ahrayeph said
So what I'm requesting - pretty please with a cherry on top - is one of two things : if it would at all be possible, I would ask for the options of choosing either mono or stereo channels inside of SD3, with this being mirrored in the DAW of one's choice, or, if that is too hard to do on a reasonably short term, to reinstate the option to turn the multichannel outs to mono, like in SD2. I have to confess the former option is more appealing to me than the latter, but ultimately, I don't know how easy or hard it is to put this into SD3's code.
This can be solved in some DAW:s (Pro Tools for example) by selecting only Left (or Right) from Superior Drummer's outputs (thus capturing a mono signal). We have noticed that it doesn't seem to be easy to do in Cubase for example, so we will discuss the mono output option, and see what we can do!
My second request pertains the MIDI mapping. While it's easy to have everything close together in the GUI and the amount of tabs are reduced, I'm missing an option to clear all MIDI mapping to custom make your own, which was present inside SD2 as well.
Regarding this - Superior Drummer 3 has two ways of mapping/transforming MIDI:
1. The "MIDI in/E-drums" in Settings. Changes here are applied on incoming MIDI (from a DAW, e-drum kit etc).
2. The internal MIDI mapping/velocity etc. - found in the drums tab, in different Property Boxes on the right side. Changes here are applied after the incoming MIDI mapping, and applies to all MIDI being played (from external sources, but also all internal MIDI playing - on the Superior Drummer 3 track for example).
An example what the intended workflow is: You have e-drums hooked up to Superior Drummer 3. You set up the MIDI mapping for the kit in the settings page, since this mapping will always be active (even if you change (Drums and Mixer) presets, or even when you change Sound Library.
However - in one particular preset, you find that the snare velocity isn't reacting to your e-drum snare like you want it to. You now change the velocity in the drums tab, since these changes only will apply to the currently selected preset.
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I just wanted to make sure that you are aware of the (quite complex) options in Superior Drummer 3 for MIDI mapping 🙂 When doing complete mapping overhauls - it is often a good idea to do this in the MIDI in/E-drums settings page, since you can save this as a mapping preset. Would you find it useful with an "Empty" MIDI mapping preset to start with?