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[drumjack52]

Take it from a Death and Darkness owner – get it. It’s more versatile than one would think. And don’t get hung up on the presets that come with it – that will be your stepping stone to all kinds of usage for it.

Jack
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Area 33 1.0.0
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PT 2021.6
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[drumjack52]

YodasDad wrote:

I’ll add to what Brad and Jack said and add, don’t get a 1 TB drive!!!! I’m already look at the SDXs on sale this month and realizing I will need a 2 TB drive. Which I do have actually, so I’ll have to shuffle the decks soon….

Reply To: Fields of Rock Sub-Libraries version: 3.4.3
Operating system: macOS Sequoia (15)

If you can afford it get a 4tb drive. I have a 2 tb and need to get a bigger one. A few things you can never have too much of – money/ram/storage space.

Jack
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[drumjack52]

You probably could but if you’re that short of storage you’re going to run into issues if you want to add another SDX or utility or program. Maybe dedicate a separate drive to store your samples/SDX’s on? While you may not be using certain sections now but what about in the future?

Jack
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PT 2021.6
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[drumjack52]

What I think would help here is for mintberrycrunch to share via video how he’s able to get such ‘fantastic’ results using Reaper. But that’s not going to happen. He makes claims without any proof that us mere mortals can’t see unless we go to see one of his sessions. And for the majority of us that ain’t happening. Extraordinary claims demand extradordinary evidence.

Jack
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PT 2021.6
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[drumjack52]

MintberryCrunch wrote:

drumjack52 wrote:

Do you have a video example of this somewheres you can share?

No video but I’ll present it again at my exhibitions (like drum-tec events) and workshops.

Thanks but that doesn’t much help us here who can’t get to your workshops.

Jack
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MintberryCrunch wrote:

Reaper can function as a live host. I presented it at my exhibition at drum-tec’s: It was so much fun to switch the SD3 preset (and entire DAW project state) from one sixteenth note to the next and have additional visual feedback on the screen (showing which kit is currently active) 🙂

The crucial difference and advantage when using Reaper instead of a regular live host: you’ll still have the track arranger! …and Reaper is a super inexpensive host and most powerful for VST e-drumming. 🙂

…And with fast SSD performance, you can even do without preloading all kits into RAM: Link 🙂

Do you have a video example of this somewheres you can share?

Jack
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PT 2021.6
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Tom wrote:

I load all 8 presets into memory, think it uses about 40GB of RAM or so, each kit with no layer limits. I was lucky to have bought 96GB of RAM back when it was much cheaper than now. Tho I guess for Macs you can’t upgrade RAM.

• This post was modified 1 week, 1 day ago by Tom.

Thanks for the explanation. It’s the last couple of generations of Macs and memory that you can’t upgrade ram – you’re stuck with what you get in that machine. That’s why I run an ancient MacPro desktop aka Cheesegrater. 48 gig of aftermarket ram. If I had a dual cpu machine I could double that and then some. Supposedly with the current generation Macs there’s a serious performance jump and Apple says you don’t need a lot of ram – ain’t buying that.

Jack
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PT 2021.6
OSX 10.13.6
3.46 GHz hex core 2012 MacPro 48 gig ram

[drumjack52]

Tom: Do you load all 8 to memory? Or just the bare minimum that SD3 gives you? I have several kits that go well over 13 gig each when fully loaded to ram.

Jack
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Superior Drummer 3.4.1
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PT 2021.6
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[drumjack52]

Tom wrote:

I use Cantabile as a VST host and have my gig drum presets preloaded so that I can switch between them live with no delay. I have forward/back preset hot keys marked on my laptop keyboard so I can see and hit them quick and easy, but you could also use midi.

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So do you have multiple instances of SD3 in Cantabile? Sadly it looks like it’s Windows only and I’m on a Mac. I could use Blue Cat Patchwork as a host but I’d still have to have multiple instances of SD3 loaded up and I ain’t got infinite ram.

Jack
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PT 2021.6
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[drumjack52]

What do you mean by ‘profile’? Preset? Not in SD3 if you’re talking standalone. Maybe in a daw using the daw’s automation.

Jack
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[drumjack52]

Whatever. Been on this third rock from the sun for 74+ years and more than two thirds have been in some form of computer work. Punch cards – been there/done that. Been involved in the personal computer racket before the two Steves did the Apple 1. I kinda know how things can go south. And it’s not always obvious. That you have multiple volumes with the same supposed problem makes me think there’s something hinky going on with your system elsewise other people would have the same issue. It could be a combination of things on your system causing your problem.

What you need is a House MD to look at the issue.

Reading your screed still makes me think something corrupted your system and not necessarily from TT. I never trust anything Apple provided that’s why I will not ever use Time Machine even though it’s free. I’ll make my backup using third party software thank you very much. The last time I trusted anything from Apple one of my systems got hosed by one of their security updates. Once bitten/twice shy.

Jack
aka musicman691 on other forums
Superior Drummer 3.4.1
Area 33 1.0.0
Death and Darkness 1.0.1
PT 2021.6
OSX 10.13.6
3.46 GHz hex core 2012 MacPro 48 gig ram

• This post was modified 1 week, 3 days ago by drumjack52.

[drumjack52]

TT does what it does to protect against piracy. And it’s actually easier on their servers and maintenance the way they’re doing things. It is wise that when you do download anything that you save the files off to a separate hard drive. That way you have them for if/when you have to reinstall things and you don’t have to spend time re-downloading things. I have a separate spinner that has every download I’ve ever done and that drive gets disconnected & powered down when not needed. Don’t rely on Time Machine. I use Carbon Copy Cloner to make backups.

What is more worrisome is that you have a supposedly corrupt file. You may well have other corrupt ones and not just TT software but other stuff on your system. Maybe you have a failing drive or maybe something got into your system. That you’re having other issues I’d seriously step back and take a look at the health of your system. You can’t just willy-nilly delete files and not expect to not have issues.

Jack
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Area 33 1.0.0
Death and Darkness 1.0.1
PT 2021.6
OSX 10.13.6
3.46 GHz hex core 2012 MacPro 48 gig ram

[drumjack52]

I was going to write something snarky about reading the manual so I downloaded it and the only thing about making a digital connection to a computer so you could use the module and pads to trigger sounds on the computer is a picture of the back of the module and shows the 5 pin MIDI I/O connections and that’s it. No procedure or diagram about how to do what you want. Like Mark said you need to connect the MIDI out of the module to the input of a MIDI interface connected to your computer. Some audio interfaces have a MIDI connector you can use. Being you’re on a Mac you can make the settings in either audio/MIDI setup directly in MacOS or via a menu selection in SD3 which will bring up that MacOS utility. Don’t forget to select the Mimic preset in SD3’s edrum/MIDI menu.

It seems myopic of Pearl to assume that their sounds are so awesome that you’ll never need to use other sounds on a computer.

Jack
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PT 2021.6
OSX 10.13.6
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[drumjack52]

Anton Utz wrote:

I have SUPERIOR Drummer 3.3.7  is that the same?(Moving the Library-and then he asks?)

Reply To: Can I use another Disk in my Win7 Pc to buy new SDX(Disk”c” no more space) version: 3.3.7
Operating system: Windows 7

What version you have a Superior Drummer doesn’t affect what you can or can’t do with moving the EZX’s. Two separate programs.

Jack
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Area 33 1.0.0
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PT 2021.6
OSX 10.13.6
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[drumjack52]

This is at least the third thread I’ve seen here involving Tahoe. See these:

https://www.toontrack.com/forums/topic/3-4-3-is-very-sluggish/

https://www.toontrack.com/forums/topic/logic-pro-sd3-menus-auto-selecting-unless-mouse-button-is-held-down/

Jack
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PT 2021.6
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