[joe erkman]

Got it worked out by lenghtening the grid! 🙂

[joe erkman]

Thank You Drumjack52, Worked perfectly and appreciate  extra advice. I reset my ins and outs on the computer and my Apollo and followed your instructions. I’m sure it was one little thing I was missing but your help made a big difference. Thanks again, joe

[joe erkman]

Thanks for the reply dokrok5150. Yeah, it worked with  everything else but saw the thread with connection issues so I thought I’d reach out to the forum. Thanks again, joe

[joe erkman]

WOW! Thanks Scott for that quick response.   I was installing a new midi controller last night and must have bumped that.
Again thanks for the assist!   joe

[joe erkman]

Got it workin’….. bought an M-Audio OPro 61 :)))

[joe erkman]

Hi Brad, Sat down with my new SDD 2TB hard drive and successfully loaded Rooms Of Hansa, Orchestral Percussion and Decades. It was quite easy as a direct install to the HD.  I may move some from my computer HD but for now they give me something to use while I’m traveling.  I can just leave the externals home until needed.  I will save this page for when the time comes.:)   Thanks again for all the help and advice.   joe

[joe erkman]

Hey DD and Brad, Thanks for the advice and information.  Have a 2TB SSD on hand and going to give it a shot this weekend. 10 more days and I’ll be adding EZBass as well. 🙂  Stay safe and thanks again, joe

[joe erkman]

Thanks for the response Brad and Drums Dude.   I’m not a computer guy and in buying SD3 with the libraries on a SSD, I ordered the package one evening and the next day the SSD arrived and I was up and running. So my thought of  purchasing the SSD loaded libraries  from Toontracks is for the ease of the process due to my lack of computer knowledge. Quick n easy for me. I have searched the forums and there are those who tried to set up libraries on externals and had issues .

If you have a step by step process I can follow to get these on a SSD, I think the time has come to up my computer skills.

Any direction and advice would be much appreciated,  joe

[joe erkman]

Hi Henrik, With no external sources at all plugged into my Mac pro, I can start the SD3 program, select a kit and then select a groove and it will play. I can do this endlessly with no problem. I can choose different kits and different grooves listening to the sound through the Mac speakers. Once I plug anything, whether it be a headphone jack or mini plug to a set of speakers, the output of any drums are not audible. You can tap instruments with the mouse and visual see the hit but no sound. Along with this any grooves from any location will not playback. When clicking the selected groove start icon, the moving bar dot moves 1/32″ and stops.
No other programs or Apps are running. My SD2 does not do this. (???) joe

[joe erkman]

Hi George, Glad to see your post as I was beginning to believe that I was the only one using the Instrument List Tab in any way.
The other functions I am missing that went with using the Instrument List is the Layer option in the SD2 Player. Using these 2 functions would allow me to find similar Instrument Patterns throughout the entire midi library, and drag them down to form custom instrument performances.
I hope others have used these features enough to warrant seeing them come up in any future firmware updates.

[joe erkman]

Thanks Henrik for your reply and advice.
I am sorry to hear this option in the browser Groove Tab has been eliminated. To be able to SEE the instruments in a groove and click/solo any one of them in real time (let’s say Hi Hat) and then click on another groove and solo that, and continue doing this until you find the hi hat groove you need was a helpful tool to locating/auditioning instrument parts. All this without ever having to do the Copy.Paste,Click,Choose process you described above. Plus this process would have to be done for each Groove
you wanted to solo an instrument in. Another plus of this was the ease of just dragging this chosen groove with the solo’d instrument down to the track.
If possible I would like to add a consideration to future firmware updates an added box to the right in the Groove browser that would show the intstruments in that groove and the ability to solo any combination of those instruments, as found in SD2.
Thanks again for your help and looking forward to digging deeper into this program.

[joe erkman]

Ordered!!! Thanks Toontrack for your help and your continuing outstanding products ! joe

[joe erkman]

My apologies, I never looked at the SD3 complete Software/Core Library page and thought it came as an SSD Drive when purchased. I see it too is a download and the SSD Core Library is an additional add on.
Clears things up completely. Thanks for everyone’s help and time.

[joe erkman]

Morning Olle. Exactly. So as an owner of Superior Drummer 2 wanting to UPGRADE to Superior Drummer 3, anticipating trouble downloading 230GBs of data my only options to get it pre loaded on a SSD Drive are:
Purchase UPGRADE package which includes SD3 License and Core Library as a download ($199.00) and then purchase the additional SSD Core Library $199.00) for a total of $398.00
OR
Purchase the complete program SD3 Software/Core Library for $399.00
Just trying to find if there was another option for those wanting a pre-loaded SSD that are UPGRADING to SD3.

[joe erkman]

Thanks for your reply Ollie. Let me say first I use Sweetwater all the time and find them to be the best in product and customer service. I called them yesterday and the Sales Engineer explained the purchase of an Upgrade from 2.0 to 3.0 to be:
The purchase of the UPGRADE to 3.0 is a complete download that includes the Superior Drummer 3 License and the Complete Core Library. But if I wanted my Core Library on an SSD, I would have to purchase my own SSD , download the file and transfer the file over to the SSD myself. $199.00
The Sales Engineer did say I could purchase the Core Sound Library on SSD if I wanted but it would be an additional $199.00 which is your above sent link. But after purchasing the UPGRADE I would have 2 complete Core Sound Libraries and be up to $399.00
I could purchase the complete program with License and CSL for $399.00
I was hoping there would be an option to UPGRADE from 2.0 to 3.0 that would be the complete SD3 Software and CSL on a pre loaded SSD Drive or purchase a discounted UPGRADE SOFTWARE alone and purchase the Complete Core Library ($199.00) on SSD.
My concern about the massive download comes from my experience with an East/West Symphony String Diamond program that was an exhausting process to download . file and getting it to work correctly. A pre-loaded SSD UPGRADE choice would be a welcome option from a loyal SD2 user. :)))

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