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I figured it out!  I like to tell people that I’m 90% doofus 100% of the time.

I thought I got the right driver but I didn’t.  I had to uninstall the wrong driver (for the Mac update before 11) and then install the driver for 11/12.  After that, it seemed to not work but I had to “insert a virtual instrument as a new track” kind of thing and that worked immediately.

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Ruud Olsson wrote:

Did you set your TD-17 USB-mode to “Vendor”? Setup > USB. If “Generic” is selected, it will not work. Turn the dial to select “Vendor”. Then restart the module. It should work now.

Reply To: Audio/MIDI Setup not in settings. Where do I find it? version: 3.3.2
Operating system: macOS Big Sur (11)

Yep.  Driver mode is set to VENDOR.

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drumjack52 wrote:

If you’re talking about OSX’s audio/MIDI setup you can find it in

Applications/Utilities/Audio MIDI setup

Reply To: Audio/MIDI Setup not in settings. Where do I find it? version: 3.3.2
Operating system: macOS High Sierra (10.13)

I was talking about within Superior Drummer Standalone or when I put it into my DAW.  When I’m looking at the Superior Drummer program, I click Settings, the option for “AUDIO/MIDI SETUP” isn’t an option.  If I open the Superior Drummer standalone program, it has the AUDIO/MIDI SETUP but says there is no MIDI device detected.  I have the updated driver for Monterey but it still isn’t showing up.

My Mac only has USB-C plugins but I’m using a USB hub to run the USB-B to the USB-C hub.  No luck.

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My man!  That was the trick!  Thank you.

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Thanked by: Henrik Ekblom

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Olof Westman wrote:

To some extent this can be done by various methods using effects in the mixer. However, I will describe how to do it using the Envelope. This still involves effects in the mixer.

-Select your tom.

-Expand and enable the “Envelope and Offset” box.

-Enable the fading part by dialing in a “Release” time just below 2 seconds.

-Dial in a “Curve Slope” value that damps the tom to your taste. Perhaps around 0.4 seconds.

This is all you have to do if you aren’t interested in the reverberating sound of the room – but, if you are, you will have noticed that the envelope fade has also removed that. The ambience sound of the tom needs special individual treatment and for that you need to create its own ambience mic.

-Right-click on the tom and select More>Route Instrument Microphones.

-For the room mic you use, perhaps “Amb Ribbon”, click on the blue menu on the right hand side and select “Create New Channel”.

-Go to the Mixer and select your new channel and make sure that its “Properties” are displayed to the right.

-At the bottom, slide the “Level Envelope Releases” to the right and you will hear the room comming back.

You may be happy with this result but this also brings back the unwanted ring of the tom in that mic.

-Add an EQ to your new room mic.

-Identify and suppress the 2 – 3 major resonance frequencies of the tom, probably using high Q peaks with negative gain.

Now you have everything set up. What remains is to fine tune the Envelope and “Level Envelope Releases” values.

This worked!  I just found this earlier when tinkering around and reading this made my evening!

Thank you.

I’m trying to build a drumkit for my friend I want to feature.  He wants a dry crash that is kind of thin, a washy and clear ride, and dw collector kit.  So, it’s about to happen.

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PietjePuk100 wrote:

I looked at my progressive foundry but couldn’t find the preset you mentioned (Rock Brass, right?). Anyways, I’m far from an expert but using the EQ to get this addressed in the first place would be my way to do it.

You said you had a transient in place. Have you tried to reduce the sustain with that a bit more?

I took the transient out and put another EQ on and cut at that 70 range.  I’m almost wondering if a multiband compressor would do this better.  I have never used one though

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Well, I looked again and noticed that on the mixer in SD3, around 70 or so, there was a massive peak that just lingered.  I put a notch there with a fairly narrow Q to keep the rumble down.  It seems to help, but I am sure there is a better way.

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PietjePuk100 wrote:

Not sure if the envelope is gonna solve your challenge. It’s just gonna kill off the sound sooner if you lower the number of ms.

Have you tried to put an eq on it and get rid of the frequencies that cause the ringing?

Btw, which tom are you talking about and are you using it in a preset or is it a vanilla mixer setting?

I wasn’t sure if the envelope would either 🙁  I was reading around places and they were talking about the envelop.

It’s the 14×16 DW Maple Collector’s Edition.  I have a transient exciter, eq, and something else on there.  It was the Rock Brass preset that I liked.  I then swapped out drum pieces for ones I liked the sound of more for this album.

I tried adding the preset into this reply but it wouldn’t let me 🙁

I am not sure where the ringing occurs frequency wise.

Thank you for your help.

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