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[Bear-Faced Cow]

If you right-click on your kit piece and select Search for Instrument… you can select a kit piece from any library.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

[Bear-Faced Cow]

Hard to tell without looking at the SD3 project. Post it so we can see.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

[Bear-Faced Cow]

What kind of results do you get if you drag one of the offending MIDI grooves from the Finder (IIRC you’re on a Mac?) into SD3?

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

• This post was modified 6 years, 2 months ago by Bear-Faced Cow.

[Bear-Faced Cow]

He’s asking how you got the grooves into SD3. Maybe there’s something in the GM grooves that aren’t complying with the GM standard which could be causing SD3 to barf.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

• This post was modified 6 years, 2 months ago by Bear-Faced Cow.

[Bear-Faced Cow]

I use a Maschine and Maschine Mikro controller. Although not as straightforward to set up, they have proven very versatile. I’m more preferable to the larger unit as I can switch groups on the fly, allowing me to switch kit pieces without missing a beat (pun intended, perhaps) or feeling like I’m playing a game of Twister on the pads.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

[Bear-Faced Cow]

This depends on what kind of chimes you’re after. As far as Bodhran goes, I’m usually using loops for those types of world instruments. In the context of a song, no one is probably going to point it out.

Aside from the Bodhran not being a part of Orchestral Pack SDX, I’d probably only recommend that pack if you’re serious about using such a pack more often than not.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

[Bear-Faced Cow]

Follow the directions in this thread.

https://www.toontrack.com/forums/topic/cant-install-on-catalina/

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

[Bear-Faced Cow]

Are you using it in a DAW or standalone? Need more details.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

[Bear-Faced Cow]

Looking at Sweetwater’s site, it says the following:

Delivered by download. Our unique partnership with Toontrack delivers your license code within minutes.

By the above, what you’re getting from them is the license code to enter into into the PM and register with Toontrack.  Thus, there wouldn’t be a version discrepancy.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

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[Bear-Faced Cow]

A mono track would be more an indication that it was imported into Logic as mono. However, Logic is smart enough to detect stereo as well as read any metadata attached to the audio.

It is more likely to be a difference in levels, and as stated above, if you haven’t put down any other tracks, you are more than likely bouncing too early.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

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[Bear-Faced Cow]

To start off, you’re probably bouncing too early. I usually wait until I’m ready to mix.

As far as the bounce itself goes, you need to remember that the plug-in audio will operate at 32-bit floating point within the DAW. That’s an exceptional amount of db range when you consider it. When you bounce, you are usually bouncing to 24-bit fixed. That’s a far less range. While you’re pushing your guitars and stuff at probably higher levels, your drum bounce probably isn’t at that level. Make sure that you are listening to the bounce and the plug-in at the same levels. I’m willing the bet that the plug-in sounds better because it sounds louder.

Something I learned from a lot of mix engineers that I had the the good fortune of meeting growing up is that you should not be mixing (and recording) loud. Aside from the fact that you can damage your hearing, your ear is a human audio compressor. Get things right at a low volume and it will sound great at higher volumes. A lot of people make the mistake that the key is to get it loud from the start. The key to recording is to capture a great performance and a great sound.  Also keep in mind that when you are recording your guitars, your guitars will mask certain drum frequencies, thus stealing some of its thunder. This where mixing will come into play. If you are worried about your drums before you record your guitar, your priorities are a bit out of alignment. Get good guitars before worrying about the drum bounce.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

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[Bear-Faced Cow]

Describe “weak”. It could be a classic case of having everything else too loud, but I’d rather not assume this. Are you bouncing the main output?

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

• This post was modified 6 years, 3 months ago by Bear-Faced Cow.

[Bear-Faced Cow]

Try assigning them to a macro and using that instead.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

[Bear-Faced Cow]

BFD3 groove palettes are not MIDI. The only way to get them into SD3 is to drag the grooves from BFD into SD3, or export a track from BFD and load it into SD3. Either way, they would be saved as user grooves. As to whether they would be searchable, one of the Toontrack officials would have to weigh in. You would also need to make sure that you are using a standard BFD3 key map, so that SD3 will recognize it via MIDI/eDrum settings.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

• This post was modified 6 years, 3 months ago by Bear-Faced Cow.

[Bear-Faced Cow]

There are a few directions you can go. I got some neat variations using Metal Foundry using a Sonor Tomas Hakke kit and Pearl Free Floating Brass Snare as well as Metal Machinery using a Tama/Ludwig mix for the kit and the Tama Bell Brass for the snare. Again for both, the kick needed to be stacked, which I used either the “Kick of Death” or “Grunt Kick” with a short decay to shape the transients (plus also comes through on smaller speakers in a mix). I also shaped the snare for little more “bonk” out of it.

It was actually a fun challenge for me. As to how close they are to Danny Carey’s sound, who knows? Someone might think they’re close and others may think they’re as far as the east from the west. One thing’s for sure and that’s it’s inspiring me to fire up a couple of grooves and break out my guitar and chug along to them… might even feel a song coming on.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

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