Midi splitting and Routing

[Rosanimal]

IM using superior drummer and I split the midi onto individual tracks.I have superior Drummer on an aux track and all the midi tracks (outs)going into SD aux track.I see everything is seperated now but I have no volume control on individual tracks.what am i doing wrong.....im not retarded ahhh maybe a little lol.all help is appreciated.I couldnt drop a picture in here so i posted a link showing a pic of what i did so you can see exactly whats going on.this is just a test session for splitting purposes.
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b6.../ptcapture.jpg

[albee1952]

Photo link is not working for me. In any case, I suspect you are over-complicating things so let me describe what works for me. I insert SD on a stereo Instrument track. Then I open the mixer inside the SD plugin and assign each mixer "channel" to a bus(inside the plugin). Next, I add a bunch of stereo AUX tracks and set all the inputs to the plugin buses. Now each sound from the SD2 kit plays thru its own track where I can use plugins and control volume/pan/automation just as I would with a regular drum kit. You could also use AUDIO tracks instead of AUX tracks and record all the drums as audio(handy if you need to move the session to a system that doesn't have the SD2 stuff installed). All my midi editing gets done on the instrument track. Here's a screen shot showing how it all looks:
http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x...52/SDsetup.jpg

I know there are several ways to accomplish the control you want. This is the way I use. As you can see in the capture, I use a real hihat, but the principle is the same and while I run all toms as a stereo track, you can split them out to single tom per track using the same procedure.

[Rosanimal]

Well....i recorded on a midi track and use an aux track for play back.forgive me but I'm still not getting it.i don't want you to feel like your words are wasted but I'm reading it but I'm not following.

[albee1952]

Instead of recording midi to a midi track, record it to a stereo instrument track with SD2 inserted. Instrument tracks combine the features of a midi track with an AUX track for convenience. You can also copy/paste midi data from a midi track to an instrument track.

[Rosanimal]

Hey albee thanks man,After rereading your post and staring at the pic for a while it finally sank in.I appreciate the help.thanks again.

[DonaldM]

Originally Posted by Rosanimal

Hey albee thanks man,After rereading your post and staring at the pic for a while it finally sank in.I appreciate the help.thanks again.

Which is precisely how we ALL learned all this stuff! The stare at the screen until it becomes clear method!

[albee1952]

Originally Posted by DonaldM

Which is precisely how we ALL learned all this stuff! The stare at the screen until it becomes clear method!

or until we pass out, bang our head on the desk(or floor) and come to with a fresh mind

[DonaldM]

Originally Posted by albee1952

or until we pass out, bang our head on the desk(or floor) and come to with a fresh mind

Well, yes, there is that method, too!