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[olliepudge]

Thanks Erik.  I realize this would take a lot more time to do.  I know recording these expansions is a long process, but it would be nice if they could squeeze it in.  Thanks for the response.

Josh

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[olliepudge]

• orgsys wrote:

  Any update on the topic?

  I would also like an update on this.  I’m no software engineer, but it seems to me like this wouldn’t be too hard of a feature to add.  Maybe I’m missing something, but I would love to be able to import guitar riffs or whatever to play along with in SD3 standalone.  Thanks guys!

[olliepudge]

No problem Thomas. As you probably know, latency issues can be complicated and settings depend on what I interface you are using. That being said, I can tell you that I use a Focusrite 2i2 1st Generation USB interface and my buffer setting is at 5.0 (or close to that) with no latency issues at all.

Greetings from the United States friend!

And no, I did not vote for Donald Trump. Just sayin’ ?

Josh

[olliepudge]

Hi Toontrack,

Never got a response on this. Can this be done or could it be a feature added in the next update?

Thanks,

Josh

[olliepudge]

Hi Thomas,

I have the TD-25KV as well and I ran SD3 on a HP Intel Core i3 500GB w/8GB RAM with no problems. I’ve upgraded since to a HP Intel i7 1000GB w/16GB RAM and I will say the kits load faster, but the performance overall seems the same. Just remember that SD3 will take up almost have of the space on the computer you have if you do the full install. Hope that helps.

Josh

[olliepudge]

@Henrik said:
Even though we we don’t comment all requests, and when we do we don’t say anything about the future, we are still glad to see requests from our customers, and we read all posts – so keep them coming! 🙂  

Thanks for the response Henrik. Good to know you guys are reading your customer’s posts.

Josh

[olliepudge]

Hi Toontrack,

I have a question on this as well. I already have the Rock Foundry SDX. Is there anything the Hard Rock EZX offers that the SDX doesn’t? I’m interested in it but I would like to know if there are different drum samples or anything like that.

Thanks,

Josh

[olliepudge]

@olliepudge said:
Hi Jonathan,

Not sure if this helps, but you can stack any sample in SD3 so they will all trigger simultaneously when you hit just the snare. Wasn’t sure if you were aware of that or not. You don’t need anything else. Maybe I’m missing what you’re looking for?

Josh  

@Jonathan0226 said:
Hey Josh,

Basically what I’m looking for is to be able to trigger my snare drum in a realistic manner so that I can play a rim shot by itself when I play an actual rim shot on the drum, a center hit when I just hit the center of the drum, a rim hit when I just hit the rim, etc. I wasn’t sure if a dual zone trigger set up would allow this in superior drummer 3.

Thanks  

Hi Jonathon,

What kind of snare pad do you have? I can tell you that I use a Roland PDX-100 and I am able to trigger center hits, rim shots, and the rim alone separately in SD3. You should be fine as long as you get a dual zone pad. Hope this helps!

Josh

[olliepudge]

Hi Jonathan,

Not sure if this helps, but you can stack any sample in SD3 so they will all trigger simultaneously when you hit just the snare. Wasn’t sure if you were aware of that or not. You don’t need anything else. Maybe I’m missing what you’re looking for?

Josh

[olliepudge]

@Scott E said:

Add my enthusiastic agreement to the discussion.
But it seems that mobile apps, the proliferation of plugins and piracy have cheapened the public perception of the value for the time,
labor and resources required to create software like a SuperiorDrummer or EZDrummer.

Putting this kind and level of drum production into the hands of the prosumer… it really is a bargain.

Think about it:
Rent a renowned, professional recording studio, like Galaxy studios in Belgium, The Warehouse in Vancouver, BC,
Atlantis Studios in Stockholm, Avatar Studios in New York City or Blackbird Studio in Nashville.

Hire a professional drummer, like Kenny Aronoff, Gene Hoglan (Strapping Young Lad, Testament) or Tomas Haake (Meshuggah).

Hire a legendary and/or in-demand producer, like George Massenburg, Bob Rock, Andy Sneap, Neil Dorfsman, or Forrester Savell.

Hire an engineer & a tech or 2. Maybe even a drum tech.

Rent 4, 5, 6, or 7 drum kits and their various accessories.
and that’s just to make the samples!
Just watch any of “the Making of….” videos (some linked below).

Then think about the programming done to create all of the different modules and functionality in the software to manipulate & play those samples…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OY4Hrtble0Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNQGzr5vUoM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=dmsUPreQ0II
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPlAcqmqY3Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=019UQykJ0pM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=yDqIfYk6qRM  

Exactly Scott! Good post. I honestly would’ve gladly paid the $400 for SD3 after owning it since release day. I think it was very generous of Toontrack to offer the discounted price for the upgrade. Like wphall said, they could’ve just added it as a new software program with NO upgrade option at all.

[olliepudge]

@wphall said:
People complaining about the cost of SD is totally annoying. This is NOT disgraceful… we should be thanking Toontrack for NOT being greedy.

Why isn’t Toontrack being greedy you might ask? For two reasons:
– First (and this is huge): They aren’t being jerks and switching to a subscription model. THANK YOU TOONTRACK! Seriously, thank you! Adobe, MS, etc.. now they are greedy.
– Second: For the price, this is the single most amazing piece of drumming software available today. The amount of work that has gone into this is second to none.

Think of it like this… Toontrack could easily have done 2 things here:
– Gone to subscription- Again, thank you!
– Called SD3 SDPro and completely eliminated upgrades altogether.

So, I’d like to say, “Thank you Toontrack for the awesome software and NOT being jerks. Please keep up the awesome work!”

Just my 2cents.  

I agree with all of this. $200 is a steal for what you get with SD3. I can’t believe there are people who still haven’t upgraded yet. Do yourself a favor and just do it. You will be glad you did!

[olliepudge]

Hi Henrik,

I’ve seen other requests for this and I’ve also requested it myself. I don’t use a DAW, so a huge benefit for me would be that I could import a guitar track for example and it would be in sync with the metronome in SD3 so I could practice along with it. I could also actually record my drum track right in SD3 and that way when I exported it, the drum track would sync with the guitar track or whatever was previously recorded on my external recorder. I’ve been hoping for this feature since day 1.

I really hope this is something you’ll consider adding because it would help me a lot. It would also just be nice to open an MP3 to jam to right in SD3. Do everything in one program.

Thanks!

Josh

[olliepudge]

@Henrik said:

I’ll take a note of that as a Feature Request, it’s a good idea!
Do you have any particular scenarios for when you’d save MIDI In/E-drums Settings into a Preset? When designing things it’s always crucial to know the reason behind requests, hence the question 🙂  

Hi Henrik,

I do more e drum playing than actual recording, so it would be nice to have my settings saved and ready to go for each preset I create/edit which vary. Kind of a starting point so to speak. I could always tweak these in a mix as needed.

Thanks!

Josh

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