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using Ezdrummer 2 more recently for the instant gratification ...
I've not bought it yet. I might hang on a while yet, I don't need any of the new features yet and still want to pick up a couple of the already released SDX packs instead first.
I'm guessing that they'll release the Colin Richardson pack as an S3 SDX this metal month.
Installation has been easy, although my Platinum Sounds Evil Joe Barresi Drums library won't load, even after upgrading using the Product Manager.
My SD2 mappings for a TD12 were directly available within SD3 and it all seems to work perfectly.
After playing for an hour, it's obvious it's in a different league SD2. I think the upgrade was £160, which is looking like a total bargain.
Thanks for your review - have you tried a bunch of the harder hits yet? I've seen it discussed on the gearslutz thread that some people don't feel like some of the articulations are played hard enough on some of the snares etc.
I'm not actually lacking in drum sounds, but it's a bit disappointing you've had trouble getting Evil Drums to load as that's one of my favourites. Hope you manage to get that sorted.
a.) is it really worth me upgrading, is the jump worth it, or as S2 works for me and I have additional kits should I just stick with it
b.) are the S2 kits supported on S3 ? I can't get a clear answer to this on the toontrack forum
c.) the 250GB download is monster for just one set of kits and this puts my protools mac close to the disk limit (with protools, ez keys and S2)
with these questions / statements in mind do you think it's worth the upgrade ?
I love S2, and really rate the whole toontrack product range
It would appear that the maximum velocity hits are less strongly hit than I'd want, from discussing with a few people who have got S3. Caveat, I'd be doing heavier music which needs stronger hits. For most other styles it would appear the samples in S3 would cover a lot of ground, but I've not personally used them.
I am of the understanding that all currently released SDX and EZX were supported. I've not heard otherwise, and know of people using prior SDX's within S3.
Re: Download and install size, that's answered on the site. I think you'd only do the big install to get all the ambient mics.
"SOFTWARE: Approx. 320 MB download + installation space.
SOUND LIBRARY: Basic install: Approx. 41 GB download and an additional 41 GB for the installation process. Complete install: Approx. 236 GB download and an additional 55 GB for the installation process. SSD install (optional): Approx. 236 GB pre-installed."
it was £147 to upgrade (I think) so it depends on what you want from an upgrade. Sound on sound has a comprehensive review this month if you have a WHSmith near!
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Do you have an initial impression over the S2 platform ? ease of use, improvements etc.
I'm quite torn by it because of how much I rate the S2 products, but I'm just scared of the hassle it will bring or disappointment.
Upgrade seems a very good and fair price.
Tunetrack really have set a new standard here.
In doesn't play nice in standalone mode with the ASIO drivers for my Roland Octa-Capture, just bombs out, but standalone works fine with asio4all.
How are you guys getting on with it?
The new drum tracker features are excellent and overall the GUI is improved and the plugin feels easier to use.
Perhaps the €269 Crossgrade, is a big leap for a full screen viewer although it does look good. But I’m not sure I would truly use the extra features it contains.
If you can't get good/incredible drum sounds of any genre with this software, it's truly not the software that's at fault.
While the sounds are good I just felt like they stopped at 90% of the drummer's striking velocity on a bunch of the kit pieces on the core library, unless this is something they addressed in a later update. I uninstalled the core library a while ago now.
Have got a couple of questions:
1) How does it work with EZ Drummer 2 EZX Expansions? I’ve bought the Jazz and a couple of other packs & want to make sure that they will work OK within Superior Drummer.
2) Can a track ripped from a CD, be inserted & then get Superior Drummer to work out the the drum groove & create its own MIDI from this? (e.g. the track Heartbreaker by Led Zeppelin)