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2013/12/11 18:57:22
Keithr41
Hey, trying to replace a kick drum track with a kick from session drummer 3.  Just downloaded X3 studio.  Anyway, I can get the midi notes copied onto a new track but when I paste the kit, It plays a different part of the kit instead of just the kick drum.  I have the Midi note set to C3 in the Audiosnap options.  I guess my question is what an I doing wrong and/or how do I figure out what midi note each piece of the kit is?
 
Thanks, Keith
2013/12/11 19:32:14
scook
There is a table in the Session Drummer help that shows the note mapping. Right-clicking the instruments at the top of the mixer view in Session Drummer also shows the instrument name/note mapping. The instrument name is also displayed on the left-hand side in the Piano Roll View. The PRV may be the best place to go first because it also shows the notes being played.
2013/12/11 19:52:03
Keithr41
PRV just shows all of the pieces of the kit being played in ascending order.  Can't find any specific note for the kick.  Couldn't find anything in session drummer either.  Right clicking the kick just says note 36 which I can't even put into audiosnap options.  Very confused.
2013/12/11 20:09:17
brundlefly
C3 (note number 36) should be correct for Session Drummer's Kick, and you should see the note events on that line in the PRV. If not you can click the drum name on which the events are showing up to select them all, and Shift+drag them down to "BassDR" (Shift keeps them from moving in time).
 
P.S. If you right-click the area where the drum names are shown in the PRV, you can select "Use these Note names instead", choose 0... 127, and you'll see the corresponding note numbers.
2013/12/11 20:50:50
Keithr41
OK, buy why is the kick drum not playing when I have c3 selected?
  Instead, I get every other part of the kit, one note at a time.  Gotta be something simple?
2013/12/11 22:15:13
Keithr41
OK, WTF?  Did the same thing on the snare with D3 the note and it worked perfectly?  Why not on the kick track?  GRRRRRRRR
2013/12/11 22:35:08
scook
You are right, it has to be something simple and hard to diagnose remotely. Make sure the kit you are loading is playing a proper kick drum sample in 36. When the notes are recorded in the MIDI track, make sure they are hitting the correct instrument.
2013/12/11 22:43:15
Keithr41
They aren't.  That's the problem.  I'll try another kit and see what happens.  The snare in that same kit worked fine though.
2013/12/11 22:49:05
Keithr41
Nope.  Not the kit.  When I put D3 in audiosnap for the snare it worked perfectly.  The kick just keeps playing ascending sounds on the kit then it starts over when it gets to the end.  Very frustrating.
2013/12/11 22:52:22
scook
You can also load individual instruments by right-clicking on the instrument and selecting an appropriate sfz file.
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