patrick maguire
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patrick maguireUGHHHHH. the splash screen is total BUMMER! still happening and freezing my momentum. Please fix this!
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patrick maguireYes. however, it does add time. Before when i opened the plug in it took a few milliseconds to be able to make a move. Thats how long it took to be ready after first clicking on the plug in. Now there is ADDED time, not just the time it took without the splash screen. IT really isnt the biggest flaw in the world, its just very annoying and reflects the realities that the designers are not nearly as proficient with SD3 as some users. Its a typical DAW design issue: some engineer says ” hey i have an idea” and that person does not make a living using it in the professional recording industry. I love this software, I think SD3 still hasnt reached its full popularity. ITs an incredible piece of software. We just need faster user to engineer communication.
I use SD3 for recording 99% of the time. Many here on this forum are using it as a E drums sound machine. Those features mean very little to me. I wish they would focus marketing on the professional recording aspects more than the ” dude who wants to play his e drums and get cool sounds” aspect. Not saying anything is wrong with that. I feel like the product is underserved in its marketing. We need less “AI” crap, neato graphics and more control and better reliability.
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Thanked by: ElMojopatrick maguireyes, many people see the problem. Its a horrible “feature” that is screwing up my workflow. Its a step backwards for those who work fast. IF you are not noticing the issue, then dont chime in. It a complete backwards step.
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patrick maguireWrong. It DOES add extra time to the work flow. Its terrible. THis is a “fast workflow” issue that some will not understand. The plug in take up to 10 seconds to get rid of the splash screen. During that time ( before the useless splash screen) I could select a window, see what drums are up, start browsing drums sets, MANY MANY other option that dont require the full sample loaded state. ITs adding precious seconds to a once quick mixing and creation operation. Get rid of it, its terrible!
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patrick maguireOmg, yes! This feature is needed. I thought I just never figured out how to do it. Its extremely cumbersome to add each articulation. It actually makes the stacking process almost not worth it.
My work around is to make another track in my daw with a second superior drummer and just copy the midi notes form the original on to a fresh track.
Selecting the whole groove and just soloing via superior drummers kits window. This way only the new “stacked” instrument will play on a entirely new superior drummer channel. Or just mute the midi notes of everything else in the new instance.
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patrick maguireyou can not export via midi and get the mixer effects.
What are you running the lug in? Logic, pro tools?
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patrick maguireyes. assign the superior drumm action you want to the macros. then add that macro parameter to pro tools using the assignment button at the top of the plug in works perfect
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patrick maguireSo you don’t want to use superior drummer in the chain?
Whats the question? Is the question how I trigger my kontakt drum with my e drums ? Whats that have to do with superior drummer?
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patrick maguireYes. Vice versa as well.
you just drag the midi files in superior drummer to a midi track in your DAW and then assign to whichever drum machine you’d like. Some plug ins / samplers have the same instrument assignments as the toontrack gear. Some you have to adjust a few instruments.
In kontakt “studio drummer” and other kontakt drum plugs, there is a setting for what machine you want to be styled for. Superior drummer is one of the options. This way the instrument assignments line up correctly.
All of this points out the 2 different methods of midi implementation in superior drummer;
Method 1 utilizes the built in midi mapper and grid editor in superior drummer.
Method 2 is when you just drag out the grooves and midi data to a midi track in your DAW. There are advantages and disadvantages to both methods.
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patrick maguireYou can always use multiple midi tracks in your DAW to play one instance of superior drummer. However they will all be playing one specific drum set.
If you are trying to use a groove inside superior drummer you can only trigger the drum set/percussion set that is selected.
The best way is to use more than one instance of superior drummer. I almost always use more than one. It works very nicely. It seems the plug in is very optimized for multiple instances. Sometimes I use 5 or 6 channels of the plug in. This method also gives you far more control of the sounds and mix of the instruments.
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patrick maguireyes. I now how this interface works. the issue is when you dont own a certain sdx it. doesnt tell you the actual name of the missing expansions.
it only lists a code for a drumm setting that may or may not be in the name of the actual piece of software i need to buy. Its a bug, poor design, oversight …
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patrick maguirewish it was more clear what elements are missing when it doesnt load.
THere are several SDX and or EZX that may use this name. how do I know what i am missing?
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