Re: Superior Drummer plug-in views docs

[Steve Sparrow]

Hey Slau. this is great. Thanks for this. Steve

> On 24 Apr 2017, at 4:31 am, Slau Halatyn  wrote:
> 
> 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 > > 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 >> > wrote:
>>> 
>>> For those not sharing in the Drop Box for bandwidth concerns, here 
>>> 
>>>  are the initial plug-in view files for Superior Drummer. Also, here 
>>> 
>>>  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
>>> 
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Motif?

[Christopher-Mark Gilland]

I'm not going to quote names, but a friend of mine told me that the Yamaha 
Motif wasn't being made anymore in any of it's generation models.

He/she says now the Tyros is the only thing being designed. Apparently this 
came from Mark Dew, who's been in the field for over 64 years.

I just want some clarification. It's not I don't believe my friend, but I'd 
think I would have heard about this if that was the case.

Could someone clarify?

Chris.

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RE: Superior Drummer plug-in views docs

[Phil Muir]

To add a bit of clarity.  You could load up Superior Drummer 2 in Reaper
then audition the MIDI loops that way.

 

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From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of Phil Muir
Sent: 23 April 2017 23:15
To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com
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: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com] 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  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  wrote:

 

For those not sharing in the Drop Box for bandwidth concerns, here
  are the initial plug-in view files for Superior Drummer. Also, here
  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

 

 

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RE: Superior Drummer plug-in views docs

[Phil Muir]

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: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com] 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  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  wrote:

 

For those not sharing in the Drop Box for bandwidth concerns, here
  are the initial plug-in view files for Superior Drummer. Also, here
  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

 

 

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Re: Superior Drummer plug-in views docs

[Ricky Prevatte]

Following closely.

Ricky Prevatte LMBT1154

> On Apr 22, 2017, at 4:59 PM, Steve Sparrow  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  wrote:
>> 
>> For those not sharing in the Drop Box for bandwidth concerns, here are the 
>> initial plug-in view files for Superior Drummer. Also, here 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
>> 
>> 
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