I use A Yamaha kit (DTX900) and SD3 so check this out below (and rest of thread) to give some ideas on how to get more volume (and therefore balance). But first dial in your module settings. cheers, Andrew
There is no simple answer and there are a number of ways to control (and maximise) volume. thought I’d share a few of my experiences to see if this helps. First issue is to dial in your triggers and/or drum module (including velocity curves, sensitivity etc) and Luke Oswald gives a good insight into how to do this. Check following link LIVE STREAM: Superior Drummer 3 w/ E-Drums – Session 1 – YouTube
Other areas you can affect volume are as follows and I have screen shots for some of these to show as well – circled in red. Note that I run to buses and then to individual outputs but all depends on your preferred routing.
- Your Audio interface volume level
- I use a mixer with preamp for audio output so this is another volume level control. I also have a headphone preamp for headphone channel out of mixer – another volume control for headphones.
- I run an external Yamaha DBR15 amp with volume control (from the mixer)
- Individual instrument mic channels in Drums tab and “level” and “velocity curve”
- Individual instrument mic channel levels in mixer tab
- Levels in any ambient or OH mic channels (and you can alter which instruments bleed to these) and also the close mic instrument level in these channels
- Level of instrment in “bleed form instruments for and ambient/OH channels as in 6. above
I cant load any more screenshots so see next post for rest. Cheers Andrew
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Dell Precision 7730, i7 6 Core 2.6 GHz, 128GB RAM, 1TB SSD and 3 x 2TB SSD, Windows 11, Cubase Pro 14, SD3 plus a variety of SDX's and EZX's, Orchestral Percussion, EZBASS, RME BabyFace Pro FS and KRK V4 monitors. Modified Yamaha DTX900, DTXPRESS4 and Edrumin10 triggering SD3. Yamaha pads/cymbals and Roland VH-10 HiHat. PDP Maple acoustic kit for live playing.
Top right in Drums Tab – also shows if 16-Bit in case you ever want this. see attached circled in red 
Dell Precision 7730, i7 6 Core 2.6 GHz, 128GB RAM, 1TB SSD and 3 x 2TB SSD, Windows 11, Cubase Pro 14, SD3 plus a variety of SDX's and EZX's, Orchestral Percussion, EZBASS, RME BabyFace Pro FS and KRK V4 monitors. Modified Yamaha DTX900, DTXPRESS4 and Edrumin10 triggering SD3. Yamaha pads/cymbals and Roland VH-10 HiHat. PDP Maple acoustic kit for live playing.
This is most of volume control I have found and I am sure there are some other clever ways to adjust on top of these. Learning new ways to manipuluate sounds is half the fun of using SD3
With all of this I end up with heaps of headroom on individual outputs and run mixer at approx 50% volume, audio interface at approx 50% volume and have heaps to go through the yamaha DBR15 amp (for playing live). Also I run headphone preamp at approx 50% volume and it is as loud as.
I do notice that some SDX’s are not as intrinsically loud as others but by adjusting all of the above for each library, I am never wanting for more volume.
Hope this helps, cheers Andrew
Dell Precision 7730, i7 6 Core 2.6 GHz, 128GB RAM, 1TB SSD and 3 x 2TB SSD, Windows 11, Cubase Pro 14, SD3 plus a variety of SDX's and EZX's, Orchestral Percussion, EZBASS, RME BabyFace Pro FS and KRK V4 monitors. Modified Yamaha DTX900, DTXPRESS4 and Edrumin10 triggering SD3. Yamaha pads/cymbals and Roland VH-10 HiHat. PDP Maple acoustic kit for live playing.
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Thanked by: STP_4There is no simple answer and there are a number of ways to control (and maximise) volume. thought I’d share a few of my experiences to see if this helps. First issue is to dial in your triggers and/or drum module (including velocity curves, sensitivity etc) and Luke Oswald gives a good insight into how to do this. Check following link LIVE STREAM: Superior Drummer 3 w/ E-Drums – Session 1 – YouTube
Other areas you can affect volume are as follows and I have screen shots for some of these to show as well – circled in red. Note that I run to buses and then to individual outputs but all depends on your preferred routing.
I cant load any more screenshots so see next post for rest. Cheers Andrew
Dell Precision 7730, i7 6 Core 2.6 GHz, 128GB RAM, 1TB SSD and 3 x 2TB SSD, Windows 11, Cubase Pro 14, SD3 plus a variety of SDX's and EZX's, Orchestral Percussion, EZBASS, RME BabyFace Pro FS and KRK V4 monitors. Modified Yamaha DTX900, DTXPRESS4 and Edrumin10 triggering SD3. Yamaha pads/cymbals and Roland VH-10 HiHat. PDP Maple acoustic kit for live playing.
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