Using SD3 on a external drive.

[Mr. Webb]

Good evening,

I have a new Mac and SD3 is on an external hard drive. I’m having problems using it in Logic. I’m sure it is something simple but I’m missing it. Do I need to reinstall something?

• This post was modified 2 years, 6 months ago by Mr. Webb.

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[Bear-Faced Cow]

What kind of problems are you having? Did you install the AU?

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

[drumjack52]

Bear-Faced Cow wrote:

What kind of problems are you having? Did you install the AU?

jord

Also I wonder if the OP installed the program itself on his system drive? He mentions installing SD3 on an external drive; I know the samples can go anywheres but Macs like having the program itself on the system drive.

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.3.5
Operating system: macOS High Sierra (10.13)

Jack
aka musicman691 on other forums
Superior Drummer 3.4.0
Area 33 1.0.0
Death and Darkness 1.0.1
PT 2021.6
OSX 10.13.6
3.46 GHz hex core 2012 MacPro 48 gig ram

[Bear-Faced Cow]

That would be crucial since CoreAudio expects AUs to be in a specific location in order for them to be registered.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

[Mr. Webb]

Yep, I installed the AU. I don’t see SD3 listed when I try to use it. I can go into AU>Native Instruments> etc. Other programs such as Kontakt, and others are listed.

Thanks for the quick response!

[drumjack52]

Mr. Webb wrote:

Yep, I installed the AU. I don’t see SD3 listed when I try to use it. I can go into AU>Native Instruments> etc. Other programs such as Kontakt, and others are listed.

Thanks for the quick response!

Where did you install the actual plugin? For third party au format plugins they should/must be in this path:

MacHD/Library/Audio/Plugins/Components

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.3.5
Operating system: macOS High Sierra (10.13)

Jack
aka musicman691 on other forums
Superior Drummer 3.4.0
Area 33 1.0.0
Death and Darkness 1.0.1
PT 2021.6
OSX 10.13.6
3.46 GHz hex core 2012 MacPro 48 gig ram

[Bear-Faced Cow]

Have you tried restarting your computer or clearing the AU cache? As well, do you see superior drummer listed in Logic’s AU plug in manager?

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

[John]

…and if you need directions on clearing the AU cache, please see this FAQ:
https://www.toontrack.com/faq/ezdrummer-no-longer-works-with-logic/

Even though it is an EZdrummer FAQ, the same applies to SD3. Don’t forget to reboot after deleting the files.

BR,
John

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