To add a bit of clarity. You could load up Superior Drummer 2 in Reaper then audition the MIDI loops that way.
_____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Phil Muir Sent: 23 April 2017 23:15 To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Superior Drummer plug-in views docs Just to add to this that although Pro Tools can't audition MIDI Loops without importing them it looks like Reaper can so perhaps an alternative method to audition all of the MIDI drum loops that ship with Superior could be to load up Reaper and use that as an auditioning tool then load up the ones you like into a PT session. Here's a video showing Reaper in action doing this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLnILdmx-8U _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Slau Halatyn Sent: 23 April 2017 19:32 To: PTAccess List Subject: Re: Superior Drummer plug-in views docs Hi Steve, It's difficult to answer an "is it worth it" kind of question because it involves "worth" which translates into money and not everybody thinks the same in terms of dollars or whatever currency. Before I offer an opinion, first let me say that Flo Tools offers access to UI elements within Superior Drummer II which is the only version you can currently buy. While Superior Drummer does have MIDI loops available, the browser is not currently accessible. Therefore, one must program drums manually. Manual drum programming is not for everyone and, even for those who do it, for some it comes easy and for others it's somewhat time-consuming. If one knows how to play drums or knows how drummers play, it's a fairly straight-forward matter of playing parts on pads or keyboard. Superior Drummer comes with one library and there are about a dozen other Superior Drummer libraries with the letters SDX before the library name. Superior can also play Easy drummer libraries of which there are dozens and those have an EZX in front of the library name. Superior Drummer costs around $300 but it often goes on sale for $199 or less and that includes the default Avatar library. The SDX expansions cost around $150 each but they sometimes go on sale for half price. The EZX libraries cost around $100 but also go on sale for half price perhaps once a year or so. So, all told, you might spend as little as $150 or as much as a thousand dollars, depending on when and what you buy. It's hard to say whether it's worth it. To me, it's undoubtedly the best sounding virtual drum library out there. I've heard pretty much all of them and, while some are great, I think Superior Drummer is a cut above. Now that it's fairly accessible in Pro Tools, I think it's a great way to go if you're adept at programming drum parts. HTH, Slau On Apr 22, 2017, at 4:59 PM, Steve Sparrow <[email protected]> wrote: Hi guys i know this is going back a while now, how ever i'm thinking about purchasing superior drummer, I've just reread the below email. is this the best accessible solution for us to create drum tracks using p t. How well does this work. what version of superior drummer is this compatible with. is it superior drummer 2 how easy is this to use, and is this a good solution. Sorry a few questions. I guess to sum up is this worth getting. Steve . On 29 Dec 2016, at 8:48 am, Slau Halatyn <[email protected]> wrote: For those not sharing in the Drop Box for bandwidth concerns, here <https://www.dropbox.com/s/6f8s5fhmuiy08y9/Plug-In%20Views%20shared.zip?dl=1 > are the initial plug-in view files for Superior Drummer. Also, here <https://www.dropbox.com/s/lb5p4jn2hskzq76/Superior%20Drummer%202%20Project% 20Presets.zip?dl=1> are a bunch of multi-out files that Phil Muir created. Long story short (and you'll have to fill in some blanks as I'm in a bit of a rush right now), if you want to use Phil's multi-out routings: Instantiate Superior on a stereo instrument track. Use Control plus the arrow keys to navigate to the Load/Save menu and select "Load." Navigate to one of Phil's multi SD2 files and make sure it's a library that you own and load it. Create 15 stereo aux tracks. Interact with the input of the first aux track and, with Command+Option+Shift pressed, set it to Plug-In>Superior Drummer Insert A>bus 3-4. Now any sequence on the Instrument track will be split out to kick in, kick out, sub kick, snare top, snare bottom, etc. This is a very quick and dirty explanation but that's the basic story. Phil might chime in with more of a description and possibly paste in the text of the document he created explaining the routing and what's on each set of busses. Later, slau -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. 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