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[Bear-Faced Cow]

That’s not true, considering that you can always change whatever kit pieces are in the project. It might take a bit more effort, but it’s not that daunting.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

[Bear-Faced Cow]

Brooks H wrote:

Olof Westman wrote:

While not being exactly on topic I still wanted to mention that since S3.1.3 you can change the path to where the user presets reside. It’s at the bottom of the Settings>Libraries/Paths page.

Hmm. This might be a better option for me. I can put them on my external SSD which is shared by both my computers. Thanks!

But I do need to get acquainted with the cloud. Manual backups are becoming a pain with a 2nd computer. I was thinking Dropbox.

Just set up Dropbox and point SD3 to it as Olof pointed out. It’s just another directory on your computer, and his directions are far easier… but at least 8 steps.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

[Bear-Faced Cow]

Olof Westman wrote:

While not being exactly on topic I still wanted to mention that since S3.1.3 you can change the path to where the user presets reside. It’s at the bottom of the Settings>Libraries/Paths page.

Oh seriously? You mean if I would have scrolled just a bit further I could have saved my geekiness for the office?

At least THAT should work with iCloud if one needs to use it. I’ll keep my symlinks for now, however. SD3 doesn’t know any different.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

[Bear-Faced Cow]

Following up on how I set this up on my Macs, in case anyone else is interested in doing the same between their computers:

To start, I’m using Google Drive. You can use many of the available cloud drive solutions, with the possible exception of iCloud because Apple writes things a little weird to their directories (and perhaps injects some metadata that could interfere with SD3). I created a folder called Superior Drummer 3. In a new Finder window I went to the SD3 folder in Application Support (use menu item GO -> Go to Folder or shift-cmd-G and enter the following: ~/Library/Application Support/Toontrack/Superior3)

Move the following folders into your cloud drive:

• EdrumPresets
• EffectPresets
• MicPresets
• PresetsEZX
• UserSongStructures
• VelocityPresets

(If any are missing, it’s because you haven’t create any presets)

Open the Terminal app (don’t worry, it doesn’t bite) and type the following:

cd ~/Library/Application\ Support/Toontrack/Superior3

ln -s ~/Google\ Drive/Superior\ Drummer\ 3/UserSongStructures/ UserSongStructures

ln -s ~/Google\ Drive/Superior\ Drummer\ 3/MicPresets/ MicPresets

ln -s ~/Google\ Drive/Superior\ Drummer\ 3/EdrumPresets/ EdrumPresets

ln -s ~/Google\ Drive/Superior\ Drummer\ 3/VelocityPresets/ VelocityPresets

ln -s ~/Google\ Drive/Superior\ Drummer\ 3/PresetsEZX/ PresetsEZX

ln -s ~/Google\ Drive/Superior\ Drummer\ 3/EffectPresets/ EffectPresets

On your other computer, just copy the presets into the cloud drive folders (they should be sync’d by the time you’re done) and erase those folders do the same in the Terminal app.

Your files are now sync’d type and SD3 on both computers should show everything that you have sync’d up in the cloud drive. Any new presets or song structures will automatically be saved to the cloud drive and sync’d up.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

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[Bear-Faced Cow]

Yeah, I know where you’re coming from on this. I do something similar in Logic, more so if I am playing with Drummer regions, using the Arrange Markers. I can then move entire song parts around, and fiddle with a bit of variations, to how I like it. Once I’m done, I take the drums into SD3 for some added nuance. When I’m writing in this fashion, I’ll keep the workflow simple in order to stay in the zone.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

[Bear-Faced Cow]

You can work around this by loading the preset with the mixer routing you have in mind and then replace the kit pieces with those of the SDX you desire. It may be a bit manual, but it appears to work (at least it does for me).

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

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[Bear-Faced Cow]

Ahh, I know what you’re referring to. We have a different terminology in Logic (we call them either alias or ghost regions).

SD3 is definitely more linear than object oriented when it comes to track regions. In a way it wouldn’t be a bad feature request, but to me it is something that I would use with extreme prudence, as I wouldn’t want things to sound too much the same (unless they made a way for both Edit Play Styles and Grid Editor features to be non-destructive and layered on top of the original region).

Jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

• This post was modified 6 years ago by Bear-Faced Cow.

[Bear-Faced Cow]

I take it in context. Whatever the main kit needs to sound like, from tonality to ambience, is what determines which library I will start with.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

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[Bear-Faced Cow]

I only thing of it as an alternative to SD3’s editor. Yes, SD3 can add the articulation lanes automatically, and setting it up in Logic is more a little time than expended effort. For me, I need different sets of lanes as I use different drum mappings and sometimes using the wrong lane set (or mappings) results in either a happy accident or a sad mess. That’s another reason I tend to keep things inside of SD3 more. If I was using only one drum mapping, it would be a different story.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

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[Bear-Faced Cow]

You’re incorrect about Logic’s drum editing capabilities, since you can map the Step Editor to each of SD3’s articulations and edit drums as you would with SD3, and them save it as a template for later use. One preference I have with Logic over SD3 is that I can visualize different time divisions on the same screen and can apply various transformations, including ones that I can make up in Javascript.

That being said, I use SD3’s editing more for the edit play styles, more as a “what are you thinking” approach. I also like being able to store my song tracks as templates so I can experiment with different rhythms for different song ideas. I also prefer the all in one approach for drums, keeping my tracks within SD3 so I can work on the drums when I’m on a different computer away from my main one, as all of my projects and user presets are shared in the cloud.

It’s not about what’s better, as opposed to what’s best suited to my own workflow.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

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[Bear-Faced Cow]

Don’t know where you heard that one. I have two colour coded MIDI controllers (Maschine and Maschine Mikro) and they play with SD3 very nicely. Any MIDI controller should be able to be configured to work with SD3.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

• This post was modified 6 years ago by Bear-Faced Cow.

[Bear-Faced Cow]

If you are running eight instances, the number of cores is probably the least likely issue, where the amount of RAM that you have is probably your biggest obstacle. Your system is probably paging out memory, causing your glitches.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

• This post was modified 6 years ago by Bear-Faced Cow.

[Bear-Faced Cow]

Perhaps a “copy and paste” tool for velocity curves might make it easier.

You can save your velocity curves as user presets and recall them. It’s in the drop down on the velocity curve panel.

SD3 has far greater headroom than BFD. That was one of my main beefs with BFD.

Jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

• This post was modified 6 years ago by Bear-Faced Cow.

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[Bear-Faced Cow]

Considering that I’m just as much out of the house as I am in, the cloud is a very useful tool for me. Being able to go between computers is almost a necessity for me.

As for a Toontrack cloud solution, we already have enough general cloud solutions available. They should just provide the ability to hook in without the need for geeks like me posting tech.

What is really needed are more online collaboration networks, but that’s more of a DAW issue. Logic used to have one until it was acquired by Apple.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

[Bear-Faced Cow]

I believe all of your favourites are in that directory. I could be wrong, however, but I know the presets are.

All I can say is if you hate cloud drives, then you’re probably not using them to your advantage.

Between my computers, phone and tablet, the data I need is always accessible to me. I’m often playing with SD3 with my laptop when I am either on a plane or out of the house doing something. Once I hook up to the cloud, my presets and projects are shared with my main music computer ready for me to flesh them out.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

• This post was modified 6 years ago by Bear-Faced Cow.

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