Session Drummer help please

yes you can,you can also load instruments from the sd3 files as well(there is 100+ different drums to choose from.
you can also drag/drop wave samples in from other sounds.files.

check out this video for a real session drummer three class.
there will be a test later..kidding.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZiZjQAxjCw&feature=relmfu
 
but this is my favorite,the one with seth explaining it all.
its in 8.5 but all still apply

jrfrogers


Right chuckebaby (I have a chuckybaby brother),


I watched the video - thanks!

But - when I load an instrument, it gets assigned to all four of the snare sounds. When I go to the Piano Roll View, in the drum map pane, and sample the snare sounds, they all sound like the one sound I loaded.

Any ideas?

Sam

I think I know what you mean.  I'm hesitant to suggest a solution as there are probably many more expert than me but I think the problem is that when you load a 'kit' into SD3 as a program on SD3 'drumkit' pane each kit on the SD3 list typically provides those 4 snare variations you refer to under the one snare channel.  E.g. the snare will be triggered by up to 4 keys with one being the main snare and another being a rimshot on that snare or maybe a roll and so on, depending which kit you load.  However, if you load an individual instrument into the snare channel, on the SD3 mixer pane, then that instrument only (the snare sound you load) will be triggered by all 4 assigned MIDI keys, as you have found. 
 
I think the only way round this is either (a) if your snare sounds are in a kit you like that isn't in the SD3 list already, add that kit to the SD programs list, and load the whole kit when you insert SD3, so you can use the snare sounds and then replace the rest of the kit with other instruments   or (b)  use 'spare' channels on the SD mixer pane to load variations on the snare hits as instruments.  (Or maybe another instance of SD3).
 
Apologies if I've just misunderstood your problem, if so ignore this.

So I talked with Cakewalk support and now understand that when an entire an entire kit is loaded, a "soundfont" file is loaded, which can have multiple sounds per drum.

When you use "load instrument" from the right-click menu on a drum, a wav file is loaded, and that's the only sound the drum will now have.
I took a quick look by googleing to see what's involved in making soundfont files I see some software would need to be purchased. I don't need it that bad.

If anyone is familiar with making soundfont files and knows of a free or close to free way of doing it, I would be grateful to get some pointers or info. 

Sam

Bristol_Jonesey


I don't really want to diss a Cakewalk product, but there are much better offerings out there than Session Drummer.

Any of the current crop are worth a look, my own preference is for BFD2

 
yes there are better offerings out there,but at what cost?
bfd is about 169 right now,for some of us,thats alot of money.
 

chuckebaby

Bristol_Jonesey


I don't really want to diss a Cakewalk product, but there are much better offerings out there than Session Drummer.

Any of the current crop are worth a look, my own preference is for BFD2

 
yes there are better offerings out there,but at what cost?
bfd is about 169 right now,for some of us,thats alot of money.
 

Ah Charlie - you've just had a birthday mate!

Thanks dub, I'll take a look.