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[Thorsten]

My guess …..

Why one SDX or another EZX release? Why not a major update for Superior Drummer app to version 3.0? There are many things to do:

– Reorganizing/improve efficiency the GUI for live/real-time working also with touch screens. (for example if you touch a fader/button a pop-up window will zoom this fader/button to realize sensitive movements)

– A Must Have option: For instruments with many different articulations especially for HiHat /Snare there should be a visual controlling window which shows in real-time incoming CC Data and what articulation just in time is sounding for this instrument when you hitting.

– For this there should be also in the same window a possibility to adjust the relationship between incoming CC Data values and assigned articulations to optimize the playable feel. (Please look to fxpansion bfd stuff and you know what I mean)

– Additional to this there should be also a adjustable “cross fade” function in between all relevant articulations to make it more natural sounding. (Especially for the HiHat open to fully closed articulations) Such a function you have in NI Battery since years.

– Of course we need a real-time “Midi Monitor” with all information for incoming data and midi notes. (For example velocity values)

– The Gentleman from Toontrack should thinking about a “Auto Mode” function which analysis incoming midi/controller data to one selected instrument and make after a while analysing one self-acting preset for optimal Trigger/Sensitive and Dynamic values/settings for corresponding instrument. Of course able to edit this settings manual after deselect “Auto Mode” for fine tuning.

– The next step would be probably one total new function inside Superior Drummer to convert incoming analog piezo signals to midi commands. Audio-Interfaces with 8 analog inputs plus one or two ADAT inputs are not rare this times and IMHO payable. (For example RME Interfaces) Please see here: http://www.audiofront.net/index.php how to realizing with software. Of course there must be a solution to get all the CC Data information right in the box. The consequence to this: You don’t need any more modules or Drum To Midi Interfaces! Say good bye to ROLAND wishes them a good journey back to the (technical) 90th’s

Side effect to this: No more noticeable latency values before the digital midi data come to Superior Drummer. (Just the A/D converter with maximum 1ms) Please notice that all Modules for example from ROLAND produce latency values to 3-4ms to midi-out port! This is not optimal for using Superior Drummer in real-time mode.

If I think about those internal software triggering solution optimized for Superior Drummer I wood expect famously, smoothly playable trigger results for Superior Drummer. Is this just a dream? Or perhaps soon reality?

So we should say there are many significant upcoming features to the next Superior Drummer generation. Let’s do!

Thanks for watching greats

Trommeltotti

[Thorsten]

OK thanks to @Scott for clearing the facts in this case. Nice to here that we can use SOLO since version 1.32 without any internal latency limitations as one simple and easy to go VST host for Superior Drummer and EZdrummer. Fine! You should in this case updating the SOLO manual that there no more questions to this point.

Hopefully the Toontrack team also thinking about the metronome settings with using SOLO as multi-out configuration as described above.

And of course the Toontrack team might reconsider the complete graphical user interfaces for the next Toontrack software generation. Controlling a DAW/real-time systems with compact multi touch-screens coming more and more! You will see. In this case a complete reorganizing graphical user interface shout be one “must have” improvement.

And of course a dream would be if there is one musical software company which can announce a small, fast and super stably Audio/Multimedia operation system optimized for real-time processes compatible to VST instruments without needing ASIO or AudioCore standards. But surely, this is just a dream. Regretfully!

But what’s live without dreams?

greats Trommeltotti

[Thorsten]

ORIGINAL: fizbin

I haven’t seen support comment on feature suggestions before, so would not expect to see it here. Same with future releases, updates, etc.

Seems to be a Toontrack policy.

OK, Thanks for this information.

But just my first question is very important for using SOLO in real-time mode. And this is not a feature request it’s still there in 1.32 version. Before the last update to SOLO there was a limitation to minimum 64 samples buffer size settings. So again to this: Is this limitation in the up to date version gone? It might be significantly to have a VST host without latency buffers for real-time using.

Any official comment from Toontrack to this would be very usefully.

greats Trommeltotti

[Thorsten]

Dear John,

thanks much for this super fast reply! To buy a serious software means also purchasing a competent support area. that’s here!

Do you have also comments for the other questions and improvement details for SOLO in this thread?

Thank you

greats Trommeltotti

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