I'm basically running SD3 like a module, my TD-11 kits triggers it, I go out from my interface into another board for recording, so all effects would be external. Yeah, I'm finding the dry kits are the best options. Try using a clean kit and lowering your buffers to the lowest until the sound breaks up then you will know the difference.Cool, I will try some lower buffer levels. So you need to differentiate between what is a buffer problem and what is meant to be there from a plugin. Static for mean would mean cracks and pops which is usually buffers too low for the computer but it may mean something different to you. What is hard is describing the distortion you are getting. This works well even on large projects but it all depends on the power of your computer. I run my interface at 64 samples giving me about 2ms. Most people tend to not notice this if it is under 10ms. The buffers dictate latency so if they are too high the time from hitting a pad to the sound coming out increases. I tend to use dry kits with no effects or do them myself although some presets are not too bad. These have all sorts of effects on them and some are terrible. Try using a clean kit and lowering your buffers to the lowest until the sound breaks up then you will know the difference.Īh right so you are going through the presets.
Thanks!Ah right so you are going through the presets. I will also keep an eye on the buffer too. I do notice that some kits have effects on certain drums that give it the bitcrush effect. I turned it off and the static went away. I think it is currently at 256, should I go lower? I did dig more into the Ayotte kit and found there was a "bitcrusher" effect set for the Ambience channel. I should mention the static only lasts for the duration of the sample, no static after that. Oh, and the issue doesn't happen when I'm not using the preset mixing kits, so is it a mixer issue? I am running SD3 as standalone for now on a 2015 Macbook i7/16gb with Scarlett interface(although the static is there for standard headphones out from laptop too). I figured I would try here as well because so many folks on here use SD3.
I was on with Sweetwater tech support for about an hour and they couldn't pinpoint the issue, so they are contacting Toontrack. It's seems to happen only to certain drum samples I tried looking online and on this forum but didn't see anything specific(if there is a topic already, sorry! Let me know where to go).
It seems to only be an issue when I use the presets(Tight/Dry, etc), static with certain drums and specifically the "Broken Ayotte" kit sound like they have some sort of static/distortion on the sample. I am new to Superior Drummer and VSTs so forgive me on my naivety(I come from module only recording) but I'm having an issue with a few drum kits inside SD3.