[Paul Andrew]

I knew that the same packs needed to be installed, that was a no-brainer, but it was the User Presets that had me concerned. I don’t have any edrums at the other computer, so the drum map isn’t an issue. I just opened a song on the second computer for the first time since installing SD3 on it and that song has a SD3 track in it and it looks like it works as is without copying anything from the first computer. A little surprising, but I haven’t tried to record any new tracks on it yet so there still may be some issues. I’ll probably copy the presets over anyways like you suggested just to be safe. Thanks for such a fast response!

I wish that more things would work out that way, where you anticipate a potential issue but it doesn’t turn out to be a problem. I didn’t think reverse psychology worked on computer programs! 😎😏

Reply To: Export User Presets version: 3.3.6
Operating system: Windows 11

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[Paul Andrew]

It’s possible, but without the ability to adjust any parameters of the trigger like you would in a drum module I don’t think you’re going to be too happy with the results. I’m surprised this is the first reply to your post. I’ve seen a few e-drums on Amazon under $300 that would probably work much better than just the trigger like this.

[Paul Andrew]

Brad,

That really seems to be the only sensible way to add extra toms to a lot of these presets, since they don’t have additional hardware to support additional toms. It also sounds like a great way to solve the mic/mixing issues that I’ve dealt with from trying to add separate hardware in my attempts to deal with this issue up ’til now.

I definitely need to RTFM. No way around it! I’ve searched for videos on the topic and found a few but none that have covered it in the kind of detail I’m looking for…

I also noticed that you’re a Studio One user, which is my preferred DAW. I’ve had pretty good luck using it with SD3 so far, but once you get a full production chugging along, I’ve needed to render the audio tracks to keep things under control.

[Paul Andrew]

Seems like a sensible way to approach the whole SDX experience!

As you and others have pointed out, I think the lesson learned for me from this is that I need to be more selective in the future and find SDXs that match my kit’s hardware more closely. I didn’t realize that until it was too late, unfortunately. An expensive lesson to learn, but if it leads to the kind of drums I’m looking for in my songs, it will have been worth it. I’m thinking the Hitmaker SDX will be my next purchase since Hugh Padgham is the architect of that one. He’s worked with so many of my favorite artists creating exactly the kind of sound I’m looking for. I’m familiar with his name, but never really noticed he’s worked with that many of my favorite artists.

In regards to your comment about having two kick drums in your ekit, I’m a bit confused as to why, tho. Do you use two different kick drum sounds in your songs? Or maybe you’re not a fan of double bass drum pedals?

[Paul Andrew]

Jack,

Never thought I would be getting drum software advice from Quark! Rom, maybe, tho… Which one of the rules of acquisition covers e-drums…? 😉

I’ve used the Add Instrument function several times to add toms to presets, but it seems a bit clunky and isn’t as thorough as it could be. I haven’t connected the dots in regards to what I need to route in the mixer to get it to match the existing toms yet. That’s on my shortlist of critical need-to-know details as I continue the SD3 journey!

If it was me, I would have built a custom function that included routing the mics to the proper busses along with being able to match the effects as well. That makes it a lot more complex, obviously, but those are the kinds of enhancements that maybe they will include with the next major release.

[Paul Andrew]

Wolfgang,

Excellent answer. You confirmed what I had already suspected, but didn’t do my due diligence before purchasing this SDX. It’s an expensive lesson to learn, tho! I can’t imagine that I’m the only one to get peeved about this, but this is never mentioned anywhere in any of the documentation I’ve read or videos I’ve watched. It’s an excellent product & they have so many SDXs available, I don’t see the need to keep this critical piece of information on the down-low. As far as the whole adding toms to the existing presets goes, that seems to be a whole separate can of worms in regards to getting the new tom to match the sound of the existing ones. I’m sure it’s not like differential equations once you know the secret, but I’m not very impressed with the job that Toontrack seems to be doing in making this information readily available. But I’m also willing to admit that maybe I haven’t been very thorough in my quest to find out what I need to know.

As far as one of the alternative SDXs that you mentioned (Fields of Rock, Hitmaker or Death and Darkness), which would you recommend? I generally like the big, boomy toms, Phil Collins/Genesis-style, so the obvious one seems to be Hitmaker, but I would appreciate your input.

One last question: If you have a preset that has more toms on it than I actually have on my kit, how do you map only the ones that you want to use? I haven’t figured out where to configure that specifically yet.

Thanks again!

Reply To: The Problem with Superior Drummer SDXs version: 3.3.6
Operating system: Windows 10

[Paul Andrew]

@metrosuperstar Good to see that my point was understood! Now that I’ve had more time to play around with it, it’s not so critical, but it would still be nice to have.

However, I’ve run into a new huge problem that I need to open another thread for: velocities! Suddenly, I’ve started having issues with the velocity curves that normal solutions don’t seem to work on.

[Paul Andrew]

Hey Bryan!

Yeah, I use VNC to connect to my Mac, too, but I had to switch to a Windows box cuz my Mac doesn’t have a big enough SSD to store the OS and SD3. I’m not too happy about having to switch, but I am happy with SD3 so far: More versatile than Addictive Drums 2 and the number of instruments far surpasses it as well. The SSD makes my TD-12 extremely responsive, too. AD2 had a tiny lag that was no big deal, but this is like playing the actual virtual instruments themselves. Still haven’t been able to get to all the preset kits, but I’m working on that!

[Paul Andrew]

Hi Mark,

Thanks for the reply. Yeah, RD can be wonky sometimes, but this one was particularly frustrating because it caused no noticeable errors other than MIDI information was no longer being sent by my audio hardware. I had to move my main computer (which had my only SSD at the time) downstairs to the studio, so I was dealing with a lot of new variables and RD wasn’t very high on the list of potential causes, at least not a problem this severe.

Thanks again,

Paul

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[Paul Andrew]

Hey Mac,

Thanks for the reply! I think I should have been more specific: What I’m looking for is a way to load another kit without having to use the dropdown every time. Waiting for the samples to load is completely understandable and not my concern in this case.

I’m hoping there’s a way to switch to whatever the next kit is in the list. It was frustrating trying to check out all of the available kits earlier and having to go up to the menu every time, hover over the the submenu item and then select the next kit in the list. The keyboard and mouse setup on the stand next to my kit is pretty limited space-wise and it’s a little awkward to get to the submenus quickly. I would be more than happy to create a macro if that’s the only way to do it, but I haven’t created one yet since I’m so new to the software.

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