Hihat CC can not be mapped in Death and Darkness SDX. Works in normal SD3.

[Esa1996]

Basically what the title says. When I’m using SD3 standard library I have no issues with mapping the hihat trigger to CC4, but when I load up the Death and Darkness SDX, it first of all forgets that the hihat should be controlled by CC4, and secondly it also greyes out the button to set up the hihat pedal to be controlled by CC4 making it impossible to set up. I attached some images from the MIDI mapping menu to show what I mean.

Any ideas how to make the impossible possible? The SDX does have a hihat trigger articulation in it, so it should be possible to use it as well.

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.3.6
Operating system: Windows 11

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[Mark King]

Try loading your edrum preset again or load one you use for the standard library and see if that works. I don’t see this problem at all in D&D so it’s not the library.

SD3 with older sdx,s plus Rooms of Hansa and Death & Darkness. Cubase and wavelab current versions. Roland TD50x using all trigger inputs for triggering SD3 only. Windows 11 computer. Various keyboards and outboard gear as well as VST instruments. Acoustic drums: Yamaha 9000 natural wood and Pearl masters. Various snare drums. RME BabyFace Pro FS and Adam A7X monitors

[drumjack52]

Mark King wrote:

Try loading your edrum preset again or load one you use for the standard library and see if that works. I don’t see this problem at all in D&D so it’s not the library.

That and the OP is doing the programming in the wrong place. Should be done in the MIDI in/edrums tab. I customized a preset there that I can use in any of the SDX’s all with the same triggers.

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.3.6
Operating system: macOS High Sierra (10.13)

Jack
aka musicman691 on other forums
Superior Drummer 3.4.0
Area 33 1.0.0
Death and Darkness 1.0.1
PT 2021.6
OSX 10.13.6
3.46 GHz hex core 2012 MacPro 48 gig ram

[Esa1996]

I tried both of these already. Reloading the MIDI mapping preset doesn’t work, and loading a preset in standard SD3 that has the CC4 working then switching to D&D doesn’t work either as while the MIDI map is still the same after loading D&D as when I had SD3 loaded, the CC4 is no longer there.

[Esa1996]

That is the MIDI in/drums tab? Check the pictures I posted in the original post. That’s where I set up the CC4 in SD3 as well, it just doesn’t work the same with the SDX.

[Esa1996]

Okay, no idea what I did, but when I reloaded it for a third or so time it suddenly works though I did nothing differently than before

[Esa1996]

Hmm, it doesn’t work with my drum preset, but works at least with the default preset. Any ideas why that is? Of course I could just recreate the preset, but still a bit weird.

[Bear-Faced Cow]

ZIP and post your preset and your drum map as well.  I haven’t had any mapping issue with D&D either.

jord

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[drumjack52]

Bear-Faced Cow wrote:

ZIP and post your preset and your drum map as well.  I haven’t had any mapping issue with D&D either.

jord

Same here as D&D is my go-to SDX and I run a customized GM mapping which works everywhere. I wonder if the issue is the OP is using MIDI cc’s instead of actual note numbers?

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.3.6
Operating system: macOS High Sierra (10.13)

Jack
aka musicman691 on other forums
Superior Drummer 3.4.0
Area 33 1.0.0
Death and Darkness 1.0.1
PT 2021.6
OSX 10.13.6
3.46 GHz hex core 2012 MacPro 48 gig ram

[Esa1996]

Figured it out. In the SD3 main view if I click the hi-hat, in the right-hand side menu I have a box called “MIDI Mapping”. Once I scroll to the very bottom, in the hi-hat MIDI Mapping menu there is Pedal CC Control. I had it blank. With normal notes I’ve known for years that I need to set a number to them before I can assign them to a note in the MIDI/edrums menu, but I didn’t know I had to do that for the CCs as well.

[Mark King]

Had you changed something then as you should not need to touch anything midi on the main page. I have never changed anything there.

SD3 with older sdx,s plus Rooms of Hansa and Death & Darkness. Cubase and wavelab current versions. Roland TD50x using all trigger inputs for triggering SD3 only. Windows 11 computer. Various keyboards and outboard gear as well as VST instruments. Acoustic drums: Yamaha 9000 natural wood and Pearl masters. Various snare drums. RME BabyFace Pro FS and Adam A7X monitors

[drumjack52]

Mark King wrote:

Had you changed something then as you should not need to touch anything midi on the main page. I have never changed anything there.

I think something else happened the OP isn’t telling us about. I never change any MIDI on the main page. That only works for the preset & kit in use at the time and no others that I know of.

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.3.6
Operating system: macOS High Sierra (10.13)

Jack
aka musicman691 on other forums
Superior Drummer 3.4.0
Area 33 1.0.0
Death and Darkness 1.0.1
PT 2021.6
OSX 10.13.6
3.46 GHz hex core 2012 MacPro 48 gig ram

[Esa1996]

I had cleared the entire hi-hat MIDI thing in the main screen before reinputting only the articulations I actually use in my map (Why? I like how it looks when only the loaded articulations are listed under All articulations, and all unloaded articulations are listed under Not MIDI-Mapped in the “All articulations” list when clicking on an instrument. Dumb? Clearly yes since it apparently causes problems :D). Just didn’t notice the CC thing at the bottom of the list when re-inputting the MIDI numbers.

[drumjack52]

You don’t understand – to make changes that can work in more than one SDX the main page is NOT where to do them. Should be done in the MIDI IN/edrums page.

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.3.7
Operating system: macOS High Sierra (10.13)

Jack
aka musicman691 on other forums
Superior Drummer 3.4.0
Area 33 1.0.0
Death and Darkness 1.0.1
PT 2021.6
OSX 10.13.6
3.46 GHz hex core 2012 MacPro 48 gig ram

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