Hi
Could it be that each Superior Drummer library/SDX have different key mapping?
E.g. SD Avatar library(N.Y) Cymbals mapping is different than EZD Modern Basic (loaded inside Superior)
Is there a quick workaround? Any way to match the mappings quickly? (not by modifying it manually one hit at a time…)
Thanks!
Booli.
Hi,
both yes and no. Different libraries, whether it is an EZX or SDX, has got different drums and cymbals setups.
Toontrack libraries and the plugins do offer substitution though, which means that if you load a kit with fewer Toms and Cymbals than the kit/library a particular groove was created with/for, there is a substitution scheme that makes a neighbour kit piece play instead of having a silent hit.
In Superior 2 you can either unload or load an instrument, re-assign MIDI for it or create a new X-drum and assign the MIDI note in question, to get around an unwanted substitution.
If I had a groove playing a different Cymbal than desired, I guess I’d just reassign the MIDI in Superior 2.
BR,
John
John Rammelt - Toontrack
Technical Advisor
Short answer: No
Longer answer:
No, since the foundation is always Toontrack Extended GM (which is used by both EZdrummer 2 and Superior 2) and there is a working substitution scheme in place.
IOW, when there is Toontrack MIDI playing back through a non-specialised (e.g. Latin Percussion EZX) expansion, you will always hear a result that matches the source MIDI as close as possible. That’s why library MIDI made for 2 Kicks, 5 Toms and 7+ Cymbals sound OK when played back on a kit with 1 Kick, 2 Toms and 3 Cymbals.
The Avatar SDX library and the EZdrummer 2 Modern library EZX are 2 different products, which is why they don’t match Cymbal-wise; Avatar has got 10 Cymbal slots, the Modern EZX 5.
You would maybe like to have a re-mapping preset that e.g. maps Crash 2 and 4 from the Avatar MIDI to Crash 1 and 3 in the Modern kit but someone else may like it some other way.
If you wish for one instrument’s sound/articulation to be played by another note #, the fastest way is to either transpose that key in your DAW or re-assign the note(s) in Superior 2.
Both ways are probably done in 15-30 seconds, depending on your DAW.
Which one are you using?
I’m mainly using Pro Tools and there in the MIDI Editor I can click a key on the piano roll which selects all notes on that key, which I then can either drag vertically to a new note or transpose via entering a new note value.
Alternatively, I can load e.g. the Avatar library, select Crash 2 and see that the Crash Hit is triggered by notes 28 and 49. I then switch to the Modern>Basic library, select Crash 1 and enter 28 and 49 in the Note value box.
If you find a consistent conversion that you always want to apply, then you can of course save that as your own MIDI Preset on the Mapping page.
Does any of this help?
BR,
John
John Rammelt - Toontrack
Technical Advisor
@John said:
If you find a consistent conversion that you always want to apply, then you can of course save that as your own MIDI Preset on the Mapping page.
Where is this “Save midi preset” on the mapping page? I can’t find it…
EDIT
Found it.
At the bottom.
Great solution. This is what I was looking for.
Thanks!
Booli
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