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[Bear-Faced Cow]

Yeah, I can compare any of the SD3 plug-ins, to any of the others because like I have said, I have gotten great sounds out of them. I have many plug-ins outside them and they great in their own right, and I can tell you first hand that SD3’s effects stand up to them. The proof is in the mix. Nothing more. If you cannot use them, that in no way means that the plug-ins are crap.

All you have really done was use subjective opinions regarding both SD3’s plug-ins and others, but have not pinpointed anything that makes either good or bad for a mix. That’s not mixing. Do you know why it made your mix sound good? Even more so, do you know why a “killer drum mix” can kill the rest of a mix, simply by adding these plug-ins that you are favouring? Or are you simply sprinkling them on your mix like magic fairy dust and proving my point: if you are relying on the plug-ins themselves for a good sound, then it’s nothing more than turd polishing. Some of the best drum mixes have been done with 1176’s  by itself.

I’ve mixed far too long for anyone to tell me it’s all in the plug-ins. Real mixing is in the ear and not the gear!

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

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[Bear-Faced Cow]

Now you know… 😉

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

[Bear-Faced Cow]

I think it would be better.. to see.. all SDX at the start.. then the name of the library

No… it wouldn’t. It would cause eye leading away from the actual name as it is doing in @John’s post above. This is already a huge source of frustration when picking out a groove, and a hit to productivity. Last thing I want is that when selecting a drum library.

I think we’re all intelligent enough to know which library is an SDX and which is not.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

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[Bear-Faced Cow]

Then I guess by your theory, another set of brushes would have saved this painting.

Sorry, but  the plug-ins within SD3 don’t sound cheap or bad by any stretch. I’ve gotten many excellent drum mixes out of them. Any set of plug-ins can sound bad when they’re misapplied (I’ve heard many bad mixes using UAD plug-ins), but believing a certain set of plug-ins in and of itself will make SD3 better is not mixing, but more turd polishing.

Not to mention that there are already plenty of ways that SD3 can be used with external plug-ins if desired and is a far better off doing that in a DAW than within a plug-in space due to various software architectural and stability reasons.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

[Bear-Faced Cow]

The Avatar stacks in C&V are mainly used as the ambience replacement trick, more due to the dryness of 2KHz Studios. You’d probably get similar results replacing the stacks with one of the SD3 kit pieces and using the same ambience replacement trick.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

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[Bear-Faced Cow]

EZMix Is good for those quick settings, but it might be best to go with your ear on this one. Hi pass the guitar a bit. You don’t need all of that woof  in it. Also might not hurt to bring out a bit of mid range it might also help to separate the bass guitar in order to bring out the attack.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

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[Bear-Faced Cow]

All I could hear really is drums and that sampled voice over top (which sounded annoyingly out of place, distracting my ear). Both overpowering the song. Everything else just sounded too muddy on all my speakers, and couldn’t really be distinguished. Guitar and bass need to be separated with some EQ and perhaps dial back a bit of the distortion.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

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[Bear-Faced Cow]

Nudge is available in the Grid Editor as well as the Tracker. The value in the grid editor can be adjusted by either hovering over the value and click-drag up or down. The tracker also adjusts by time.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

[Bear-Faced Cow]

Check to see that they aren’t hidden in the mixer tab. Once visible, click on one of the channels in the mixer tab and either enable the bleed o for all instruments or just the ones you want to hear.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

[Bear-Faced Cow]

I probably didn’t state myself clear enough. In Logic, latency will be apparently noticed when recording audio. When recording MIDI on an instrument track, Logic goes into live mode and latency won’t be apparent. It isn’t necessary to attempt to monitor through standalone.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

[Bear-Faced Cow]

You would assign a cc number to a macro within SD3. You can do this by right-clicking the macro and either binding it to a cc or selecting MIDI learn. Most DAWs also have automation lanes, allowing you to either manipulate the control by mouse or drawing in the automation directly.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

[Bear-Faced Cow]

If there is  no indication of audio on the track, check to see if MIDI is coming in to SD3 via MIDI monitor in SD3. Also check to see that either the track is selected or the record or monitoring indicators are on in the track.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

[Bear-Faced Cow]

To start, check the track inspector in Logic to see what MIDI channel your software instrument track is listening to. If it’s not set for All (unless you have a bank of controllers, All will suffice), I’d start there.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

[Bear-Faced Cow]

When I am recording audio, I am monitoring it through the Apollo, rather than using software monitoring within Logic. The Apollo provides near zero latency, with some other added benefits. this is what allows me to keep my core audio buffers at 1024. Less strain on the CPU.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

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[Bear-Faced Cow]

Latency is definitely considerable at 1024. However, I’m not overly concerned since I use the audio monitoring of my UAD Apollo.

Crackling at 64 in Logic is more likely as the It has to work harder with a shorter buffer between its own audio processing and processing plug-Ins.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

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