Can Drum Replacer work with MIDI notes?

[Gary Lehmann]

I use Sonar for backgrounds when I play gigs, most of my sequences are strictly MIDI.

Can I replace the MIDI drum info using Drum Replacer?

Edited yesterday at 04:45 AM by Gary Lehmann
Added question.

[Amberwolf]

I don't know the answer to that, but:

What is the goal?

If you're using MIDI to drive drums, you could simply point hte midi track(s) to a different drum synth, or use a different kit in the drum synth you're already using, if you simply want different drums than you already have.

If you want a different sound to the drums you are already using, you can setup different bussing or effects on the synth's audio tracks, etc. 

 

[mettelus]

3 hours ago, Amberwolf said:

If you're using MIDI to drive drums, you could simply point hte midi track(s) to a different drum synth, or use a different kit in the drum synth you're already using, if you simply want different drums than you already have.

This is what you want to do. MIDI has no audio (is simply note data), so there is nothing for drum replacer to process. In essence, drum replacer allows you to fine tune the audio you want to replace, converts them to MIDI hits, and replaces (or blends) that audio with another sound set (and a limited selection to choose from). Since you already have the MIDI, just point it to another drum virtual instrument (VSTi) of your choice and select/edit the kit pieces as needed.

Edited yesterday at 08:14 AM by mettelus

[Bass Guitar]

I think the OP is confusing replacing a Synth  with the concept of what drum replacer is for. 
 

If you don’t like the sound of any VST instruments you can choose “Replace “ and swap it for something else. 

As said Drum Replacer was designed to augment real drum recordings with midi drum sounds. By default it uses some pretty lame sounding drum sounds. But you can use any other drum VST by dragging the drum replacer track to a drum vst track . 

It takes a lot of screwing around to actually make it play even the kick drum. I sort of don’t think it gets used much by anyone. 
 

When it first came out I played around with it on some multi track acoustic drum tracks and after a few hours of tweaking managed to get the kick drum extracted and converted it to a midi track. Yahoo. It would have been faster to use Melodyne. 
The snare was way harder and it totally misses things like rim shots and other important parts. Then you can totally forget any cymbals. 

 

 

[Clayton Gary Lehmann]

I’m still using tone modules for MIDI—any recommendations for VST drums?

[Chaps]

1 minute ago, Clayton Gary Lehmann said:

I’m still using tone modules for MIDI—any recommendations for VST drums?

Depends. Do you want free or are you willing to buy a product. If buy, how much are you willing to spend? I mostly use Addictive Drums 2 because I like the interface. Free drum kits I have used are:

SSD 5.5 FREE

MT Power Drum Kit 2

BFD Player

MODO DRUM CS 1.5 And Other Free Products

A lot depends on how configurable you want them to be.