Newbie X3 Addictive Drums questions

Just downloaded X3C and I have Addictive Drums and can use as a stand alone but how do I configure it for X3 to use it?  Forgive me if this questions has been asked but I looked and kept getting results for addictive drums and X1 or X2

If you have AD dll in the VSTplugins folder X3 will scan it. 

Addictive Drums.dll

Found it in a strange place C:\Program Files (x86)\Steinberg\VstPlugins thanks for every ones help

Next newbie questions for AD is can the step sequencer be used with the drums sounds of AD?  And if I am correct AD does not have a way to setup custom drum patterns correct?

AD works very well with Step Sequencer (sans drum map).  One thing I recommend to do to get around that issue is to set up a "master" blank pattern with all the triggers in it so you have access to all the sounds in the sequencer.  Took about 15 minutes to set up but it has already saved 10 times that on the first song.

Try this: Top right corner in AD there is an Audio/Midi set up button -> Look for your keyboard or midi device under active midi inputs -> select it and test it. If you have no sound and your keyboard is set for general midi: click the ? menu at the top right -> map window -> top left under preset drum maps select general midi.
 
Rocky

Atsuko
dwardzala,
 
if it's not asking too much, could you give the step-by-step how to set up a "master blank pattern" for AD?
 
Thank you advance!

Step 1: Insert an instanc of AD.  Make sure to check "midi source", "track folder"
Step 2: select your midi source track and then go to "view" and step sequencer.  This will open up the step sequencer with just note numbers
Step 3: replace note names with respective kit piece. Example: change "C3" to "kick"
Step 4: go to the "?" in AD and choose "Open keymap" to see what notes the other parts of kit are mapped to
Step 5: Add rows to step sequencer by hitting "+" in step sequencer interface. 
Step 6: Export as track template.  Although i would go farther by setting up commonly repeated setup items like assigning to individual tracks and buses  and saving as a project template first

I don't use the step sequencer that much for AD, but I find it handy to have this sort of thing already done since doing it whene you are about to create just kind of ruins the mood. The great thing about it is once you do it once, it's done.  I'm still tweaking my AD master template.  Trying to decide whether to use the bus system within AD.

dubdisciple
I don't use the step sequencer that much for AD, but I find it handy to have this sort of thing already done since doing it whene you are about to create just kind of ruins the mood. The great thing about it is once you do it once, it's done.  I'm still tweaking my AD master template.  Trying to decide whether to use the bus system within AD.

I went ahead and sent everything but the master out to Sonar - I used the mixer in AD to turn down the levels (you will peg your meters in sonar if you don't).  It gives me a couple of choices in how I want to mix/apply effects.  Still deciding if its best to get levels in AD and apply effects in Sonar or just do it all in Sonar, but for now I will probably do it all in Sonar.

doesn't a default kit load?

dubdisciple

Atsuko
dwardzala,
 
if it's not asking too much, could you give the step-by-step how to set up a "master blank pattern" for AD?
 
Thank you advance!

Step 1: Insert an instanc of AD.  Make sure to check "midi source", "track folder"
Step 2: select your midi source track and then go to "view" and step sequencer.  This will open up the step sequencer with just note numbers
Step 3: replace note names with respective kit piece. Example: change "C3" to "kick"
Step 4: go to the "?" in AD and choose "Open keymap" to see what notes the other parts of kit are mapped to
Step 5: Add rows to step sequencer by hitting "+" in step sequencer interface. 
Step 6: Export as track template.  Although i would go farther by setting up commonly repeated setup items like assigning to individual tracks and buses  and saving as a project template first

Never tried putting the whole thing into a track template. Might be easier to go try, but 
- when you have a folder and save a <Track template>, does it save everything? all the subtracks, the synth settings AND the step sequencer layout??
...seems like magic!

I think I have resolved my issue of no kit loading with launching AD but I don't understand why.  I installed AD with one profile and when I launch AD the startup kit is ready to play but if I login using another profile and launch AD no kit launches and I have to build it from scratch.  Can someone tell me where would I go to launch the start up kit when starting AD from the other profile?  Thanks to everyone I was able to create the template and make custom beats it is a lot of work but I did it

I am trying to convert an audio kick drum track to MIDI with Melodyne and then trigger a kick in Addictive drums. Is this possible? I'm just not getting it.

Not really having a problem converting the audio to MIDI. Just can't figure out how to make Addictive Drums play the MIDI track.