[Fraser Stewart]

Thanks, Torbjörn!

Here’s another tune I recently finished. Hope you enjoy:

https://conceptcarmusic.bandcamp.com/track/creamy

[Fraser Stewart]

Hahaha, it’s very much inspired by all that stuff, so I’m glad it came across 🙂

I’ve got more tunes ready to record, so I’ll post them up as and when I get them finished. Many thanks again!

[Fraser Stewart]

Thanks very much Henrik!

[Fraser Stewart]

Thanks a lot, Scott!

Although it’s unfortunate I can’t use that particular preset in the way I had hoped, I’m still thoroughly impressed with what I’ve experienced so far with SD3 and didn’t mean to sound too dismissive. I’ll just have to adopt a different approach and learn more on how to mix drums in general in order to get the sounds I’m after. Many thanks again!

[Fraser Stewart]

Thanks Mark!

I’ve subsequently discovered that Logic does indeed have it’s own freeze function, which will no doubt come in handy during the mixing process and will negate my concerns regarding my computer’s CPU.

I was hoping by having each individual element of the kit represented as it’s own audio file in Logic the effects present during playback in SD3 would also be included in the bounce, but perhaps that’s not possible and I’ll have no choice but to just settle for keeping SD3 open as a plugin and bounce it as a single stereo file once I’ve finished mixing the entire Logic project. Have to say it’s a bit disappointing if that happens to be the case as I would have hoped SD3 was more versatile than that, but I like to think I can still make it work to my advantage.

Many thanks again for offering some insight!

[Fraser Stewart]

Can anyone help me out?

I’ve been trying my best to understand and implement what’s being advised to others with similar issues on this forum, but I’m having no success and getting increasingly frustrated trying to accomplish something that’s relatively simplistic in principle. I can appreciate it’s perhaps tedious explaining such things in laymen’s terms, but the upside is once the solution to this particular problem has been illustrated anyone in the future experiencing the same issues will have a definitive point of reference available to them. As always, I offer up my sincerest gratitude to anyone who is willing to assist!

[Fraser Stewart]

I should probably add that I’m aware the ‘Slow Heavy Preset’ in SD3’s mixer window shows the 12 mics on the kit plus the two additional user mics (‘x-kick in’ and ‘x-snare top’) are all routed into 8 separate busses (‘Kick’, ‘Snare’, ‘Hi-Hat’, ‘Toms’, ‘OH’, ‘Ambience’, ‘Comp’ and finally ‘Reverb’). I understand it’s these busses with all their individual instances of effects that give the preset it’s ‘colour’ and that’s essentially the thing I’d like to transfer across to Logic. Therefore, am I correct in thinking if I open up a software track in Logic with SD3 enabled and create additional Aux channels, I can route the effect ladened busses in the SD3 mixer to these newly created Aux channels? I’m assuming that will allow me to achieve what I’m looking to do. However, I noticed the main out on the SD3 mixer has it’s own 3 separate instances of EQ along with a classic compressor and tape machine, all of which obviously have a significant impact on the overall sound, but SD3 doesn’t give me the option to route that particular channel anywhere. Does that mean I would have to create a bus within Logic, send the aforementioned Aux channels to that and then try to emulate the EQ setups along with utilising Logic’s own compression and tape machine effects to match what’s on the SD3 mixer main out?

Hope what I’m saying makes sense, but I’m very much lost here and in need of some guidance. Thanks in advance!

[Fraser Stewart]

Thanks John!

I’m getting an ‘Access denied – you do not have permission to view this page’ message whenever I click on the 2nd and 3rd links you sent, which is unfortunate as both sound as though they would be of use to me. Any idea if there’s a way around that?

[Fraser Stewart]

Thanks for replying, Matthew!

Can you explain in more detail how I would go about doing this? When I look at the mixer window for the ‘Slow Heavy Pearl’ preset I’m using, it states there are 12 mics for the individual elements of the kit (most of which have instances of EQ), 2 additional user mics, 8 buses with numerous instances of effects on both the buses themselves and the ‘bus sends’, and finally 3 separate instances of EQ along with a classic compressor and tape machine on the main out. I understand in order to retain the effects during playback in Logic I can create additional buses in SD3, send the 8 buses I mentioned earlier to those new buses and then in turn route those to Logic, but SD3 doesn’t give me to option to route the main out with all it’s effects, which obviously has a significant impact upon the overall sound.

The only ‘solution’ I’ve found so far is to highlight the entire arrangement I’ve made using SD3’s grid editor and drag it into Logic. From there I can convert that MIDI file into audio, but of course this means all I’m left with is a single stereo track for the drums and that’s not much use if/when I wish to change any of the individual elements later on during the mixing process. Ultimately, I’d like to have the kick, snare, etc listed as individual audio tracks in Logic much like a real drum kit, but with all the preset effects I hear during playback in SD3.

Again, I’m frightfully new to all this and I do apologise for asking stuff that is no doubt very simple and straight forward to those who are familiar with this kind of thing, but speaking as a inexperienced user, it appears to be highly convoluted and somewhat counter-intuitive for SD3 to allow the user to create drum arrangements using it’s built in presets and grid editor if all this gets thrown into disarray when it comes to routing it all into a DAW. I’m finding it all horrendously confusing and frustrating, so any help is extremely welcome!! Cheers.

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