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[John]

Hi Shawn,

drum MIDI should always play back as (somewhat) expected whether you run MIDI included with an SDX together with an EZX or the other way around.

That said, there are some rare libraries, like e.g. the Orchestral Percussion SDX, the Latin Cuban Percussion EZX or the Electronic EZX that have included MIDI that sounds great with its library but perhaps not as expected with a drum library expansion.

Which grooves exactly are you trying to use with which library and Preset?

BR,
John

John Rammelt - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

[John]

Hi,

the only ones that can help you with this is Toontrack Support, so if they ask you to provide more information to securely connect your account with your products, that’s the only way, I’m afraid.
The order #, your personal details like adress and email and a copy of the receipt with serial number(s) usually suffice.

BR,
John

John Rammelt - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

[John]

Hi,

I would first create 1 Stereo Instrument Track for the plug-in itself and the first Stereo output (1+2) of the plug-in. Next I would create as many Aux Tracks as you need separate outputs; as this would vary with library kit, there’s no right or wrong.
The advantage with using Pro Tools is that even though the plug-in has got 16 Stereo outputs, you can split them if you wish to have some instrument microphones as Mono in the PT Mixer but I digress, that’s not the first thing to worry about.

Next step would be checking that you get MIDI in to the plug-in in Pro Tools and depending on PT version, you may have to record-arm the Instrument Track to hear and see MIDI reaching the plug-in. When that works, you click the small “hamburger” menu in the lower right corner of the SD3 plug-in to open the MIDI In/E-drums Settings.
Click the ‘Use Preset’ button to enable presets and scroll to find your kit’s module preset. When selected, your kit (at least most of it) should map correctly.

I attach a Pro Tools Session template I made a few years ago, it should give you an idea of the above setup.

BR,
John

John Rammelt - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

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