[dgwade1dgwade]

Let me see if I understand this correctly:

From SD3 Stand Alone you’ve exported drums as a .WAV audio file.

From inside ProTools you’ve imported the audio file;

–> this typically makes a new track and plants the new audio at the beginning of the session, eg @ 1|0|000.

Now you haven’t told us where your music inside PT starts.

If it’s not starting at 1, (I often start at 9, eight bars in), then you must drag the Drum track to the right until it aligns properly.

Set PT Edit Mode to “Grid” and line it up.  If for some reason the grid doesn’t align, switch to Slip and line it by ear.

There’s a big assumption, that the Tempo in both SD3 and PT is exactly the same and doesn’t vary.

If it’s not, either go back and redo the drum file or stretch the audio file in PT to fit.

My $.02 worth

Better way to do it:

Save your file in SD3, give it the same name as your tune, save as an SD3 file (not audio).

Inside PT, create an instrument track.

Add SD3 as an insert; open the SD3 insert, and load your SD3 drum file; it will show under “Open Recent”.

Choose “Follow Host” at the bottom.

That should solve any tempo problems,

you may have to drag your drum segments inside the SD3 insert to line up with the music start, that’s easy.

Reply To: Getting drums to line up correctly in Pro Tools 12 version: 3.3.6
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• This post was modified 1 year, 1 month ago by dgwade1dgwade.

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