SDSE is a software meant for 2Box users and e-drummers.
SDSE stands for Simple Drum Sounds Exporter or Super Drumkits from Sweden.BackgroundI got the 2Box DrumIt Five module for the realism of the sounds and the fact that the module is fully open to receive new sounds. Of course the module can also be used to trigger VST sounds but personally the ease of setup and ease of use of the DrumIt Five as a standalone module is something I really enjoy. After many visits to this forum I started following the example set by Jman and others and started adding new .dsnd files. Importing sounds to the DrumIt Five was made easier thanks to the great program that is DSoundTool but all the small steps required to export sounds from a VST sound library (drag and dropping a MIDI item, learning the note for each instrument/articulation, renaming the .dnsd) can amount to a lot of time.
Wouldn't it be great if we had an export feature in Superior Drummer 2 that would convert a preset to a set of .dsnd files with matching .dkit? The goal of SDSE is to perform the same task.
I started working on SDSE this summer as a project for my own use but when it became a one-click solution I thought I would polish it and add features in hope that it makes it easier for fellow drummers to export their kits.
Many thanks to Jman for his feedback and extensive testing!
PurposeAutomatically export drum instruments or whole kits from a drum instrument VST to .wav and optionally to .dsnd and .dkit for the DrumIt Five module.
The process is fully automated for supported VSTs and basic functionality should work with other VSTs as long as they are set to use the same MIDI map.
It can also be used without REAPER or a VST to quickly build .dsnd files from .wav.
Requirements- Windows 10 32/64, Windows 8 32/64, 7 32/64, Vista 32/64 or XP SP2/SP3
- 1GB RAM minimum, 4GB or more recommended to export full kits
- a screen resolution of 800x600 minimum
- Vista/7/8: you can use any DPI setting as long as XP scaling is enabled. 96 (100%) and 120 (125%) DPI settings have XP scaling enabled by default
Various features require one or several of the following programs:
Supported VST instruments- Addictive Drums 2, Addictive Drums - www.xlnaudio.com
- Alan Vista Chau Gongs, Royotoms - www.alanvista.com/royotoms
- Analogue Drums (Kontakt, also Kontakt Player with restrictions) - www.analoguedrums.com
- BFD3 - www.fxpansion.com
- BFD2 and BFD Eco - www.fxpansion.com
- Chocolate Audio The Black Album Drums 2.0.3 - www.chocolateaudio.com
- Drumasonic 2, Drumasonic Luxury - www.drumasonic.com
- DrumForge (Kick, Snare and Toms only) - drumforge.com
- DrumMic'a - en-us.sennheiser.com/drummica
- EZdrummer 2, EZdrummer and EZdrummer Lite - www.toontrack.com
- GetGood Drums Halpern Drums v2, Invasion, Modern & Massive Drums, P4 Matt Halpern Signature Pack - getgooddrums.com
- MT Power Drum Kit 2 v2.0.2 - www.powerdrumkit.com
- Native Instruments Abbey Road Drummer series, Studio Drummer - www.native-instruments.com
- Ocean Way Drums Platinum/Gold with V-Drum mapping (one piece at a time)
- Perfect Drums (1.5.0 minimum) - theperfectdrums.com
- Steven Slate Drums SSD5.5, SSD5.5 Free, SSD5, SSD5 Free, SSD4 Platinum, EX and Custom - www.stevenslatedrums.com
- Superior Drummer 3, Superior Drummer 2 - www.toontrack.com
- VSDS-X Simmons SDS-V Extended Drum Synthesizer - www.alyjameslab.com
Features- one-click operation from VST to .wav and .dsnd + .dkit
- automatically generate a .dkit from the newly converted .dsnd
- automatically adjusts HiHat zones when building a .dsnd
- automatically rename the .wav and .dsnd files using the original instrument names (supported VST only)
- option to shrink filenames using user-defined search/replace
required to be able to build .dkits properly and to identify parts on the small DrumIt Five screen. - option to put width first in filenames
14x6.5 instead of 6.5x14, to make it easier to find an instrument when browsing. - option to add Library short names as filename suffix or prefix
useful to identify which sounds belong to the same recording room. - option to add custom suffix to the files when exporting kit variations
- option to delete the .wav files on success
- options to disable exporting Tom Rim, Crash Mute and Hats Bell
- option to normalize .wav files
- option to sort the resulting .dsnd files in subfolders
- prompt to add missing MIDI mappings to Superior Drummer 2 configuration if needed.
you may see this prompt if you use the Avatar or Music City libraries. - set background colour
- play sound when complete
Other Features- Edit your kit layout with DKit Manager
Allows you to set different pad layouts, useful for people who split their toms to add more pads or use a custom setup.
Edit your kit layout with DKit Manager. The current Layout setting from Dkit Manager is used by SDSE to build a .dkit file that matches your own pad layout.
Evaluation version features- built-in support for all instruments to be exported to .wav and .dsnd except for Hats and Cymbals
- Addictive Drums 2 kick and snares
- Addictive Drums Sonor Designer kit
- BFD3 BFD3 DW Mardi Gras kit
- BFD2 and BFD Eco Ludwig Vistalite and Black Oyster kits
- Drumasonic 2 and Drumasonic Luxury default kit
- Sennheiser DrumMic'a kit
- Steven Slate Drums 5.5 and 5, Lwg kit from the Deluxe 2 library
- Steven Slate Drums 4 DW kit (Deluxe Rock and Custom libraries)
- Abbey Road 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, Vintage and Modern default kits
- Studio Drummer default kit
- Superior Drummer 2 Avatar sound library
- EZdrummer 2 Modern kits
- EZdrummer or EZdrummer Lite core library (Pop/Rock EZX)
- EZdrummer Lite Cocktail EZX
Supported Sound LibrariesAddictive Drums 2, Addictive DrumsADpak
- Addictive Drums (Studio Pop, Rock, Prog)
- Black Velvet
- Fairfax Vol. 1
- Fairfax Vol. 2
- Funk
- Indie
- Metal
- Modern Jazz Brushes
- Modern Jazz Sticks
- Modern Soul and R&B
- Reel Machines
- Retro (Retroplex, Blue Oyster, Black Oyster)
- Session Percussion
- United Heavy
- United Pop
- Vintage Dry
| Kitpiece
- DW Collector's Bass Drum
- DW Solid Piccolo Snare
- DW Woofer
- DW Premier Gen-X Bass Drum
- Sonor Designer Snare
- Vistalite Bass Drum
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BFD3, BFD2 and BFD EcoExpansion Packs
- BFD3
- BFD2, London Sessions, BFD Eco
- 8 Bit Kit
- Andy Johns Classic Drums
- Big Orchestral Marching Band (Marching Drums, Orchestral)
- Cocktail
- Decatom
- Deluxe Collection
- DrumDrops BFD Slingerland
- DrumDrops BFD Rogers Big R Dub Kit
- Dunnett Titanium
- Eldorado
- EpiK DrumS Bill Cobham
- EpiK DrumS Bob Siebenberg
- EpiK DrumS Rod Morgenstein
- EpiK DrumS Sixties DownBeat
- EpiK DrumS Seventies EJ
- EpiK DrumS Terry Bozzio
- EpiK DrumS Woody Woodmansey
- Evil Drums
- Heavy
- Horsepower
- Imperial Drums
- Japanese Taiko Percussion
- Jazz & Funk
- Jazz Noir
- JEX XDrum
- Jim Scott Rock Drums Vol. 1 & 2
- Metal Snares
- Modern Drummer Snare Drum Selects
- Neil Peart Kit
- Nick Mason Kit
- Oblivion
- Percussion
- Rock Legends Gretsch Charlie Watts
- Sabian Digital Vault
- Signature Snares Vol. 1
- Signature Snares Vol. 2
- Sleishman Drums
- Sleishman Snares
- Sonic Reality Vinny Appice
- Sonic Reality Hugh Padgham Big Fill Kit
- Sonica Kabuki and Noh Percussion
- Sphere
- Stanton Moore Bosphorus Cymbals
- Swan Percussion
- The Black Album Drums
- Virtually Erskine (Peter Erskine)
- XFL
- Yamaha Jazz Maple
- Yamaha Maple Custom Absolute
- Yamaha Oak Custom
- Zildjian Digital Vault (Gen16 Z-Pack1, S-Pack1, S-Pack2)
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Steven Slate Drums 5.5 Steven Slate Drums 5, Steven Slate Drums 4- Blackbird
- Chris Lord-Alge
- Classic Signature
- Classic Vol. 1
- Classic Vol. 2
- David Bendeth
- Deluxe
- Deluxe 2
- Electronic
- Terry Date
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Superior Drummer, EZdrummerSuperior Drummer 3, Superior Drummer 2 SDX
- Avatar
- Custom & Vintage
- Darkness
- Death
- Decades
- Evil Drums
- Indiependent
- Legacy of Rock
- Metal Foundry
- Metal Machinery
- Music City
- New York Vol. 2
- New York Vol. 3
- Orchestral Percussion I
- Orchestral Percussion II
- Progressive Foundry
- Rock Foundry
- Rock Warehouse
- Rooms of Hansa Live Room
- Rooms of Hansa Marble Room
- Rooms of Hansa Meistersaal
- Rooms of Hansa Vocal Booth
- Roots Sticks
- Roots Brushes, Rods & Mallets
- Superior Drummer 3 Core
| EZdrummer 2, EZdrummer, Superior Drummer 3, Superior Drummer 2 EZX
- Action!
- Alt-Rock
- Americana
- Big Band
- Big Rock Drums
- Claustrophobic
- Cocktail
- Custom Shop
- Dark Matter
- Death Metal
- Dream Pop
- Drumkit From Hell
- Drums Of Destruction
- Electronic
- Funkmasters
- Hard Rock
- Hip-Hop!
- Indie Folk
- Jazz
- Kicks & Snares
- Latin Percussion
- Made of Metal
- Metal!
- Metal Machine
- Metalheads
- Modern/Vintage
- Nashville
- Number 1 Hits
- Pop!
- Pop Punk
- Pop/Rock
- Post-Rock
- Progressive Rock
- Reggae
- Rock!
- Rock Solid
- Seventies Rock
- Southern Soul
- The Blues
- The Classic
- Traditional Country
- Twisted Kit
- UK Pop
- Vintage Rock
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Kontakt 6Native Instruments
- Abbey Road 50's Drummer
- Abbey Road 60's Drummer
- Abbey Road 70's Drummer
- Abbey Road 80's Drummer
- Abbey Road Modern Drummer
- Abbey Road Vintage Drummer
- Studio Drummer
| Analogue Drums
- Big Mono 1.70
- Big Mono Redux 1.72
- BlackSmith 1.02
- Bombastix 1.03
- Boxer 1.02
- BuckShot 1.70
- DeadBeat 1.04
- FatStacks 1.85
- Gorilla 1.82
- Grandioso 1.70
- KingPin 1.80
- MonoTown 1.50
- Pizazz 1.01
- Plastique 1.81
- PopSticks 1.72
- PopSticks SC 1.72
- RockStock 1.72
- RockStock SC 1.72
- Royale 1.01
- Smoker 1.00
- SnareCity 1.72
- SplitSticks 1.70
| Chocolate Audio
- The Black Album Drums 2.0.3
Drumasonic
- Drumasonic 2
- Drumasonic Luxury
DrumForge
- DrumForge (Kick, Snare and Toms only)
GetGood Drums
- Halpern Drums v2
- Invasion
- Modern & Massive Drums
- P4 Matt Halpern Signature Pack
Ocean Way Drums
- Platinum/Gold with V-Drum mapping (one piece at a time)
Sennheiser
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