Superior drummer 3 ...what do people think?

guitarfishbay

1.  Fine, I've got several EZX expansions they all work ok in SD3.

2.  I've never tried to grab a drum groove from a full mix, so I couldn't comment on how effective that would be.

duotone

Cheers @guitarfishbay ;

I’ll have another look on YouTube tonight for No.2.

Thanks.

duotone

@guitarfishbay ;
I had a look yesterday and it looks like it will only work with drum audio, which completley makes sense.

From the Toontrack website:
"Simply drop your drum audio material in Tracker, let it quickly analyze your content and in no time, you’ll be able to preview the MIDI based on your original tracks. Start blending, augmenting, replacing and creating!"



I'm still interested to see what that Led Zeppelin track would sound like, although I'm pretty sure it could be messy.

octatonic

guitarfishbay said:

1.  Fine, I've got several EZX expansions they all work ok in SD3.

2.  I've never tried to grab a drum groove from a full mix, so I couldn't comment on how effective that would be.

1. Same here. 
2. Me either.

FWIW The best snare in all of the libraries is the Nashville snare. I use it on everything.

duotone

octatonic said:

guitarfishbay said:

1.  Fine, I've got several EZX expansions they all work ok in SD3.

2.  I've never tried to grab a drum groove from a full mix, so I couldn't comment on how effective that would be.

1. Same here. 
2. Me either.

FWIW The best snare in all of the libraries is the Nashville snare. I use it on everything.

I bought that Nashville EZX earlier in the year after your recommendation. Cheers for that @octatonic ;

guitarfishbay

Yeah the room in the Nashville/Music City pack sounds awesome.

duotone

Finally bit the bullet, am downloading it now.

Edit: Really liking this. Have been using it more than EZDrummer2, although maybe thats "new toy syndrome!" 

It's a very good bit of kit & I'm enjoying the resize window features very handy.  ATM I have only downloaded the 1st download.  Will continue with the others when I've got to grips a bit more with it.  

Anyone else think that the 1st 2 downloads cover enough ground for them?

duotone

New Al Schmitt SDX Expansion recorded at Capitol Studios, LA looks good.


https://www.toontrack.com/product/decades-sdx/

Lodious

The Al Schmitt expansion seems to have been very well received...only a matter of time before it's added to basket :-)

duotone

Lodious said:

The Al Schmitt expansion seems to have been very well received...only a matter of time before it's added to basket :-)

That's the spirit @Lodious ;

kjdowd

It's ace. The end. 

duotone

I’m hoping that Toontrack have some Black Friday sales....fingers crossed!

Lodious

kjdowd said:

It's ace. The end. 

Have you got it? Whassit like? 

Musicwolf

Nerine said:

It kicks SD2 severely into touch.

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.

This just about sums it up.

The only thing that I would add is that adding the room mics (a further 40GB of samples on top of the 40GB  of basic drum sounds) is well worth it in my experience.  It just knits everything together nicely.

The mixer is now nice enough that I no longer send multi outs to my DAW.  The groove library is huge to the point of being overwhelming (I need to refine my navigation skills).

I've just been transferring a load of old projects onto my new music pc ready to re-visit them in the New Year when I have free time.  A fair few were recorded with Superior Drummer 2.0.  Listening back the difference between 2.0 and 3.0 is amazing.

Lodious

Just downloaded Decades thanks to Santa. Initial impressions are that it sounds fantastic. Really nice natural sounding kits  with some great presets. Very impressed :-) 

duotone

https://www.toontrack.com/superior-september/

HITMAKER SDX

NEW SDX BY HUGH PADGHAM.

On September 20, industry legend Hugh Padgham (Phil Collins, Genesis, The Police, Sting) delivers a massive new SDX. Listen to some quick previews below. More info to come!

• Six (6) acoustic drum kits and more than 400 classic drum machine sounds
• Extra selections of acoustic kicks, snares and cymbals
• Recorded by four-time Grammy Award-winning producer/mixer/engineer Hugh Padgham (Phil Collins, Genesis, Sting, The Police)
• Inspired by some of the most defining works in Hugh’s discography
• Captured at British Grove Studios in London, England
• A generous selection of mix-ready presets by Hugh Padgham
• Includes a bespoke library of MIDI drum grooves and fills inspired by Padgham’s discography

ABOUT
HUGH PADGHAM

Hugh is a British audio engineer, producer and mixer. He started his career in the 1970s as a tape operator at Advision Studios in London, UK, working on albums by the likes of Mott the Hoople, Gentle Giant and many more. From there he went on to work at the legendary The Townhouse, engineering for bands like XTC, Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins. The rest is, of course, history. 

To date, Hugh has won four Grammy Awards along with many other industry accolades and nominations for his outstanding production work and contributions in the field music. He is considered one of the most influential producers in the industry.

SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY

PETER GABRIEL “3: MELT” (1980)

PHIL COLLINS “FACE VALUE” (1981)

THE POLICE “GHOST IN THE MACHINE” (1981)

GENESIS “GENESIS” (1983)

THE POLICE “SYNCHRONICITY” (1984)

PHIL COLLINS “NO JACKET REQUIRED” (1986)

GENESIS “INVISIBLE TOUCH” (1987)

STING “NOTHING LIKE THE SUN” (1987)

PHIL COLLINS “…BUT SERIOUSLY” (1989)

STING “THE SOUL CAGES” (1991)

STING “TEN SUMMONER’S TALES” (1994)

STING “MERCURY FALLING” (1996)

duotone

https://cdn.toontrack.com/app/uploads/campaign-page/superior-september/png/HitmakerSDX-1.png

stratman3142

duotone said:

https://www.toontrack.com/superior-september/

...

The demos sound good. Very tempted.

duotone

@stratman3142 ;;
It was released today! https://www.toontrack.com/product/hitmaker-sdx/

https://youtu.be/NlhbIlEv5vY