Looking for a teacher for Superior Drummer 3 to help me get to the next level

[b1j]

I’m looking for a SD3 experts who can work with me to go through the steps to set up a drum track.

I’m not a drummer and have no percussion gear.  I record in Studio One 5 Pro.  I’m gradually getting better at choosing grooves and coming close to the sound I hear in my head, but I’m very inefficient and could use help streamlining my workflow and making me aware of features I don’t know about yet.  I’m sure I could up my game with a little guidance.

I work mostly in a pop/Americana genre, so the drums are relatively simple.

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.3.7
Operating system: macOS Sonoma (14)

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[Shootie]

A lot of people here, included myself, and in other groups are great and will teach you for free if you focus your questions.

If you prefer 1 on 1 check this out: https://shootieschool.com/private-lessons/

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[Korken]

Hello,

I started just some days ago with SD3, so there are for sure users that can recommend and know more resources than me, but I can tell you that the channel of Shootie School (forum user too) has plenty of helpful videos on how to program, how to use the grid, even how to build songs. He uses sometimes EZD3, sometimes SD3, but the info is almost the same. He has a members area too, if you want access to more detailed videos, what I did and am enjoying and learning a lot:

https://www.toontrack.com/forums/users/shootie-school/

I found another good channel too, from Mike Luke. It hasn’t new videos since three years, as he stopped to publish, but there is good material there:

https://youtube.com/@mikeluke?si=7O72J_RDLu-FD7eB

Have a good 2025!

Jorge

 

edit: well, Shootie had answered while I was writing…

• This post was modified 5 months, 3 weeks ago by Korken.

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[Bear-Faced Cow]

Another vote for Shootie. Check out his YouTube channel as far as anything ToonTrack goes.

other than that, ask questions on the forum.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

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[b1j]

Well, that was fast!  Thanks, all.

I just watched Shootie’s intro video.  I’ve also watched just about everything I could find from Mike Luke, until he signed off.

My areas of interest just now are navigation and sound shaping through effects, both within SD3 and in my effects-rich DAW.

Shootie, I might hit you up if I can form some questions beyond the most basic.  Many thanks!

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.3.7
Operating system: macOS Sonoma (14)

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Thanked by: Shootie

[Bear-Faced Cow]

My areas of interest just now are navigation and sound shaping through effects, both within SD3 and in my effects-rich DAW.

Plenty of tutorials on mixing available. My faves are from Produce Like a Pro.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

[Korken]

Yes, for sound shaping, use of fx, eq, compression, parallel channels, New York compression, parallel distortion, reverb, parallel reverb and so on it would be good to search for drum mixing tutorials. Aside from Produce Like a Pro I can recommend the channel Mixdown.online (Chris Selim). I find him very didactic and participate in a community where we make challenges or get critics of our mixes. Home Studio Corner (Joe Gilder) has at least four long series of “mix together”, where you can see him mixing a whole song in several chapters, including a lot of time dedicated to drums. Lanewood Studios has several videos with individual tricks or advices, too.

What is great of SD3 is the fact that one could use a lot of the general and specific drum mixing techniques using the mixer and the several available ambient channels. And if you need the power of some specific plugins in your DAW you could bounce the audio to it and do the mix there (what would be my preferred workflow, by the way).

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