[rcantone80]

Hi Jord,

I completely agree with you, that makes sense. However, I did create this while I wrote the song and now that I am in the mixing phase, I initially asked the question because I didn’t know what was the correct method with this to move onto mixing. This is my first time using SD3. Essentially if I decide that I want to have more flexibility with this as I work on my mix, bouncing may be the way to go. I merely picked the kit & samples I liked best to fit with my song, but now that I am mixing I may want to modify. Then again, I may not. Unless I want to assign a plugin to perhaps only the snare, bouncing the whole mix may be unnecessary.

This is really the first time I am mixing a project, never mind just creating a SD3 drum track, so I just want to know my options as well.

Thanks!

~Ray

Reply To: Superior Drummer Track in Pro Tools version: 3.1.2
Operating system: macOS High Sierra (10.13)

[rcantone80]

Hi Brad,

When I did bounce the SD3 mix I bounced the microphone channels. When I compared it against the SD3 song itself, even after setting the levels, it was clear that it didn’t sound the same. I did the “Bounce Microphone Channels” but I don’t think anything else was “checked”. Should there have been?

Thanks,

~Ray

Reply To: Superior Drummer Track in Pro Tools version: 3.1.2
Operating system: macOS High Sierra (10.13)

[rcantone80]

Hi Brad,

Thank you very much for your response. I think I do like the idea of bouncing all mics to wave files and bring that into my session. Although in SD3 I have the drum kit selected and say I really like the sound i.e. reverb / ambience / compression / etc within my file. When I export to wave files it sounds different, like I lost all those settings.

If I am exporting the mics, then perhaps I am not losing the kit but I am losing the reverb / ambience / compression / etc?

How could I export and maintain the integrity of the song I created or is that not possible (without making me completely mad lol)? Honestly, I don’t want to over complicate it, so if its best to only export certain elements such as the kick and snare to sit on top of my SD3 song then thats okay too. I am also not a drummer so it would be nice to export verbatim from SD3 if possible.

Also, thank you very much about the Mojave warning, I was going to upgrade after this project. However, I will wait it out.

Thanks again!

~Ray

Reply To: Superior Drummer Track in Pro Tools version: 3.1.2
Operating system: macOS High Sierra (10.13)

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