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I love the 70’s feel of the song. It almost has a Ramones type of feel to me. As I stated in a previous thread, if you don’t wish to read further, I’m okay with that.

I would pull the vocals back to sit in the mix and pull back the doubling so that it’s reinforcing the main vocals. In some parts, such as the verses, I would take the doubling out completely in order to allow certain parts of the song to make a point. I would also play a bit with the drum mix to add a bit more energy to the song, but not too much to overpower it. I would also take a bit of lo to lo-mids out of the guitar (they don’t need a lot of woof, and they sometimes can take away from the other instruments).

And as I also stated, don’t let what I said be a detraction. I liked what I heard so far.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

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Overall the track is excellent, so if you don’t want to read any further, I’m okay with that.

What I would probably would have done was bring the drums and vocals just a bit more forward as the guitars cut through very well. I might have also cut back the reverb/echo on the vocals in parts of the song as the song itself feels like it wants to be in your face but the vocals are holding it back. I’m also not perceiving the bass guitar, which would add a bit of meat to the bottom (I would use the Bob Marlotte trick of separating the low from the mids in the bass guitar) and help to bring out the drums overall.

Don’t let what I said sound like a detraction.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

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Derek Haymore wrote:

So… I just got the Death Metal EZX & so...

So… I just got the Death Metal EZX & so far I’m loving it! Here’s a quick little test demo I did this morning. I’m using the Mark Lewis Metallic Black Kit. Guitars are just DI using Ignite Emissary & NadIR. What do you guys think? I think the Death Metal EZX is the best sounding EZX so far. Bravo Toontrack!

 

https://soundcloud.com/user-892506283/new-demo-mixed

 

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So… I just got the Death Metal EZX & so far I’m loving it! Here’s a quick little test demo I did this morning. I’m using the Mark Lewis Metallic Black Kit. Guitars are just DI using Ignite Emissary & NadIR. What do you guys think? I think the Death Metal EZX is the best sounding EZX so far. Bravo Toontrack!

 

https://soundcloud.com/user-892506283/new-demo-mixed

 

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Track is excellent. As far as the drums go, it’s more of how well the library sits in your song than anything else. I would agree that the both the EZX and preset used go well with your song. On critique I have is that I don’t know if you did any bass guitar because I didn’t really pick any up on any of my speakers. That’s all I would want to hear just a bit more to complement the guitars.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

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These videos might be of assistance. This guy is one of the better finger drummers out there (I’ve based my style on a derivative of his, with the exception that I use a more static hand placement and use the pad groupings to change between hi-hats and ride cymbals).

Hope these help in your decision

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

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It’s possible that you weren’t zoomed in enough for it to display the triplet divisions. Glad it’s working for you now.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

[Bear-Faced Cow]

All standard MIDI pad controllers are class compliant, so they will all work with SD3. What you want is something configurable in order to arrange to pads to suit your playing style. Having different pad groupings is also a plus in order to be able to play different articulations without having to adjust your playing style. My pads of choice is the Maschine Mikro.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

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judahkim wrote:

Thanks!  Just so I have it right and to be clear about my configuration, I’m setting up an instrument in logic and using SD3 on said instrument…then selecting the multi outputs option… then hitting the little plus sign on the track to set up aux tracks in order to add the individual drum parts from SD3…then routing all the parts from SD3 to those aux tracks.   So, in this routing configuration, using the faders on said aux tracks in logic adjusts the GAIN of each drum part( i. e. kick snare etc) ?

Use the faders on the aux tracks to set your levels. You might want to set up a track stack as well to organize any extra bus and aux tracks that you might use with SD3, which will then route everything to a main out in your stack which you can then apply buss processing.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

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All depending on how you have routed the drums into Logic will determine where you should adjust your gain. If you are using a preset and a stereo instrument, it may be best to use Logic’s instrument tracker fader. If you using multiple outs, you can either adjust the faders in SD3’s output channel or on the aux tracks in Logic.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

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Yes it can…

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

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What MIDI notes are you receiving in the MIDI monitor box in SD3 when you hit a pad on your Akai? Do they correspond to any articulation for a kit piece (select a kit piece and open the MIDI Mapping box)?

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

[Bear-Faced Cow]

Did you route your mixer channels in SD3 to separate outputs? If everything is still going to Outputs 1 & 2, then you will only have a single audio source, despite selecting multiple outputs.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

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Latency information is given for audio processing purposes as part of CoreAudio, and may not include all plug-ins, if not properly compensated for, such as in various buss and output channel setups, or may overcompensate for the same reason. Thus one of two things will happen:

1. some of your audio will fall behind enough to sound like you were heavily drinking during the session
2. your visual cues will appear ahead of Logic’s timeline

I’ve witnessed this with more than just SD3 in all of my years of using Logic, even with the improvements to CoreAudio handling in Logic 8 (prior to this, even Logic’s visual cues were not immune to this). Only reason it appears to point the finger to SD3 is because of the presence of a timeline indicator in SD3.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

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I know exactly what you said. I could show you identical arguments against plug-in manufacturers that you probably deem superior. Same outcome.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

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deniz wrote:

I would like to be able to use mono outputs aswell. Then it would just like be mixing real recorded drums in DAW.

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You can do that right now by splitting your stereo outputs in your DAW and saving a template.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

[Bear-Faced Cow]

If the cursor is showing ahead of Logic Pro X, then the problem is most likely to be in your delay compensation settings within logic, to which the setting governed by the presence or absence of latency inducing some plug-ins and is governed buy a present for absence of latency inducing plug-ins  within your aux bus.

It’s not a set-and-forget type of setting. You are best to attach a key command to this so that you can toggle it when tracking and when mixing.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

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