SUPERIOR DRUMMER 3 FREE FULL
SUPERIOR DRUMMER 3 FREE SOFTWARE

MIDI grooves can be dragged and dropped here to build your drum performance. You can toggle these panels open/closed as required and also customise which panels appear or are hidden.Īlong the bottom edge of the Drums page, SD3 now has an integrated Song Track, which is also visible on the Grooves and Mixer pages. As well as the very smart overhaul of the kit graphics, the various sub-panels used to customise your kit have been reorganised and now all appear on the right.

Drum ConstructionĪs before, the Drums page is where you configure your kit. Whether you have a large or small screen, you can find your own perfect fit for SD3. In addition, each of the Grooves, Mixer and Tracker screens can be detached and floated. So, for example, you can resize the main window and, from the View menu, you can also ‘scale’ the display. Looks aside, the UI now offers very flexible options for customising the layout. On the far right of this strip is a RAM usage indicator while some of the SD3 kits have a sizeable RAM footprint, there are various resource streamlining options available both here and within the Performance tab of the Settings menu. For example, the top edge contains the main menu drop-downs, tabs for the four main screens - Drums, Grooves, Mixer and Tracker - and, on the right, drop-downs to access the sample-library presets. The new UI does have some familiar elements.

SUPERIOR DRUMMER 3 FREE SOFTWARE

Toontrack’s slick Product Manager software handles all authorisation and installation duties.

SUPERIOR DRUMMER 3 FREE FULL

Upgrades and crossgrade options are available as is (for an extra cost) an SSD containing the full sound library, which is useful if the prospect of downloading 230GB is not something you wish to contemplate.

All the usual plug-in formats are supported. And, as recording legend George Massenburg supervised the recording process in Belgium’s hugely impressive Galaxy Studios, you can have considerable confidence in the underlying audio quality.Īs before, SD3 can operate as either a stand-alone application or a plug-in within your DAW. All the samples are presented at 44.1kHz/24-bit and playback within the engine goes from standard stereo right up to 11.1 surround courtesy of original recordings that exploited an impressive array of room/ambience microphones. Within the main kits there are plenty of choices, including more than 30 snares and nearly as many kick drums. This runs to over 230GB, and includes six new acoustic kits as well as around 350 electronic drum sounds and a small collection of percussion instruments. So, UI aside, what’s new? Well, quite a lot, but let’s start with the new core library. Existing EZ Drummer and SD2 content is also fully compatible with the SD3 environment. High-quality drum sounds based upon super-detailed drum sampling, comprehensive mixing and a huge catalogue of MIDI drum grooves still lie at the heart of SD3. More importantly, while there are lots of new and improved features, the core functionality remains intact. The new look is modern but, despite the visual differences, transitioning from SD2 to SD3 is pretty painless. even more superior? Best, Better?Īs shown in the various screenshots, SD3 has received a complete visual overhaul. So, just how have Toontrack attempted to make Superior, well.

However, Superior Drummer 3 is now upon us and, almost nine years on, I think it is fair to say that expectations are high. We reviewed Toontrack’s Superior Drummer 2 back in December 2008 and, with numerous updates and new expansion-pack content since then, SD2 has maintained its position as one of the most popular choices for musicians wanting a top-end virtual acoustic drummer - despite some undoubtedly brilliant competition. It’s been a long time coming, but the new version of Superior Drummer raises the bar for virtual drum instruments. The revamped Drums page provides multiple sub-panels for sound editing and access to the new Song Track. Superior Drummer’s new UI is both slick and highly customisable.

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