Composing w/ Superior Drummer 2.0
Sun, 05/02/2012 - 00:21
So I just got Superior Drummer as well as the Metal Foundry pack. I have been playing around with it for a few hours as well as looking for some good tutorials on how to go about composing my own drum tracks to no avail. Anyone have any experience using this program? Basically at the point I'm at right now I have everything up and running but have no clue on how to actually start making my own drum track. Do I have to use my recording software and click on each drum? lol I'm so lost. Any help would be very appreciated!!! 
Sun, 05/02/2012 - 00:58
#2
What program are you going to be using to record with (DAW)?
Look into googling how to use Superior drummer as an instrument track (Cubase, PT, etc) or a virtual instrument. In cubase i create a MIDI track (like Marinos_Revenant, above post) and load SD2 and use it's multi-out option to assign multiple audio tracks to the drums, then effect as needed each track or group - but it really depends on what software you are using to host it as an instrument.
For starting off, some of the included presets are okay to work with and get an idea of some of the sounds, same as the included loops - a good idea to look at how the drums are translated to MIDI when played. Also have a look around places like Sevenstring.org for SD presets that other users' have made available - some pretty cool ones out there.
Cheers, and have fun!
Sun, 05/02/2012 - 01:13
#3
I compose drums in Guitar Pro 5. I export the midi, import into my DAW (Cubase), then I manually humanize the quantization and velocities of the midi with the Over-Quantize and Logical Editor tools of Cubase.
Sun, 05/02/2012 - 08:03
#4
i´m currently making a production tutorial series and how to use SD will also be included. it´s mostly how to mix it and get a good sound but i´ll also show how to create beats.
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You must make a midi track, and assign it's outgoing signal to SD. Than you start editing the MIDI track as you want. You can make it one hit at a time with any velocity you want, or you can program it with a MIDI keyboard if you have one. But it depends on the DAW that you are using, just search youtube for a video of how to program drums in your DAW and you will find lots of help.
In Cubase (which im using), when you load SD as a VST Instrument it assigns automatically a MIDI channel to it.
If you are new to this you must be patient and experiment yourself and search through the internet. You will find pretty much anything out there, just don't be lazy and wait for someone to tell you exactly what to do. It took me about a year to figure out how to properly use/program/mix/EQ Superior drummer.