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[Patrik Wall]

@Micro1959 said:
By the way. Since SD3 is a giant of a program, it would be helpful to know whatt changes were made in the update. Is there a Location, where i can find this Information?

best regards from Münster/Germany
Volker  

Whenever an update is released the changes are posted here

https://www.toontrack.com/forum/forum-announcements/

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[Patrik Wall]

@allan13 said:
Ok, so if I got it right, everything is right with my library.
I only have to remove this paths ?

Thanks for your patience.  

Yeah basically:
1) Remove path to Superior 3 Percussion
2) Go to advanced -> Rebuild instrument database.

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[Patrik Wall]

You actually shouldnt add the path to those libraries, those libraries are just used internally and are not actual SDX libraries.
For example the SL-Perc is used when clicking the Add instrument -> Future Hit Instrument as well as in “Search For Instruments” to layer claps etc.
The SL-SD3_Electronic is just accessible through the “Search for instruments” for when you want to layer drums with electronic sounds (or replace them).
These libraries have no drum kits or presets etc and are just extra raw drum options for you to play around with in your other libraries.

So I will log this as a bug since you shouldnt be able to do that in the first place 🙂

What you should do is remove the paths to them from the “Libraries” page in settings and then you might also need to go to “Advanced” and click “Restore instrument database…”

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[Patrik Wall]

Hi,
thanks for reporting this bug, a fix will be in the next update (3.0.3), sorry for the inconvenience!

Cheers

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[Patrik Wall]

@Catalin.b said:
…A problem with this method (besides the time consuming factor) is when i move the midi notes is almost impossible to put them in exactly the same place as they are played in the original rythm.  

Also, you can hold down the shift key when dragging to only drag the notes up and down.

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[Patrik Wall]

@higgs_3 said:
I cannot figure out how to get Cubase 8.5 to see SD 3 upgrade. The stand alone portion works as it should. I’ve tried the same procedure I used for SD 2, but cannot find a dull file to point Cubase to for version 3. I also cannot find any instructions for this install.  

In stand alone, click “Help”->”Show Plug-In Path” and you will see where the .dll is located, after that go to Cubase and add that path to your VST plug-in paths.

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[Patrik Wall]

@profirhino said:
finally a little feature request:
would it be possible to add a favourites funcion to the MIDI browser ?
a super basic one like in EZKeys would already be a good start.
you know, thousands and thousands of cryptcally named, sometimes very similar files – it would certainly help !
Rhino  

You already have a few ways of doing this

1) You can set the files in Grooves browser as favorites by clicking the star symbol to the left of the groove name. If you later want to filter on only those favorites there is a star button on the actual column.

2) You have access to a folder called “User MIDI”, this is actually the same folder as in EZD2 so any favorites you might have from EZD2 will be visible in Sup3 as well. Here you can create, remove and rename folders by right clicking the folder, you can also manage it on your OS file explorer and later sync the changes by again right clicking the “User MIDI” root folder and select “Sync File Changes”. You can also right click on the files themselves and either rename or remove them from disk.

See attached images.

Hope that helps 🙂

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[Patrik Wall]

@T-Joe said:
Patrik,

I just now found the “User Library” header. It is a larger problem. There was an older installation of EZ Drummer on this computer which was removed. The install of the Superior Drummer 3 MIDI wants to install to the older EZ Drummer folder. All of my MIDI files are on an external data stick. Since S-3 is a larger sound library, I am wanting to put everything on a 500 gig external SSD drive. Problem is, it is wanting to point EVERYTHING to the EZ Drummer folder. I cannot even get the program to install the MIDI to the default Superior 3 folder. As long as I have the smaller data stick inserted, it recognizes the MIDI. Point to the NEW SSD folder, it finds it. Close the program and yank out the smaller data stick, and every single MIDI groove disappears with no wat to access it….the “User Library” header disappears as well.

Thanks for the help.

Joe  

I would contact support directly and get them to help you with moving over the installation to your larger SSD drive, Superior Drummer 3 probably wants to read your MIDI files from your other USB stick currently.

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[Patrik Wall]

@Vaijj said:
How about this then.. dragging midifiles from the user folder inside SD3 to my drumtrack makes them disapear. They are gone from the Windows folder and dont come up in my drumtrack. Luckily i had backup so i could test again. If i frist drop the file into the tap to find square and from there drag it to the same drumtrack it works.  

Let me see if I understand you correctly,
1) You have some files in user folder that exist on disk and works (you can play them back in the browser).
2) You drag the file to the song track inside superior 3.
3) The next time you try to preview the file in the browser it is gone and when looking inside the folder on Windows the file is missing.

If that is the case it is indeed a bug.
I cannot reproduce this behavior here, can you try and reproduce the issue and give more details how to make it happen?

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[Patrik Wall]

@T-Joe said:
I am wanting to add 3rd party MIDI grooves to my SD3, what is the Windows Explorer folder address to copy the files into…??

Thanks!!!

Joe  

At the bottom left in the grooves tab you should have a “User Libraries” header and below that a “User MIDI” folder.
Right click that folder and select “Open in Explorer” and it will take you to the correct folder where you can paste your MIDI.
After you are done moving your MIDI there you again right click the “User MIDI” folder and select “Sync File Changes” and then wait for Superior 3 to scan all your MIDI files and everything should be there.

@T-Joe said:
On the Grooves Tab there is a pop-up dialog saying, “Show MIDI search view (Ctrl+2). I have engaged the keystrokes and nothing happens. Is this a software glitch..??
I also don’t see any selection where I can manually change the default MIDI Groove location such as an external SSD drive.
Thanks!!
Joe  

Go to “Settings” -> “General” and scroll down to “Keyboard Shortcuts” and make sure the “Enable keyboard shortcuts in other hosts than the standalone” is active.
If it still doesnt work, what host are you in?
Does other keyboard shortcuts work?

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[Patrik Wall]

@fbeauvaisc said:
Couldn’t you just have created a detachable drums tab as an extra window and it would solve the issue no? In a future 3.1 update maybe?
 

I´ll put it on our feature request list 🙂

@fbeauvaisc said:
I think you guys definitely are setting a new cool feature with those detachable windows.
 

Thanks! I like them as well, I always detach the mixer and keep it on a seperate screen when im working, really helps alot instead of having to switch tabs all the time.

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[Patrik Wall]

Hi,
the reason is because those extra windows are handled/managed by us from within Superior, whereas the main window is handled by Cubase and I suppose Cubase doesn’t create the plugin window in such a way to support double clicking to make it fullscreen. In standalone it works because we manage the main window as well there.
I wouldn’t necessarily call it a Cubase “issue” but rather a (probably correct) choice they went with since most plugins don’t support resizing yet and plugins are not required to handle resizing as part of the VST standard.
I´ll look into it but i cant guarantee there is much we can do about it unfortunately.

/Patrik

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