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[LeanderL]

Thanks! Haven’t checked the buffer size yet because I normally use my soundcard and have set everything in the desktop icon.

Yes, Audient ID4 has an Asio driver of course.

I don’t have problems with my old Line 6 POD or when playing the keyboard and using VSTs (the libaries are on my SSD).

I have an i5 2500k @ 3.3 ghz processor by the way.

I watched your tutorial how to switch to high performance mode (Windows) etc…didn’t do this before as I thought you could just start recording. Will give it a try.

Another question, something different: how were the metal packs sounds designed (I have Metal Gods 1 & 3, Metal Ampes and some others). Almost all of the patches need further EQing has way too much bass. I have an Ibanez RG 350 EX and an Ibanez RGAIX6U-ABS with Bareknuckle Aftermath humbuckers.

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[LeanderL]

What should I do now? Change velocities and keep soft hits at 45 (not 85)? Change the snare? The problem is that the kit sounds good but does not react to velocity changes well (not just the snare but also kick drum etc.).

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[LeanderL]

Did some tests with velocities 85-127.

My kit sounds the same in SD2+MF and SD3.

1) My kit based on J. Skog – LOG (if I remember correctly)…with Ludwig Supraphonic snare. Sounds natural and the different velocities are clearly audible and visible.

2) Andy Sneap Kit 1

3) Black Metal

4) Andy Sneap Kit 3 (the basis for my current kit)…you clearly see the difference is lost! 🙁

5) Andy Sneap Kit 3 snare, xsnare and reverb muted… compressor on snare bottom and snare top disabled. Finally the velocity curve is better.

6) Andy Sneap Kit 3 snare…same settings as above but all effects on snare bottom and snare top disabled.

The effects destroy the velocities…but it’s still strange that Andy Sneap uses effects and settings that result in a monotone snare (4). I can change the settings but then the sound is lost as well. 🙁

I don’t think this can be fixed…the workaround is to adjust velocities of all drum tracks I created with SD2+MF…but it would also mean that your midi files don’t work well with all kits as some are sensitive, some produce almost the same sound for velocities 85-127.

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[LeanderL]

Thank you!

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[LeanderL]

Thanks! When will the patch go live?

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[LeanderL]

Installed the update yesterday. Still SD3 crashes when trying to edit a midi (pattern editor) and opens infinite “x has crashed” windows.

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[LeanderL]

Henrik, I have another problem.

Please load Andy Sneap Kit 3 or Kit 4…then play a midi…view the hidden mixer channels…there’s Amb Ribbon. It is off…then solo it…I still hear the bassdrum and snare drum anthough they are OFF. No bleed is selected either…where are they coming from?
Now I’ve muted everything…seems the REVERB is what causes the sound. But how can a reverb produce sound if the kit piece itself is muted? I don’t understand this. Looks like a bug!

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[LeanderL]

ZIP with all crashes. Some of them were created in a loop.

http://www.seelenpuls.at/temp/dump.zip

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[LeanderL]

Another crash. It’s getting frustrating! Imported a midi file, click to edit the pattern, crash, resulting in a loop of error messages.

Has the dump file only the last error or all of them? Looking forward to hearing from you!

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[LeanderL]

Wanted to set a midi number for sticks in SD3. Crashed again! 🙁 Good I save after every five minutes. Otherwise I would have lost my work of the last 2 hours. 🙁

Seems additional instruments like sticks, shaker, tambourine are broken!

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[LeanderL]

Thank you! Makes sense. 🙂 It adds bleed to other channels though, even if they are hidden in the mixer…so you have to be careful and look everywhere for changes.

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[LeanderL]

Thank you! This makes sense! Having as many bleed mics as SD3 does is better though…so it’s better to use SD3 only and say bye to Metal Foundry?

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[LeanderL]

Thank you! 🙂

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[LeanderL]

Please help, I’ll be in the studio soon. 🙂

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[LeanderL]

Thanks, will try that!

Three other questions:

1) What is “invert phase” in the mixer? Some presets use it and I don’t have a clue what it does.

2) Can you recreate a Superior Drummer 3 Core preset (for example Andy Sneap – Kit 4) in SD3 – Metal Foundry? Can I add the same SD3 kick drum Andy Sneap uses in his SD3 core preset, then the stacked kick drum, then use the same mixer settings and it will sound alike?
Do I have to create all effects, reverb, EQ etc. one by one or is there a way to export SD3 settings and import them in SD3 – Metal Foundry?

My problem is that Andy Sneap’s SD3 kits sound better than all Metal Foundry presets but Metal Foundry has better visuals…I simply want a normal looking kit with two kick drums and a lot of cymbals. 🙂

I just don’t like importing them to SD3 and they just hang around on the left side of the screen unattached to any virtual kit. 🙂

3) Why are the cymbals prepanned? Cymbals on the left are panned to the left whereas cymbals on the right are panned to the right…I want to use a cymbal sound that can only be applied to a right cymbal BUT use it for the left ear. You can change panning for toms but cymbals seem to be prepanned?

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