Step Sequencer - Splitting Drum Parts

Beware...my terminology isnt probably up to par....
 
I've programmed a whole song's drum part into step sequencer using SI drums by clicking the squares in the step sequencer. No external module. When I pull up a step sequencer clip I see all the rows of the drums, all in one track. Now I want to control each type of drum separately, each drum in its own separate track. What's the fastest way to do this. Is there some type of auto-split which kicks each step sequencer row in to its own track? I want to equalize and compress each drum separately is my purpose.
 
Please advise,
 
Thank You

EDITED - Please ignore my post below - I had not realized that the OP had mentioned SI-Drums, which cannot do what I have recommended below.  Sorry for any confusion - Bob Bone
 
There is a CAL script that splits each drum note from a clip into its own track, HOWEVER, someone recently posted a comment about a problem with timing or something like that.  I have not gone back to verify that to be an actual problem in the script - but thought I should mention it.
 
I do not actually recommend splitting each drum's midi note out into a separate track.
 
I recommend that you route each drum synth kit piece to its own audio outputs, which then get routed to a whole bunch of audio tracks in Sonar, and multiple drum buses.
 
EDITED: I just saw something in the other post above that I do not do in what I am typing here.  I do NOT use multiple midi channels in any way for splitting drums per what I post below.  There is no need.  I simply take advantage of most drum synth's ability to route kit pieces to separate audio outputs, combine that with Sonar audio tracks, and buses, all with a single midi track and single midi channel (10).
 
Here's why:
 
1.  Editing a drum roll becomes a nightmare, if you have to open up a different midi track for each tom tom or cymbal used in the roll/fill.  I just don't think it is practical.
 
2.  I think routing each kit piece to its own audio output from the drum synth, then routed to its own Sonar audio track makes much more sense, as you then have total sonic control over each kit piece, for volume, panning, and effects, while retaining the simplicity of editing in a single midi track.
 
I start with some drum kit in Battery 3 from its library, fix up whatever cells I wish to, and then change the output of each desired cell to go to its own audio output channels.  Kick goes to channels 1/2, snare to 3/4, etc.
 
Then, I save that kit for later use in other projects, and then I create a 'Drums' track folder.  In that folder I insert a single midi track, and a bunch of audio tracks, and route each of those audio tracks back to the multiple outputs from Battery 3, so that in the end, each kit piece from tge Battery 3 kit has its own Sonar stereo audio track.
 
THEN, I set up a series of buses, one for Toms, Snare, Kick, Cymbals, Overheads, and Room, and a Drums Main bus that all of the sub-buses feed.  I change the output routing for each kit piece to go to the appropriate sub-bus, and this way I can either control individual sonic aspects of a particular kit piece, or can do the same for a whole group of kit pieces, such as Toms, or can do the same for the whole kit itself.  You also group common effects for common kit pieces, in the process, etc.
 
Once I set up the above, I highlight and save it all off as a Track Template, so that if another later project needs the same kit, well, all of the work will have been done already, and with a couple of mouse clicks, I can pull in a fully optimized drum kit, audio tracks for each kit piece, and buses tailored for that particular kit.
 
It is a REALLY REALLY quick and powerful way to work with drum setup and use.
 
I hope I have explained the above sufficiently, give it a shot and you may decide you like it.
 
Bob Bone
 

Thanks, scook - I missed that.  Off for more coffee, maybe that will open the eyes wider than the James Franco look I have going so far this morning.  :)
 
Bob Bone
 

Hm. An idea.
If SI drums doesn't make multiple outputs available (like Bob, my preferred way of working is to use one MIDI track and split the individual drums to audio tracks using multiple synth outputs), then how about this.
 
Create the MIDI track in step sequencer/piano roll view. Don't worry about eq, compression etc. at this point.
 
Mute everything but the kick drum, then bounce the synth to a track. That will output a kick-only track. Then mute the kick, unmute the snare and repeat. Continue untill all drums (or groups if you decide to e.g. keep the toms on one track) are bounced to their own audio track. A bit messy, but it will get the job done and without needing to load a seperate instance of SI drums for each individual drum.
 
If you do split the MIDI, the PRV lets you view or edit the contents of several MIDI tracks at once. It's probably the beer tool than the step sequencer if you want natural "human" sounding drums as well because it's far more flexible than the step sequencer (and can cope with inserting triplets into 4/4, slight timing tweaks per individual note and similar stuff, which the step sequencer can't).

TLW:
I'm assuming when you say "mute" you mean to push the piano key of the drum I want so only it's selected and then bounce to track? I don't see an option to mute anything in PRV and trying to mute all the drums in StepSequencer will take forever because they're broken into many clips throughout song and when I try to bounce to clip all of the clips I no longer can right-click and go into Step Sequencer. I selected the bass drum part and tried bouncing to track but it says no audio date selected. I've also tried just the copy/paste method into a new track but everytime I push play I get a fatal error message for the program and the program has to be shut down. Any ideas?

Scook:
Thanks for the update. I tried exactly what you said but when I Bounce to Clips the clips merge but then the program shows "Not Responding" in the top bar. I can still run thru the CAL popups and the separate drum tracks are created but when I push play I hear no sound and the program starts goofing up. I closed out and reopened and tried a few times but same result. It seems whenever I'm trying to move parts or the whole drum track all I get is program errors. I completely dont understand this because I didnt have this prob before when I would use older versions. I'm using Microsoft Vista also. But I meet all requirements, plus I have more.

I doubt it is an OS issue. It may be a project specific issue. May want to try the process in a new project.

Wouldn't using the muting technique result in just the audio being split off, one note to a track?
 
I would think he would want to retain the midi data, and have THAT split off to the different tracks, with each midi track assigned to output to SI-Drums.
 
Or, maybe I am missing something.
 
Bob Bone
 
 

I did not even get down to that part of the post. Breaking out the MIDI is not going to provide an EQ opportunity. Dynamics could be controlled with MIDI but it may be easier using the audio tracks. Since I prefer to bounce to audio late in a project and given how small the project is, I might be tempted to create a drum map and several instances SI Drums.

TLW:
I highlight all the clips on my drum track in Step Sequencer but the only row that gets actually muted when I mute that row even before I bounce to track is in one clip only, the clip I right click on to View>> Step Sequencer. So when I bounce to tracks all off the rest of the rows in every other clip is unmuted and therefore I get the full drum track.
 
For the PRV, you say to select the notes. you mean hit the piano key to highlight that row of notes? I hit the piano keys by keeping ctrl down to select multiple rows, pushed "t", right clicked on "scalpel", selected mute, button turns into an "m", but nothing ghosts out if I click left mouse button on piano key or notes. When I play back the track the drum sound still occurs telling me it's not muted. In fact, below my arrow-cursor is a circl w/ a line thru it, like the classic "no symbol" when I'm inside the PRV although not on the piano keys themselves.
 
Any further help is appreciated.

David-

My preferred method for selecting notes in the PRV is to use the mouse to lasso the blobs in the track. There are other ways, but that's the way I do it.

Yes, you do get that circle-with-a-line through it icon with the mute tool. When you hover the pointer in the right place over a MIDI note's "blob" (not the keyboard to the left, the actual note blob itself) it changes and you can then click on the note which should mute all currently selected notes.

As for the step sequencer, all I can say is that when I select a bunch of SS clips in track view and open the SS by right-clicking on one of them and selecting view/step sequencer, muting a row in the SS view that pops up mutes the same row in all the clips. At least, I crwated half a dozen clips and tried it and it worked.

To be honest though the best way to get what you want is to use the internal mixer in the drum synth/sampler to mute all but one drum, bounce it to a track and repeat as necessary. I haven't got SI drums installed though, so I can't confirm if that's possible or not.

Would it work do event filter out all but one drum note at a time and get that to its own track?
 
Bob Bone
 

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