The New Legacy of Rock SDX is…….

[Whagi]

…OMG! awesome!!! My new fav, this and D&D an im...

…OMG! awesome!!!

My new fav, this and D&D an im so happy. The Amber kit is superb! You need a bit of memory if you intend to turn on all bleed and Ambient mic etc.

One kit loaded in at 20GB lol sounded stunning though and that was me just being a bit silly to test it.

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…OMG! awesome!!!

My new fav, this and D&D an im so happy. The Amber kit is superb! You need a bit of memory if you intend to turn on all bleed and Ambient mic etc.

One kit loaded in at 20GB lol sounded stunning though and that was me just being a bit silly to test it.

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.1.7
Operating system: macOS Catalina (10.15)

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[Sedge73]

Bear-Faced Cow wrote:

Sedge73 wrote:

What’s the crack like on the snares? I tried recreating Bonzo’s sound a while back using different bits from various EZX & SDX addons

I’m tempted to get this but Rooms of Hanza has been my first choice for a while.

Not to be facetious or condescending here BUT…

You do realize this SDX is from the man behind Zeppelin’s mix. Considering that he used Helios pre’s to capture the drums (which was what Zeppelin was recorded on), I think this is the closest you will ever get to Bonzo without having to conduct a seance. Every time I close my eyes and listen to this SDX, I am almost picturing him playing. If he were here today, I’m sure he’d be proud of how Eddie captured his kits.

jord

Yes I’m well aware of who Eddie Kramer is. I was just asking about the snares and whether they have a nice crack to them? I own a Supra 402 and I’m interested in how they sound. From the demos of this, none of the snares sound like Bonzo, as he’s not tuning them or hitting them. Eddie Kramer or not. Whereas the kicks, toms etc do.

[Bear-Faced Cow]

The late great Andy Johns once said, when explaining how he got Bonham’s drums in “When the Levee Breaks”, “Even with all of the right equipment, mics and gear, only Bonzo can make it sound like Bonzo”

That being said, comparing both the 402 Supraphonic and 417 Black Beauty to a few songs in Led Zeppelin II (considering that album was mixed by Kramer), the tuning is only off by approximately 80 cents. Adjusting the tuning and then adding some EQ, back bus compression and a bit of tape distortion and, yeah, the rimshots crack rather comparably like they do on Zeppelin II.

This SDX doesn’t disappoint in that respect.

jord

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[Sedge73]

Funny you mention the Black Beauty. The closest I came to getting a Zep 2 sound was using the 6.5×14 Black Beauty from New York Vol 2 (Hit Factory). Compression top and bottom on the snare and more O/H in the mix and full bleeds. Then I ran it through DMG Audio’s Track Comp (Silverface preset),  Waves’ Abbey Road J37 Tape (Mastering Tight and Open) and then Waves’ Abbey Road Vinyl (Default), adjust to taste and it sounds pretty good. I saw a video with Mike Johnston from Mikeslessons using the tape plugin on his kit and it works really well.

I’m a big Zep fan but my preference for my own drumming is the old James Brown funky drummer sound. I’ve got my 402 tuned pretty high up and I’m working on getting a similar sound to play through the E-Kit with SDX.

Anyways, back to this SDX. I’m 99% certain to buy it, but I’ve been intrigued by the Rooms of Hanza so I’ll see about getting that first, or if the wife is in a good mood, both I think. Ha.

[Whagi]

Did a few more tests with the Jet Black Kit and Rolling Stones covers. Just tests so lots of errors in my drumming and random Gongs lol 🙂

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yENj7-ElX4o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M81o2qkF6sY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWj7B-8ssaU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auF2FLRUAwc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8zlbihrG_g

Great sounding kit, love the SDX the best 🙂

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.1.7
Operating system: macOS Catalina (10.15)

[James]

Whagi wrote:

Did a few more tests with the Jet Black Kit and Rolling Stones covers. Just tests so lots of errors in my drumming and random Gongs lol 🙂

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yENj7-ElX4o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M81o2qkF6sY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWj7B-8ssaU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auF2FLRUAwc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8zlbihrG_g

Great sounding kit, love the SDX the best 🙂

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.1.7
Operating system: macOS Catalina (10.15)

Nice Malcolm – a bit off topic but do you mind me asking how you find the UAD Arrow?

[Whagi]

James wrote:

Whagi wrote:

Did a few more tests with the Jet Black Kit and Rolling Stones covers. Just tests so lots of errors in my drumming and random Gongs lol 🙂

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yENj7-ElX4o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M81o2qkF6sY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWj7B-8ssaU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auF2FLRUAwc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8zlbihrG_g

Great sounding kit, love the SDX the best 🙂

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.1.7
Operating system: macOS Catalina (10.15)

Nice Malcolm – a bit off topic but do you mind me asking how you find the UAD Arrow?

Superb!, never had a single issue with it and I’ve had it about a year now. Works fantastic with my Roland kit and no latency issues I can notice.

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.1.7
Operating system: macOS Catalina (10.15)

• This post was modified 4 years, 9 months ago by Whagi.

[Whagi]

Ive got a TD17 KVX, so Iv mapped all the toms, Ive mapped the Gong to the Rim of my floor tom, and the two timpani to the rims of my mounted toms and the excellent cowbell to the bell of my ride. Awesome lol 🙂

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• This post was modified 4 years, 9 months ago by Whagi.

[Whagi]

OMFG! Im addicted to cowbell!! Im putting it in everything! lol

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