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[Bear-Faced Cow]

Looking at your screenshot it says that your MIDI has not been installed yet. Did you hit the red button?

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

[Bear-Faced Cow]

The product manager should detect that your MIDI is missing. You can then download the update through the PM (it’s not very big) and have it install the MIDI.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

[Bear-Faced Cow]

Good song. It appears that you got the vocals in a good spot for this one. Nothing feels too far forward this time. However, I probably would have panned the synths and guitars to give everything a bit more space. Sounds good, however.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

[Bear-Faced Cow]

It has more to do with how they’re processed than the settings themselves.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

[Bear-Faced Cow]

As John said, start by making sure that your faders in SD3 are at unity and control the output with Logic.

That aside, if you believe you are limited, then you are looking at it the wrong way. I just listened to the song and that snare is very doable with some EQ (remember what told you about removing bad mids… they can suck out the punch from a snare) and some parallel compression (that helps to bring out the punch). Sometimes tucking a bit of distortion underneath will help to bring out the ring. It also goes without saying that you need to start off with the right sounding snare.

There’s also no shame in using any of the SDX’s that you own. That’s what they are there for. Leaning on the likes of Bob Rock, Randy Staub, Andy Sneap, Forrester Savill, etc., for their expertise in having gotten a recorded rock sound at the source is a significant step closer to getting the kit sound you want. I get the idea of wanting to mould a generic recorded snare, as I often practice making various drum mixes and have had fun doing stuff like that for the last 20 years. However, I have also learned along the way the importance of getting it right at the source.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

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Thanked by: ChadwickDunderc0ck

[Bear-Faced Cow]

The raw unprocessed kits core library are recorded with all of their headroom intact to ensure transients aren’t distorted. Thus, they are not going to be that loud. To get a more “rock” type of kit, you would apply compression (and eq where necessary) and raise the make-up gain. Also remember that a kit is defined by it ambient channels as well as the close mic’d channels.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

• This post was modified 5 years, 7 months ago by Bear-Faced Cow.

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Thanked by: ChadwickDunderc0ck

[Bear-Faced Cow]

Save it as a User Instrument (under More dropdown). You can then load it in any slot with your settings intact.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

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Thanked by: Bobby Campbell

[Bear-Faced Cow]

Overall nice song. Only real critique I seem to have is the organ feeling static in various parts, distracting me from other parts such as the horns.

Nice feel though.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

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Thanked by: Markus Johansson

[Bear-Faced Cow]

Are you using standalone?

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

[Bear-Faced Cow]

Seeing as you mentioned you we’re running Cubase previously. The AU version might never have been validated. Try opening GarageBand and have it run the AU validation (that’s the easier way – you can run auval from the Terminal) and see if that helps.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

[Bear-Faced Cow]

I rarely use two centre articulations when programming a flam. If my main hit is going to be a centre articulation, then I will most likely lead with a mid or an edge articulation. Quite often if I am programming a flan leading with a centre articulation, my intention is usually to follow it with a rimshot. Also keep in mind that the first hit is not as powerful as the following.  Sometimes, it will be as little as half the power, or less. Otherwise, it will sound unnatural. You will also want to space the two hits in context with the song. In fact, all aspects should be in context of the song.

Jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

[Bear-Faced Cow]

Once you have installed SD3, point it to your libraries. Then run the PM and run the updates to reinstall your grooves from those libraries.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

[Bear-Faced Cow]

Probably four articulations… he’ll live. 😀

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

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Thanked by: roland rat

[Bear-Faced Cow]

Perhaps, but you might want to decide how much when you have a song. Otherwise, it might punch the lights out of some other parts. 😀

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

[Bear-Faced Cow]

Kit sounds fine. However, how it sounds in context of a mix is what really counts. I would make any further adjustments within a song.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

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