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[George Bellas]

@Henrik said:
If you have groove on the song track, and right click > “Paste > Hi-hat” for example, the hi-hat will be added (and replace the old hi-hat from that groove). 

This totally works! Thanks again Henrik, your suggestions are greatly appreciated.

Still missing though is the ability to audition individual kit pieces within the Grooves browser (as it was in SD2).

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[George Bellas]

Thanks for the info, Henrik. While that ability is not so obvious, I’m glad to see the option there.

However, when trying to ‘stack’ various kit pieces by selectively pasting (as in your much appreciated suggestion), the previously pasted kit piece gets replaced instead of being added to the existing MIDI. I also tried pasting each kit piece into its own separate Song Track, but the tracks do not play simultaneously. As of now, I am not able to take the hats from one groove and combine them with the kick and/or snare from another groove in the Song Track. And that ‘layering’ ability (available in SD2) is what the original poster was referring to.

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[George Bellas]

@Henrik – You just made my day! THANK YOU SO MUCH!

Until the updates roll out I’ll have a trigger finger on the Toontrack Product Manager.

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Mac Pro - Mac OS - Logic Pro - Superior Drummer

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[George Bellas]

@Henrik – In Superior Drummer 2, I believe he is referring to combining (layering) kit pieces from various MIDI Grooves to create a custom performance. For example, taking the HiHats from one groove, the kick from another, and the snare from another, which together create a one-of-a-kind performance.

Having that ability allows the user to create a seemingly unlimited number of grooves built from the individual kit pieces available in the Grooves panel.

I too would love to have this feature in Superior Drummer 3. Hopefully some of the previous code base can be used to make it somewhat less tedious to reimplement.

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Mac Pro - Mac OS - Logic Pro - Superior Drummer

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[George Bellas]

Glad to hear that, Henrik. I know Toontrack’s got their ears on and are listening:) I really appreciate it!

Regarding 8 – Only four time signature denominators are available in the menu Track > Edit Time Signature function (see attached screenshot).

Regarding 1 – Having the names of the MIDI grooves/fills from the Grooves panel be reflected on the MIDI regions used in a DAW would be extremely helpful. As of now, all DAW placed MIDI regions are named “MIDI Region” which makes it impossible to know what MIDI has been used.

As a workaround, it was suggested to place the MIDI temporarily in the Song Track and use the “Find In Browser” function to check what MIDI has been used, but with a lot of fills this becomes overly difficult too, because after using the “Find In Browser” function for 20-30 fills or so, it’s next to impossible to remember all the previous MIDI that was just checked. In Superior 2 the name of the DAW placed MIDI was named according to the MIDI found in the grooves panel.

I will wait patiently and look forward to the updates.

Thank you!

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Mac Pro - Mac OS - Logic Pro - Superior Drummer

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[George Bellas]

That’s just an indication that those kit pieces are not part of the currently loaded kit. It does not mean an incomplete installation.

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[George Bellas]

It was stated in another thread that the reason Toontrack opted for an online manual is so that it may be updated and avoid outdated manuals that users would otherwise have on their drives.

Further details and tips would be a welcome addition to the existing manual.

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Mac Pro - Mac OS - Logic Pro - Superior Drummer

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[George Bellas]

I noticed that too and just assumed they didnt include those presets in the final release for some reason or another.

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Mac Pro - Mac OS - Logic Pro - Superior Drummer

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[George Bellas]

@Scott said:
Well, I’m not a programmer so I don’t know how easy or hard it is to make the size adjustable. But, Toontrack listens to its customers and have taken notes on all suggestions. It may not seem like they are listening but they are.
  

Being under a NDA sure can be brutal when the natives are restless! 😉

The scalable interface and detachable panes are a godsend. Hats off to all those who are now having eye twitches from sifting through thousands upon thousands of lines of code. Thank you so much for all your passionate work, it goes greatly appreciated!

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Mac Pro - Mac OS - Logic Pro - Superior Drummer

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[George Bellas]

“This is because the panel of MIDI notes DOES NOT SCROLL while dragging an item.”

That would indeed be a helpful feature and one that I expected when changing key assignments by dragging.

Entering the keyboard notes manually or by using the ‘Learn’ function is faster when reassigning to a key that is not in the current keyboard view.

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Mac Pro - Mac OS - Logic Pro - Superior Drummer

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[George Bellas]

I appreciate those tips. Thanks Henrik!

A Superior Drummer 3 consolidated Tips sticky would be really helpful to have.

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Mac Pro - Mac OS - Logic Pro - Superior Drummer

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[George Bellas]

Confirmed here too.

ISSUE
The menu command: “Show In Browser” isn’t selectable with used MIDI regions within the SD3 Song Track after reopening a project.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Add a MIDI part from the Grooves panel to the Superior Drummer 3 Song Track.
2. Save and close DAW project.
3. Reopen project.
4. Select a MIDI region in Superior Drummer 3’s Song Track and choose the menu item: Block/Find/Show In Browser

RESULT
The menu command “Show In Browser” is no longer selectable after reopening the project.

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Mac Pro - Mac OS - Logic Pro - Superior Drummer

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[George Bellas]

@CHRIS said:
… can SD3 access the MIDI drum patterns from SD2, EZDrummer1, and the EXZ’s?  

Yes. All previously installed MIDI Grooves are available within the Superior Drummer 3 Grooves tab.

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Mac Pro - Mac OS - Logic Pro - Superior Drummer

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[George Bellas]

@Dan Perfect said:
I never remember, I have too many Midi packs…. they aren’t named according to pack.

It would indeed be very helpful to have the MIDI parts we’ve used to be named after the MIDI files in the Grooves tab.

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Mac Pro - Mac OS - Logic Pro - Superior Drummer

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[George Bellas]

I don’t see that feature anymore either.

Toontrack removed some pro level features that were extremely useful for total creative freedom. While the drum sounds are killer, as are the mixer features, they unfortunately removed some powerful features for writing with total creative freedom.

I’m coming from Superior Drummer 2, and this new version honestly feels like it should be called EZ Drummer Pro.

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Mac Pro - Mac OS - Logic Pro - Superior Drummer

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