Bear-Faced Cow
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Bear-Faced CowDid you check your /Library/Application Support/EZDrummer/Midi (system root and not your user location) folder to see if there are any MIDI grooves there? That’s the standard location.
jord
Bear-Faced CowAlso check your Audio/MIDI Setup to see what devices are listed and what channel SD3 is receiving MIDI on (you might want to set it to All if it isn’t already).
Your keyboard should come with software that allows you to configure the pads. It’s probably better to configure them to the General MIDI standard in order to allow you to play the standard articulations in SD3’s default mapping, as well as configure them to your playing style.
jord
Bear-Faced CowYour drum module is not an audio interface. You would need to use an audio interface for a live performance.
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Bear-Faced CowDid you import your MIDI tempo changes into the tempo map within SD3?
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Bear-Faced CowYou can drag your regions onto the Arrange track in Logic. Mind you, it does have me wondering if you are doing anything in the Arrange window that requires SD3’s MIDI on be on it? If not, all you may be doing is duplicating efforts.
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Thanked by: mofongotronBear-Faced CowMan, sounds like you did things the hard way, sorry to say. You probably could have done it all with SD3’s EQ (it’s quite versatile), before adding some samples (I usually do this for their transients).
As for the cymbals, they are natural at the moment. Panning everything out is more unnatural. However, routing them to their own channels will take care of that. Note that if you start using room channels alongside, it may start sounding even more unnatural.
jord
Bear-Faced CowGeez, you sound as old as I am, using names of music software past! Whenever I mention terms like Notator, my Grandkids are like, “OK, Pops! Time for your meds.”
I am not denigrating Luna’s capabilities in anyway. I’m more than certain that UA is Taking the recording environment very seriously. However, I need more than just being able to record vocals and guitar playing. Logic is more of a writing and arranging tool as well as a recording tool. Even more so, it is the central hub for me as I am writing more on my iPhone and iPad using GarageBand and Music Memos. This is something that Luna doesn’t offer me.
The other strike against Luna, as far as I’m concerned, is the lack of multi out instruments. Part of my SD3 workflow involves multi out because, like you, I am getting full value of my UAD plug-ins. The DBX 160 is one of my most used plug-ins for parallel compression and the Neve 33609 and Studer are on my drum bus (not discounting SD3’s plug-Ins, but I am a Neve guy), amongst a few others, such as creating new drum rooms (don’t underestimate RealVerb – it was a lifesaver in my BFD days).
Perhaps, I can find myself forced to use Luna if they decide to integrate it with Console. It would only piss me off if it puts a dent in my recording chain. Until then, I don’t think I need to worry about it.
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Thanked by: NorbertBear-Faced CowMight even be more “profitable“ to focus on more important things, such as getting the punch out of your drum mix, as the OP wanted to figure out in another thread. The points obtained there might prove to be more valuable than what can be said here.
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Bear-Faced CowIf you have turned caching on, then it needs to play in order to load the required kit pieces. If you want everything loaded immediately, ensure caching is off. The trade-off is that caching loads only the required articulation samples, verses loaded all samples in that articulation. However, you can turn off whatever articulations you don’t need.
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Bear-Faced CowI guess all I can say is hope Luna works for you. At the moment I am going to stick with Logic mainly because my workflow is more suited to it, which is why I have stuck with it for the last 30+ years.
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Thanked by: TOM.MCDERMOTTBear-Faced CowIf you are experiencing any type of sonic difference with no effects on the output bus of both SD3 and your DAW, then you have some sort of latency issue in your DAW. Don’t know how it is in PT but in Logic it is best to set the plug-in delay compensation to “All” when mixing (you can create a key command to toggle this). I’m using multiple outputs all the time and am not experiencing this issue.
As far as plug-Ins such as the 670 go, those are as different as the companies that develop them. If anything, as nice as the one in SD3 is, it is nowhere near the same as UAD’s Fairchild emulation in all respects. Trying to match the settings visually will more than likely produce different results. It is best to just use your ears. However, expect sonic differences due to their emulations.
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Bear-Faced CowRegardless of what we do for a living, we need to be musicians supporting musicians at this point in time. No one ever looks better by trying to make others look worse.
Everyone is hurting bad enough right now. Many live in fear. They all need music… so let’s help each other make music and demonstrate just how good Toontrack’s products really are.
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Thanked by: Lee ShapiroBear-Faced CowI saw people running SD3 in Luna on the UAD Forum. Don’t remember which thread. However seeing Mick game post above should also indicate that it should work
Try clearing your audio unit cache and re-scanning. If you’re unsure how to do this, download Onyx as it will do this for.
jord
Bear-Faced CowThere are people that are running SD3 with Luna. You may want to check to see if there is a plug-in manager within Luna. Note however, multiple outputs are not supported at this time.
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Bear-Faced CowNot necessary as far as I am concerned. I help out in respect of all the mentors before me and not for anything in return. Turning out a good mix means more to me.
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