Superior Drummer 4 — When ?

[Kevin Armstrong]

Well sorry to bring up a sensitive topic.
It’s been like more than 8 years since SD3 was released.
What’s up with SD4 release Toontrack ?
I’ve always thought SD was overpriced and overhyped  (although it’s a decent drum VST)
I may be wrong, but methinks Toontrack outdid itself with the SD product  (??)
Time will tell.    tap…tap…tap…tap.

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[YodasDad]

I’m in no rush. I love SD3. I’m open to more improvement updates to SD3, but I can’t imagine what I’d need in an SD4.  Anyway, from a business perspective, the real money is in the SDKs and Toontrack never seem to run out of inspiration (and my money !!)

• This post was modified 6 months, 1 week ago by YodasDad.

[Gary Stiltner]

The only thing I’d like to see is Bandmate being added to Superior. I wouldn’t need SD4. Bandmate is a cool feature but I have to have EZD open and move back and forth between the two.

[Richard Forbes]

I am no drummer and I’m historically an EZ drummer user which has served me adequately over the years. But considering new creative work-flows, time constraints and ai advancement I decided to upgrade to SD3 hoping for a quicker workflow.. Great for those who program rock drums (in my opinion) but disappointing for Jazz-funk-fusion creators. I have never been able to find a Tap2finds result from sd3 to match anything close to what’s going on in my head, and absolutely none of these curated packs seem to deliver the pattern versatility that I need without an incessant amount of editing,  the very thing I’m trying to avoid!

Even the tracker in SD3 is disappointing, great for individual stems but useless on a stereo file, so much so that I purchased Prism by Aurally which does a stellar job albeit with some limitations. I for one would love to see SD4 provided there are serious generative ai functions that can allow prompts so that I get the patterns I hear in my head! I kid you not; for an easy life I would pay whatever the cost for an all in kick ass ai assisted drum creation product that takes away the need for constant searching and tweaking! I guess this is the benefit of having a real drummer on your tracks which with my limited budget is not an option. So, until Toontrack comes close, I will not be updating or purchasing toon tracks packages anytime soon.

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