.

 

To be fair – I don’t mind admitting that I have owned and operated SD3 from virtually the day it was released – and drum roll please – never read the manual.

 

I spent an hour with the manual last night – specifically with the chapter on the song track – et voila – quite a lot more groove out of the groove machine. So there’s that. 🙂

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.1.4
Operating system: Windows 10

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