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2016/02/05 22:53:09
mcourter
I'm new to Sonar Artist (but not to Sonar). It comes with SI Drummer and Session Drummer 3. I can't seem to find patterns in 3 or 6 or 12. Everything seems geared to straight ahead 4/4 rock. unless, of course I'm missing something. i typically use Jammer for drums, and found plenty of patterns to fit, but everything is straight time, no swing feel. And I lack the patience for Piano
Roll composing, I've beaten my head against that method before. This is a small problem but maybe someone has some ideas. I appreciate the help.
Mark
2016/02/05 23:51:30
tomixornot
Have you tried the Step Sequencer ? It's easy to setup the Beats as other time signatures and the Steps as straight or tuplet. You do have to enter the beats manually. As I normally program beats from scratch, I've do not know of other short cuts.
2016/02/10 22:12:32
mcourter
Albert I haven't tried that yet, but it's worth a twirl.  It can be that hard to generate a basic pattern in 3, copy and paste
2016/02/11 06:22:01
tomixornot
You can also import midi drum files easily by dragging the midi file into the Session Drummer midi track.

The following are midi notes Session Drummer responds to :-
 
*based on Platinum Samples library. The default Session Drummer kits may have less notes.
 
Crash2 - 52, 54, 55
Ride/Bell - 53
Ride/Bow - 51,59
Crash1 - 49,57
Flr.Tom - 41,43
Mid.Tom - 45,47
Hi.Tom - 48,50
Hat.Pedal - 44
Hat.Open - 46
Hat.Half - 26
Hat.Quarter - 22
Snare.Rimshot - 40
Snare.Drag - 39
Snare.Hit - 38
Sidestick - 37
Bass Kick - 35, 36
2016/02/12 18:22:26
mcourter
As it turns out, Jammer has added a bunch of Band Styles in 3, so that worked out after all, imported into SD3. I still wish they had a latin percussion kit, but you can't have everything
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