Bear-Faced Cow
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Bear-Faced CowThere are plenty of stick click samples on the internet. Find one and chop it in any DAW and drag it into SD3. One of the beauties of SD3 is the ability to put any found sound into your kit.
jord
Bear-Faced CowHonestly, I would only try it out of extreme curiosity. Otherwise, it seems like extra work to me, since I’m using anywhere from 3-6 fingers to create a beat on the pads. Table tops are good for practicing rhythms and rudiments (yes there are finger rudiments), since everyone at word might be firing a zillion questions after seeing a pad controller on my desk.
jord
Bear-Faced CowConsidering that you have already discovered how the Environment works within Logic’s Arrange Window, and how it has been for the past 30+ years, the title of your thread is moot. If want to work with MIDI names and keep the channel strips within the Arrange Window as they are, use the Step Editor. Like I said, there are far more reasons to use the Step Editor than the Piano Roll for drums. Perhaps, if your response didn’t sound so condescending, I might have gone over them. However, use the inspector to change the lane names.
jord
Bear-Faced CowYou’re better off using the Step Editor and entering the drum names there. The Step Editor is far more advantageous for drum editing than the piano roll.
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Thanked by: Rodney FergusonBear-Faced CowAll I can say is “just play with it.” You’ll find creating a drum track in SD3 not too different than EZD2. And it gets better from there.
Aside from volume adjustments, you can also adjust groove dynamics until you get something that relatively matches.
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Thanked by: ScottBear-Faced CowIt is better than playing with a pad as there is less latency and you can really get into the groove of a song.
If you have latency with a pad, then it’s not set up correctly. It’s technically no different than any other MIDI controller.
Considering that you can do the same finger tapping/playing on a pad controller, you can bypass a whole bunch of steps and get straight to the drums.
When finger tapping the audio you just have to use your imagination, a bit like playing air guitar.
When you look at a pad controller for what it is, (ie., just an input device for your finger(s) tapping), and not try to play it as a drummer would play a set of drums (although you can if you want), your only limitation is your imagination. Just switching a bank of pad assignments at the touch of a button will take your groove to far different places. Once you discover that you have, in effect, the equivalent of 10 limbs, it can be more liberating than limiting. And to any thinking of responding that it’s not natural for a drummer to have 10 limbs: who cares! You’re not playing drums, but using drum software.
I have been considering the Presonus ATOM, as well. The price is good, and all I really need is a good way to edit existing grooves, or write new ones.
It looks like it has everything needed for finger drumming, including the ability to switch pad banks.
I also find myself checking out some of the SD3 MIDI grooves and, if I find one that’s kind of close to what I’m looking for, doing some editing to get it exactly the way I want it.
Admittedly, I do this as well when I am not finger drumming. Sometimes, firing up a groove from an established drummer gives me a new perspective on things and I can jam to it, fleshing out some new ideas. Some of the songs I have written have a combination of my own grooves plus grooves from a library. Best part of all this is that there are no rules.
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Thanked by: topgoonerBear-Faced CowThere’s always a pad controller. I’ve been a finger drummer for 15 or so years. My weapon of choice right now is a Maschine MkII as well as a Maschine Mikro.
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Thanked by: topgoonerBear-Faced CowI’m running an Apollo Thunderbolt as well. I only keep the buffer high when mixing.
jord
Bear-Faced CowUsing their graphics for personal use (such as your own icons in Logic) is not a betrayal in any form. Selling them would be. There’s nothing stopping you from taking a screenshot and using it in Logic.
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Thanked by: Rodney FergusonBear-Faced CowIf you’re really feeling adventurous, you can probably right click the SD3 plug-in or some of the libraries and select Show Package Contents… and trawl through the Resources directories for images that you can use as icons and copy them out.
Note: do this at your own risk…
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Thanked by: Rodney FergusonBear-Faced CowIf your cymbal edge and kick are transmitting the same note number, you would need to correct this on your drum brain. Seeing as 36 is considered the GM standard for kick, you are best to change the cymbal edge and map it to whatever the drum map you are using.
jord
Bear-Faced CowLogic may be pooching out due to the amount of RAM in your system. If it’s one of the iMacs that you can upgrade, I would suggest you install more RAM.
You might be able to conserve some memory by loading only the articulations you need.
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Thanked by: andymcshiznitBear-Faced CowSave it as a Project and it will save your tempo as well as your delay and mix settings along with your kit piece settings.
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Thanked by: mickgBear-Faced CowWhat’s your CoreAudio buffer size for your buffer? That may be accounting for your latency. I often have the same issues within Reason. I usually keep mine low when I am recording MIDI and some audio since I’m usually using Unison and other plug-ins via the Console. I’ll boost it back up when I am mixing.
I’m willing to bet that something between PT and SD3 is happening, but I could be wrong.
jord
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