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[John]

Hi,

if you change the MIDI Mapping there, it is changing the actual Toontrack Default note mapping and breaks compatibility with Toontrack MIDI.
The beauty of using MIDI Mapping Presets on the ‘MIDI In/E-drums Settings page, is that it transforms incoming MIDI while leaving the actual factory coded MIDI note mapping intact, keeping compatibility with grooves. If you create a User MIDI In Preset, you can apply it to other Library kits/presets.
Changing MIDI notes in the MIDI Mapping Property Box on the DRUMS page does not give you the possibility to save as a preset.

BR,
John

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[John]

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Hi,

to load articulations that aren’t loaded, you click the small “power” button to the right of the articulation name.
Once loaded, you should be able to map the Instrument and Articulations as you wish. Make sure the ‘Use Preset’ button is on in the ‘MIDI In/E-drum Settings’.

BR,
John

John Rammelt - Toontrack
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Hi,

to load articulations that aren’t loaded, you click the small “power” button to the right of the articulation name.
Once loaded, you should be able to map the Instrument and Articulations as you wish. Make sure the ‘Use Preset’ button is on in the ‘MIDI In/E-drum Settings’.

BR,
John

John Rammelt - Toontrack
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[John]

BR,
John

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[John]

Hi,

sounds like both an annoying and strange problem if this is only after startup and not while running the Project?
If you open the Project, bring up the plug-in interface and hit Play, does it go away or is it still crackling?
I suspect there is some setting in Reaper causing this on your system but I am not that experienced with Reaper, I just know that I haven’t experienced this myself.
I attach some screen shots from my Settings which I *think* may potentially have something to do with this and maybe it will help at least rule out things?

John Rammelt - Toontrack
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[John]

I think the Preference Jord is referring to is this Project Setting:

‘Only load plug-ins needed for project playback’

BR,
John

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[John]

Hi,

that is not its intended use but it will work more or less but is highly dependent on the input; i.e. a poorly encoded MP3 that is crushed in the dynamics will of course demand more work from the user than separately recorded hi-res WAV files per instrument. You will not get as good results, in other words; OH sounds and HH will be tough to work out.

BR,
John

John Rammelt - Toontrack
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[John]

Hi,

as Shootie writes, please explain what you are trying to achieve because from your description above it sounds as if you are mixing up Audio outputs and MIDI outputs, which are totally different things.

The former depends entirely on your hardware setup, the latter on both software and hardware.

BR,
John

John Rammelt - Toontrack
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[John]

Hi,

are we talking about ‘Drums & Mixer’ Presets?
Did you open the folder where they are supposed to reside from within SD3?
You do know that User presets for SDX:s need to be in the specific User preset folder for the parent SDX they were created with? I.e. if I create a User preset with the Hansa Marble Room as “parent” (or base, if you will) it will not show if the currently loaded SDX is the SD3 Core Library. Or, if such a User preset is put in the wrong parent folder, I imagine it wouldn’t always load correctly.

BR,
John

John Rammelt - Toontrack
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[John]

Hi Herbert,

sorry to hear you are having problems.
Could you please elaborate?
Are you referring to EZdrummer 2 or 3?
Are you getting any error message(s)?
Can you provide screen shot(s)?

If you install to your C:\ drive first you can move the library, please see this FAQ:
https://www.toontrack.com/faq/how-do-i-move-my-sound-libraries-expansions-to-an-external-drive/

BR,
John

John Rammelt - Toontrack
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[John]

Hi,

I would recommend visiting Toontrack’s YouTube channel for tutorials (and product info):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1E5BEKtbywU&list=PLo2KHWmTuFk41LFpNbobyR_I3z1fJn4mb

BR,
John

John Rammelt - Toontrack
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[John]

Bear-Faced Cow wrote:

And if I’m not mistaken, they are 16 Bit Audio

The 1st gen EZX:s are 16 bit, from the 2nd gen EZX:s became 18 bit and if I’m not mistaken 3rd gen EZX:s are 20 bit.

BR,
John

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[John]

drumjack52 wrote:

When you do a drag and drop like you say does Windows leave the file in it’s original place as well as placing the file in it’s new place so you have 2 identical files in 2 different places? I know MacOS does that unless you use a key modifier.

When you drag and drop a folder in the Explorer from one location to another it will be Moved if it is on the same drive, copied if it is between different drives.
Modifier keys are: Ctrl for copying instead of moving; and Shift for moving instead of copying.

Changing path to a library can be done in the PM via the Installation Info tab or setting the path in SD3 via Settings>Libraries/Paths.

BR,
John

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[John]

Hi,
I have most of my libraries on external NVMe SSD drives in TB enclosures and e.g. the Nashville Slam loads in just a couple of seconds. Much bigger kits from other libraries as well. IOW, there is no NVMe inherent “slowness” with SD3 libraries. My Kontakt and Spitfire libraries on the same drives load as fast (or slow) in my opinion. Hard to compare IMO.

What I do notice is that one of the drives is FAT32-formatted instead of AFPS and this one load libraries slightly slower but we’re still talking seconds for ≈6GB kits.

I suspect that something else than the SD3 software is the culprit of your slow loading times on your system.

BR,
John

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[John]

Hi,

it’s all in the manual: https://www.toontrack.com/manual/superior-drummer-3/3/3-5-property-boxes/3-5-2-tuning

octave:semitones.cent

BR,
John

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[John]

Hi Mariya,

please use the link provided by Scott in the post above yours to contact Toontrack Support directly.

BR,
John

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