Can I Assign Drum Sounds To Separate Outputs

Fletcher · Post by **Fletcher** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 2:28 am

I am fairly new to the M3, and cannot come up with the answer to my question.
I know how to assign a track to an output when in combi mode,but most drum tracks in combi are not separate to begin with.
I would like to assign kick to one output,snare to another,etc.
I've gone through the kits in program mode,but it doesn,t seem it is possible
to route kick,snare,etc, in this mode.
Am I missing something,or is it not possible.
Thanks for any guidance.
Fletcher

r12 · Post by **r12** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 8:29 am

by default, most of drums kits are routed in IFX (select drumkit routing in FXtrack routing) :

kick to IFX1
snare to IFX2
toms to IFX3

and you can assign IFX output to individual outputs like :
kick->IFX1->out1
snare->IFX2->out2
toms->IFX3->out3/4
others->master->L/R (master FXs can be applied)

but in this case you lose master FXs for kick/snare/toms

Fletcher · Post by **Fletcher** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 11:34 pm

Thanks for responding r12.
I understand what you told me,but if I go to a factory drum program,
I cannot find kick or snare or what the program is comprised of.
I only get the name of the kit,with no means to break the kit down into components.
Forgive my ignorance,but I am a guitarist delving into the keyboard
world...lol
Fletcher

alland · Post by **alland** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 6:50 am

Fletcher wrote:I understand what you told me,but if I go to a factory drum program, I cannot find kick or snare or what the program is comprised of. I only get the name of the kit,with no means to break the kit down into components.

Answer was above - when you use "Dkit" as routing, then drum track is routed according the settings that were built into Drumkit (that can be edited in Global). Usually it is as said above
Snares - IFX1
Kick - IFX2
Other - IFX3
This routing can be changed in IFX page menu "DrumKit IFX Patch"

If you want to change Drumkit buses more granularly you need to do that in DrumKit editing Global P5 - 4

Fletcher · Post by **Fletcher** » Sat Mar 26, 2011 9:02 pm

Thanks gentlemen.
After a little woodshedding, I'm more on track now.
The only thing i find is that kick is usually IFX1,snare is usually IFX2,
but any hi hat or toms are not coming through EFX3,they are on FX4.
I checked my cable routing to my mixer and this seems to be the case for me.
As I play around more,it seems that what is assigned to an IFX is not always
where I think it will be.
I also find that with some of the drumkits,what I hear in the program kit is not what I hear after routing the effects.
On some programs,I will hear a kick,but after setting up the IFX Routing there is no kick.
Also I will get kick,snare and hi hat,but not the congas or percussion
that I hear in program mode.
Anyways,I know a lot more today than I did yesterday.