Cannot import midi meter map into SD3 using midi file exported from Pro Tools

[Dave_26]

No matter what I have tried, absolutely nothing happens in SD3 when I import a midi file that’s been exported out of a Pro Tools music session. I want to bring the meter map I’m working with in my song in Pro Tools into SD3 without having to manually program each and every meter change in SD3 one at a time.

I know how to export midi from Pro Tools, and I know that the midi file(s) I’m exporting absolutely do have tempo maps in them. I know this because I’ve tested re-importing them into totally blank Pro Tools sessions just to test, and they do indeed work for importing tempo/meter maps there.

But SD3 just remains blank whenever I try to import the meter map from a midi file exported from Pro Tools.

Is this a bug or am I doing something wrong? Because it sure seems like it should be so simple but is very broken.

Big thank you to anyone who can help here.

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[John]

Hi,

I am using Superior Drummer 3.1.4 in Pro Tools Ultimate 2019.6 and I just set up a Timeline with the Conductor Track active in Pro Tools with several Meter changes and a Tempo change. I Exported a MIDI file and first Imported the Meter changes to my SD3 Song Track, then the Tempo changes. They are both Imported as expected. When I drag MIDI down to the SD3 Song Track and play back from Pro Tools, grooves play back and align as expected.

Which plugin version is displayed in the lower left corner of the SD3 plugin?

 

BR,
John

John Rammelt - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

[Dave_26]

Thanks for the reply, John. It was a while ago that I thought I was having the midi import issues and decided to ask for help before trying again.

But now I honestly don’t know if I was just not noticing that the meter changes were actually importing and are sort of not displayed very well in the GUI or if I was really experiencing a problem.

Regardless, I’m now retreating with embarrassment because I do see that it’s working now.

I’m thinking that the fact that importing a meter map into a blank “track” in SD3 doesn’t exactly show up very well in the GUI is probably what was happening and I probably just didn’t realize that it was working.

Apologies if I’ve ended up crying wolf!

Will report back if I somehow see it happening again as I continue to work. And I’m on 3.1.4, FYI.

• This post was modified 5 years, 3 months ago by Dave_26.

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Thanked by: John

[Henrik]

Dave_26 wrote:

I’m thinking that the fact that importing a meter map into a blank “track” in SD3 doesn’t exactly show up very well in the GUI is probably what was happening and I probably just didn’t realize that it was working.

We’ll look into this, and see if we can make it clearer 🙂

Thanks for the report!

Henrik Ekblom - User Experience Designer
Toontrack

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