[List UserGuy]

I have the black metal expansion pack that does seem somewhat less polished, fwiw.  But I’m with you.

[List UserGuy]

Hi.  I lurk these questions just because I’ve run into so many of them myself.

SD3 is extremely unintuitive, imho.

Just as a stopgap… could you insert some BS hits up until the song starts?

Like just drag in some random grooves that play until the real drums start? (Maybe even edit them to just be a kick or something to make it easier to identify later.)

Then export and nuke those BS bits in your DAW?

I’m hoping someone chimes in with a better answer.

[List UserGuy]

I’m amazed that this question hasn’t been asked more and/or answered by the team.

Are double kick users just SOL here?

Seems odd.

[List UserGuy]

Where is this hit variation box?

[List UserGuy]

mbunkin, my music theory is pretty rough but i generally can figure stuff out like this with a little trial and error.  Truth be told, I’ve run into the same issue you’re running into regarding syncopated beats.  You just have to get creative as to where you are feeling the “1”.

In terms of the youtube video you posted, if I were going to recreate this beat/feel, I’d probably just do so with time signatures.

The first measure is a measure of 3/4 and then it goes into standard 4/4 (i think, anyway).  You could probably make a measure of 7/4 too, I suppose.

Any time you have an odd time mixed with the even time (of, say 4/4), you can get this syncopated effect/feel where the accented beat seems to be reversed.  Personally, I love that kind of thing!

My apologies if this isn’t that helpful.  I only chimed in because I’ve wanted to do the same thing and the only way to do it is with math, unfortunately.

“Feel” is weird and it’s hard to give it a name.  I think that’s because the “name” actually comes from math/theory which, generally, isn’t that much fun to think about when coming up with every freaking part of a song.  Especially if we’re used to relying on drummers to do that.  That’s my sob-story anyway.  Good luck!

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