Where did my favorites go? I spent weeks auditioning and they are gone.

[Alexander Limbert]

I updated Superior drummer last night and all my third party midi favorites that I literally spent weeks auditioning are gone. WTH???? This is crazy.

Does anyone know a better place to store and rate your midi files than SD3?  The one-star system isn’t very efficient. It would be great if there were more options to rank the midi files.

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.3.0
Operating system: macOS Catalina (10.15)

• The post has been modified 2 times, last modified 3 years, 1 month ago by Alexander Limbert.

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[Alexander Limbert]

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I guess losing weeks of auditions is not a big deal to some. I’m switching to Finder with MIDI Player X. I can search files by name, audition them, and rate by multiple colors. And most importantly, I won’t lose my work. Plus there is a midi out that feeds into Superior Drummer. It’s working much better than the Superior Drummer browser for auditioning and searching.

It’s work spectacularly. I am auditioning all the midi files from Finder playing in SD3. I can tag all the ones I like with whatever tag. The one tag that I like the most is one-pass for all the items I audition and but don’t select as a favorite. This way I can exclude those from future auditions.

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[Olof Hermansson]

We are very sorry about this. See post here: https://www.toontrack.com/forums/topic/my-favorites-are-gone/#post-2929206

Olof Hermansson - Toontrack
Coder

[Andrew Payne]

I have just read these 2 posts and wanted to confirm exactly what it is that may be lost as I don’t have the required back up prior to installing 3.3.0. I am nervous about what I may have lost having spent a lot of time recently with auditioning and favourites.

Could Olof please detail exactly what information will be lost before I start searching. Thanks

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.3.0
Operating system: Windows 10

Dell Precision 7730, i7 6 Core 2.6 GHz, 128GB RAM, 1TB SSD and 3 x 2TB SSD, Windows 11, Cubase Pro 14, SD3 plus a variety of SDX's and EZX's, Orchestral Percussion, EZBASS, RME BabyFace Pro FS and KRK V4 monitors. Modified Yamaha DTX900, DTXPRESS4 and Edrumin10 triggering SD3. Yamaha pads/cymbals and Roland VH-10 HiHat. PDP Maple acoustic kit for live playing.

[Olof Hermansson]

Just starting up 3.3.0 is enough to cause the issues.

• Favorite marks are lost in User MIDI, linked MIDI folders and third-party MIDI folders (that you have used “Add to Database” on in the past).
• You need to select “Sync File Changes” on the User MIDI folder to get the files to show up again.
• You need to re-link previously linked MIDI folders (using Options > User MIDI and Linked Folders > Add Linked Folder).
• You need to select “Add to Database” again for third-party MIDI folders that are located next to the Toontrack MIDI libraries.

Olof Hermansson - Toontrack
Coder

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Thanked by: Andrew Payne

[Andrew Payne]

Thanks Olof for the concise response.

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.3.0
Operating system: Windows 10

Dell Precision 7730, i7 6 Core 2.6 GHz, 128GB RAM, 1TB SSD and 3 x 2TB SSD, Windows 11, Cubase Pro 14, SD3 plus a variety of SDX's and EZX's, Orchestral Percussion, EZBASS, RME BabyFace Pro FS and KRK V4 monitors. Modified Yamaha DTX900, DTXPRESS4 and Edrumin10 triggering SD3. Yamaha pads/cymbals and Roland VH-10 HiHat. PDP Maple acoustic kit for live playing.

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