The mixer in SD3 appeals to younger, less tech-savvy users, but Toontrack’s already got that market covered with the EZ line. Superior Drummer 3 should be gear toward professionals. They should know not to let an inferior mixer get in the way of our powerful DAWs.

Here’s what I’m trying to do which is such a nightmare:

Take pristine recordings (which were unfortunately snapped to grid by the original engineer) of Kick, Snare, Hat, Ride, RT, FT which I have loaded into SD3 tracker and assigned to a custom drum kit, assigned to individual channels within Pro Tools (or any other DAW) where I can use PT effects (unadulterated by the SD3 mixer), and now I’m trying to figure our how to be able to manipulate the midi velocities and sway the midi nodes out of lock without bouncing them to audio.

I shouldn’t have to bounce them to audio. This should be an easy functionality which is easy to do.

This is a professional use. Why is it so difficult to do? There are no instructions so much as to even how to separate the individual drum pieces into individual tracks in your DAW. This is a fundamental need which should be lucidly described in detail in the instructions (for those who do not already know).

Toontrack: IMHO, leave the mixers to the EZ line and gear SD3 completely toward high-powered users (i.e., integrate with our high-end DAWs and effects — don’t try to compete because you can’t win… they’re light years ahead).