Hi Slau and list! At the moment I often use midi tracks to build up my drums. The midi outputs are routed to an external drum modul. And the audio output of this modul is routed back to Pro Tools.
In addition I also use instrument tracks with strike2. Bad thing of the external drum modul is, that there is no way to control the level of the single drum instruments. It's only possible via the attack. And that changes the sound. And I further habe to care about the delay compensation because of all that routing. Bad thing about Strike2 is, that there is no access to the single drum kits, instruments and midi data of the available patterns. Now I'm thinking about Superior or EZ drummer or what ever is the correct combination. Could someone explain the interrelations, requirements and implementation. I want to be able to control the individual instrument levels at any time. I want to be able to exchange e.g. the snare drum sound on the fly. I want to be able to add and control effects like compression and reverb without having to record before. Thanks in advance and regards! / Martin > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Slau Halatyn > Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2017 8:32 PM > To: PTAccess List <[email protected]> > 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] <mailto:[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] <mailto:[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] > <mailto:[email protected]> . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > > -- > 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] > <mailto:[email protected]> . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > 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] > <mailto:[email protected]> . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. 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