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  • SOUND DESIGN
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  • GEORGE MASSENBURG
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  • VIDEOS

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System Requirements

64-bit Windows 7 or newer, 4 GB RAM (8 GB RAM or more recommended). Mac OS X 10.6 or higher, 64-bit Intel-based Mac with 4 GB RAM (8 GB RAM or more recommended).
64-bit host (with support for VST, AU or AAX). Standalone is included.
SOFTWARE: Approx. 320 MB download + installation space.
SOUND LIBRARY: Basic install: Approx. 41 GB download and an additional 41 GB for the installation process. Complete install: Approx. 236 GB download and an additional 55 GB for the installation process.

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    WELCOME TO THE FUTURE OF DRUM PRODUCTION.

    In addition to a massive library of raw sound material, Superior Drummer 3 introduces a unique design*, a streamlined workflow and countless features for powerful drum production in your computer. With Superior Drummer 3, you have control and creative power beyond the imaginable. Welcome to the future.

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    >230 GB
    Raw unprocessed samples
    Seven (7) kits 25 snares, 16 kicks
    Engineered by
    George Massenburg
    11.1
    Ready for immersive sound playback
    350
    Approx. 350 electronic drum machine sounds
    Mix-ready presets for different styles
    Offline audio to MIDI conversion
    35 sound processing effects
    Import your own samples

    Superior Drummer 3 introduction video.

    FEATURES – AT A GLANCE.
    • In excess of 230 GB of raw, unprocessed sounds in 44.1 kHz/24 bit
    • Recorded with an additional eleven separate room microphones set up in a surround configuration for a complete immersive experience
    • Playback in stereo or up to 11-channel surround systems
    • Approx. 350 vintage and classic drum machine sounds
    • New and improved scalable interface with detachable windows
    • Edit Play Style, Tap2Find, Song Creator and Song Track features as well as improved workflow and search functionality
    • Built-in MIDI grid editor
    • DAW automation for built-in macro controls
    • Support for keyboard shortcuts

    AUDIO DEMOS.

    These playlists include a selection of full production and preset demos featuring different kits from the Superior Drummer 3 core library. Please find more drum demos in the “Drums” section and preset demos in the “Mixer” section.

    FULL PRODUCTION:
    METAL & HEAVY.
    METAL & HEAVY.
    FULL PRODUCTION:
    COUNTRY, POP & ROCK.
    COUNTRY, POP & ROCK.
    FULL PRODUCTION:
    MODERN.
    MODERN.
    DRUMS ONLY:
    METAL & HEAVY.
    METAL & HEAVY.
    DRUMS ONLY:
    COUNTRY, POP & ROCK.
    COUNTRY, POP & ROCK.
    DRUMS ONLY:
    MODERN.
    MODERN.
    DRUMS ONLY:
    UNPROCESSED DRUMS.
    UNPROCESSED DRUMS.
    DRUMS ONLY:
    ALL KICKS & SNARES.
    ALL KICKS & SNARES.
    DRUMS ONLY:
    ARTICULATIONS.
    ARTICULATIONS.

    SOUND DESIGN.

    DRUMS.

    GROOVES.

    MIXER.

    TRACKER.

    THE STUDIO.

    GEORGE MASSENBURG.

    E-DRUMS.

    WELCOME TO THE
    ORCHESTRAL PERCUSSION SDX.

    Welcome to an an all-encompassing library for near infinite percussive creation,
    immersive sound design, scoring and composition.

    TAKE ME THERE

    NEW TO SUPERIOR DRUMMER 3?

    Check out the Superior Drummer 3 Orchestral Edition featuring the full Superior Drummer 3 software and core library as well the the Orchestral Percussion SDX.

    TAKE ME THERE

    SOUND DESIGN.

    SOUND DESIGN.

    A CREATIVE PLAYGROUND WHERE NO RULES APPLY.

    The idea with Superior Drummer 3 is to let you step into a virtual studio with the best possible raw material and mix options at your disposal to create drum sounds in an environment where only your imagination sets the limits. Combining the creative power of the sounds, the ambiences and the extensive set of features, Superior Drummer 3 is more than just a drum sampler – it’s a bottomless well of creativity. It bridges the gap between acoustic and electronic and lets you venture off into completely new sonic landscapes. This is the definitive tool for percussive sound design.

    ACOUSTIC

    From tight to ambient – mix timeless acoustic drums for any genre.

    ELECTRONIC

    Create hybrid kits – only your imagination sets the limits.

    MODERN

    More than 350 drum machine sounds for augmenting or sound design purposes.

    Learn more about sound design

    DRUMS.

    DRUMS.

    IMMENSE AND IMMERSIVE, CAPTURED WITH
    LAYERS OF TECHNOLOGY.

    The Superior Drummer 3 core sound library was recorded by award-winning engineer George Massenburg at probably the world’s most quiet and ideal location for sampling, the Galaxy Studios in Belgium. The library boasts in excess of 230 GB of raw sound material captured in extreme detail.
 In addition to close microphones and several ambience positions, the Superior Drummer 3 setup also includes eleven room microphones set up in a surround configuration, for use in anything from stereo to 5.1, 9.1 and all the way up to 11.1 systems. In combination with the large selection of extra instruments added for stacking and sound design purposes, the sounds of Superior Drummer 3 give you an incomparable palette of options to craft drum tones beyond your wildest imagination.

    FEATURE SPOTLIGHT
    • Seven (7) kits
    • Tom shell dimensions cover ranges from 6” to 20”
    • Optional tool selection available on select kits and instruments (sticks, brushes, rods, felt mallets)
    • Optional drum head selection available on select kits and instruments
    • Approx. 350 electronic drum sounds, sampled from vintage and classic drum machines
    • 25 unique acoustic snares, 35 recorded configurations
    • 16 unique acoustic kicks, 27 different recorded configurations
    Drag & drop/import third party sounds
    11.1
    Ready for immersive sound playback
    Approx. 350 vintage and classic drum machine sounds
    Advanced e-drum support
    Advanced instrument and MIDI search
    Custom graphics for all included drums

    THE MAKING OF
    THE CORE SOUND LIBRARY.

    Meet the team and get a glimpse of what happened behind the scenes during the recording sessions.

    Learn more about the drums.

    THE STUDIO.

    THE STUDIO.

    AUDIO PERFECTION IN
    UTTER SILENCE.

    The Superior Drummer 3 core sound library was recorded at Galaxy Studios in Belgium. With its 330 square meter room and eight meter ceiling height, it was the ideal location for capturing immersive audio of the utmost quality. In addition, the entire studio complex is built on springs to ensure that the outside interference is literally nonexistent. In fact, with only 14 dBA of environmental noise, the main hall at Galaxy Studio is the most quiet recording space of this size in the world.

    Perfect acoustics, balanced reverberation and second-to-none recording technology. Superior Drummer 3 called for a superior studio. We’d dare to say that this is the most nuanced and candidly captured sample library on the market.

    Let Tom Van Achte take you on a tour through the Galaxy complex.

    Toontrack’s Mattias Eklund and engineer George Massenburg hard at work in the “API Room”.

    Layers of technology. George and team are carefully placing each microphone to capture the immense ambience of the 330 square meter Galaxy room.

    Each room is a standalone bunker, mounted on helical springs. The insolation between each bunker is a staggering 100.7 dB.

    When sampling drums in surround and height, you need – height. The Galaxy hall with its eight meters from floor to ceiling was the perfect choice.

    The studio took seven years to complete and a total of 318,000 man hours were spent to achieve the full construction of the facility.

    In this video, George takes you through his Superior Drummer 3 microphone positioning philosophy.

    MICROPHONE & INPUT LIST.

    CLICK TO ENLARGE.

    MICROPHONE & SIGNAL CHAIN.

    CLICK TO ENLARGE.

    All third party brands, trademarks or registered trademarks are the sole properties of their respective owners.

    GEORGE MASSENBURG.

    SUPERIOR ENGINEER, AUDIO PIONEER,
    PROFESSOR AND INVENTOR.

    George Massenburg’s contribution to the world of audio technology is hard to emphasize in words. Aside from having produced, mixed or engineered in excess of four hundred records, received almost any industry award thinkable, been inducted into the Technology Hall of Fame and received an honorary Doctorate of Music at the esteemed Berklee College, he is the inventor of an industry staple: the parametric equalizer. His attention to detail, accuracy and quality is second to none.

    Superior Drummer 3 called for a superior engineer. These are his drum sounds – captured with layers of technology and a lifetime of experience to back it up.

    Over the past four decades, George Massenburg has been involved in over four hundred records. His work includes milestone albums by Earth, Wind & Fire, Linda Ronstadt, Natasha Bedingfield, Herbie Hancock, Billy Joel, the Dixie Chicks and many, many more. George’s work has gained him world wide recognition and four Grammy Awards, including the Grammy for Technical Achievement in 1998, at the time making him one of only seventeen individuals to ever receive this honor. In addition to numerous Mix Magazine TEC Awards, in 1988 he also won the Academy of Country Music Record of the Year Award for his production on the album “Trio” featuring Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris. Further, George has designed, built and managed several recording studios as well as contributed to the acoustical and architectural design of many other studios, including George Lucas’ Skywalker Sound. In 1982, he founded George Massenburg Labs, an audio electronics company that has released an extensive range of innovative recording technologies, all based on his original designs.

    Regularly published in professional journals and trade magazines world wide, George Massenburg received the Gold Medal from the Audio Engineering Society in 2008.

    In 2013, he was awarded a patent #8,510,361 in the US (as well as other countries) for a variable exponent averaging detector and dynamic range controller. He is also a member of the National Recording Preservation Board of the Library of Congress and an advisor to the Committee for Library Information Resources. George serves as the Chief Technical Officer of META (the Music Engineering Technical Alliance), a strategic union of music producers and engineers dedicated to the highest standards of audio and delivery of music.

    George has also been awarded an honorary Doctorate of Music by Boston’s esteemed Berklee College of Music. Currently, he is an Associate Professor of Sound Recording at the Schulich School of Music at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and a Visiting Lecturer at the Berklee College Of Music in Boston and Valencia, Spain as well as the University of Memphis in Memphis, TN.

    CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

    Inventing the Parametric equalizer (1972)

    Engineering ”Night Passage” by Weather Report (1980)

    Receiving a “Best Engineered Recording, Non Classical” Grammy Award for “Cry Like a Rainstorm – Howl Like the Wind” by Linda Ronstadt (1989)

    If we may say so, engineering the Superior Drummer 3 core sound library.

    GROOVES.

    GROOVES.

    SONG TRACKS.
    BUILD FULL DRUM TRACKS RIGHT INSIDE THE PROGRAM
    CUSTOMIZE.
    MIX, MATCH, CHANGE & REARRANGE

    THE HEARTBEAT OF YOUR SONG.

    Superior Drummer implements several groundbreaking features for working with any aspect of your drum MIDI content – right inside the program. The idea is that regardless of what you are attempting to accomplish, you should never have to leave the framework of Superior Drummer 3. From quickly getting a custom beat going to laying out entire songs or diving deep into fine-tuning timing and velocity detail, Superior Drummer 3 has got you covered.

    Add to this the comprehensive Superior Drummer 3 MIDI library, covering a wide range of styles, and you have a wealth of inspiration to use to craft your custom drum tracks from.

    FEATURE SPOTLIGHT
    • Multiple song tracks
    • Build full drum arrangements
    • Grid editor
    • Time and tempo editor integrated in Song Track
    • Edit Play Style, Tap2Find, Song Creator and Song Track with improved workflow and search functionality added
    • Integrated grooves and search browser
    • Text search
    Grid editor
    Multiple song tracks
    Tap2Find
    Edit playstyle
    Song creator
    Search & browse MIDI
    Time & tempo editor
    Full arrangements
    Improved workflow

    Learn more about the grooves.

    MIXER.

    MIXER.

    CONTROL AND POWER, BEYOND THE THINKABLE.

    The mixer introduces 35 low-footprint insert effects, making each channel strip a virtual sound processing powerhouse. Route, bus, send, saturate, blend and mix – the creative options are endless.

    Think of Superior Drummer 3 like stepping into the control of a world-class studio and taking a seat at the mixing console. Outside the glass windows, in the massive hall, there’s a wide array of drums of all sizes, makes and models, all set up and ready for you to hone to fit your mixes.

    With Superior Drummer 3, you are in control. Only your imagination sets the limits.

    FEATURE SPOTLIGHT
    • 35 mixer effects (EQ, delay, reverb, filters, dynamics, distortion, modulation)
    • A wide array of presets for all included kits
    • Individual mic bleed and mic control
    • Bus, route, send
    35 sound processing effects
    Individual microphone bleed control
    Presets for included kits and effects
    Bus, route, send

    Learn more about the mixer.

    TRACKER.

    TRACKER.

    AUGMENT.
    FROM ACOUSTIC PERFECTION TO ELABORATE SOUND DESIGN
    REPLACE.
    ROUTE, BUS, SEND, SATURATE, BLEND AND MIX
    SPEED.
    OFFLINE TECHNOLOGY FOR THE FASTEST TRACKING

    A NEW BREED OF AUDIO
    TO MIDI CONVERSION.

    The Tracker introduces the arguably most efficient and accurate drum audio to MIDI conversion software on the market. Built on a highly advanced instrument recognition neural network, the Tracker detects hits with an unequalled accuracy and speed.

    With the seamless integration with Superior Drummer 3, replacing or augmenting drums has never been more powerful than now. 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!

    FEATURE SPOTLIGHT
    • Drum recognition based on artificial intelligence (AI)
    • Machine learning based on over 1.4 million drum audio files
    • Offline audio to MIDI conversion
    • Track complex drum patterns faster than ever before
    • Unlimited control with Find Similar, Sound Recognition Threshold and other specially designed features
    • Create tempo maps from audio with the Find Tempo feature
    • Reduce bleed between different microphones to avoid false triggers
    • Edit MIDI notes individually directly in the waveform
    • Seamless integration with Superior Drummer 3
    • Endless possibilities to replace
or augment any drum performance
    • Get experimental – import any audio file to generate original percussive rhythms
    Offline audio to MIDI
    Instrument recognition AI
    Seamless S3 integration
    Export MIDI tempo & time map
    Export single instrument MIDI
    Drag & drop MIDI

    Learn more about Tracker.

    E-DRUMS.

    E-DRUMS.

    MAKE YOUR ELECTRONIC KIT SOUND LIKE YOU.

    By combining smart software features with extreme sample detail and nuance, Superior Drummer 3 bridges the gap between the “e” and the drums, making your electronic kit every bit as “real” and acoustic as it can be.

    Superior Drummer 3 was designed with you in mind, the demanding e-drummer. Get started playing instantly with one of the the new e-drum presets, or customize the way the software responds to your playing with new, easy-to-use controls on the dedicated e-drum settings tab.

    The e-drum settings tab is used to transform incoming MIDI to the standard of any loaded sound library without affecting the playback of your MIDI files. This makes it easy to combine your own playing with any MIDI files available from Toontrack. It also offers quick access to the MIDI controls most frequently used, like hi-hat pedal and snare CC response. Controls and articulations for the mapping of custom kits and pads with multiple zones and positional sensitivity are available as well.

    All this in combination with optimized velocity response, humanization and up to 25 velocity layers per instrument in the Superior Drummer 3 core library will make your playing more expressive and well-rounded than ever!

    FEATURE SPOTLIGHT
    • New e-drum settings page allows transforming incoming MIDI without affecting the playback of your MIDI files.
    • Get started playing instantly with new e-drum presets for a variety of e-drum brands
    • Easy setup for positional sensing pads and multiple articulations
    • No need for a DAW – capture your performance directly in the Song Track of Superior Drummer 3
    • Superb realism, new articulations and manageable library size with up to 25 velocity layers per instrument
    • Quick access to controls for snare and hi-hat CC
    • Optimized response and humanization

    PRODUCT CONFIGURATIONS.

    New to the world of Superior Drummer or already in the family?
    Find your path below.

    REGULAR VERSION.

    For any customer not owning
    EZdrummer 2.

    ADD TO CART
    CROSSGRADE.

    For owners of any version of
    EZdrummer 2.

    ADD TO CART

    WHY CROSSGRADE?

    • Save big compared to first-time buyers
    • Your already installed Toontrack sound libraries (SDX/EZX) will still work in Superior Drummer 3.
    • All your already installed Toontrack MIDI will still work

    DOWNLOAD CONFIGURATION.

    Due to the size of the library and to ensure that each customer freely can decide in what capacity he or she wants to utilize the source material, the product is configured in six (6) convenient download packages. Start by installing the software and then add each package in sequence as you go.

    Software
    The Superior Drummer 3 software. No sounds.

    Approx. download size: 230 MB.

    Parts 1, 2, 3 and 4 need to be installed in sequence. However, as soon as you have installed part 1, you can jump straight to installing the Additional Bleed part.

    1.

    Basic Sound Library
    All instruments, all tools and all articulations in direct microphones as well as the OH Dyn and Amb Ribbon channels. Bleed available in Snare Bottom, OH Dyn and Amb Ribbon channels.

    Approx. download size: 40 GB.

    2.

    Room mics
    The rest of the room microphone channels (OH Cond, Amb Near and Amb Mid).

    Approx. download size: 46 GB.

    3.

    Surround Setup
    Surround. Five channel microphone setup to achieve 5-channel surround.

    Approx. download size: 43 GB.

    4.

    Height Surround
    Height and width. Six channel microphone setup to achieve 11-channel surround (in combination with the “Surround 1” content).

    Approx. download size: 52 GB.

    +.

    Additional Bleed
    All remaining instrument bleed, meaning the sound picked up by microphones other than the one(s) directly intended for a specific instrument or ambience.

    Approx. download size: 54 GB.

    Note: All surround channels can be used in any stereo system as additional ambience microphones.
    CORE SOUND LIBRARY HARD DRIVE (OPTIONAL)

    The full core sound library pre-installed on a 256 GB solid-state drive (SSD). This is a quality drive with no moving mechanical components, meaning it’s more resistent to physical shock, has lower access time and less latency than a traditional hard drive. This drive connects with USB 3.0.

    Note: There is no software on this drive, only sounds.
    A Superior Drummer 3 license is required.

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    SUPERIOR DRUMMER 3 – FEATURE COMPARISON.

    SUPERIOR DRUMMER 2SD2
    SUPERIOR DRUMMER 3SD3
    EZDRUMMER 2EZD2

    Core library size

    approx. 19 GB

    approx. 235 GB

    approx. 4 GB

    Drum set brands

    1

    6

    4

    Kit configurations

    6

    14

    5

    Ready for surround playback

    Audio to MIDI conversion (Tracker)

    Kicks

    2

    16

    8

    Snares

    7

    25

    8

    Cymbals

    32

    32

    13

    Electronic sounds


    (approx. 350)

    Mixer effects

    5

    35

    depending on preset

    Mixer channels

    18

    22

    depending on preset, max. 15

    Mixer/channel presets

    19

    > 67

    29

    Instrument bleed

    Internal mixer busses

    16

    16

    Internal stereo outputs

    16

    16

    16

    Humanize functionality

    Tune drumheads and cymbals

    pitch-control

    Reverse sample playback

    Pitch envelope control

    Audio bounce in 16 and 24 bit

    Percussion sounds

    Percussion MIDI grooves

    Future hit MIDI grooves

    Import your own samples

    MIDI grid editor

    Quantize MIDI grooves

    Swing Quantize MIDI grooves

    Advanced MIDI Editing (nudge, random, ect)

    Edit Play Style

    Tap2Find

    Song Creator

    Song Track

    Tempo & time signature change on Song Track

    Multiple song track versions

    Scalable interface

    Detachable windows/tabs

    Macro controls

    MIDI learn

    Support for keyboard shortcuts

    Core MIDI library size

    approx. 1513 files

    approx. 1640 files

    approx. 940 files

    MIDI categorized in songparts

    Instrument search browser with filters

    MIDI search browser with filters

    Custom graphics for all drums

    Show webshop MIDI

    Customizable mixer layout

    Combine drums from all Installed Toontrack sound libraries (SDX & EZX)


    Only EZX

    Create Drum Stacks

    Advanced e-drum features

    Edit hi-hat pedal response/openness

    Edit ‘Snare Zone Control’

    E-drum mapping presets for most brands

    Enable MIDI out

    Simplified microphone routing

    Advanced metronome settings

    SUPERIOR DRUMMER 3 VIDEO LIBRARY.

    SUPERIOR DRUMMER 3 VIDEO LIBRARY.

    Here’s an overview of videos covering anything from behind the scenes material to tutorials and inspirational tips and tricks. Enjoy!

    OVERVIEW.

    Superior Drummer 3 a complete drum production studio.

    In this video, we take a deeper look at the Drums tab in Superior Drummer 3.

    In this video, we take a deeper look at the Grooves tab in Superior Drummer 3.

    In this video, we take a deeper look at the Mixer tab in Superior Drummer 3.

    In this video, we take a deeper look at the Tracker tab in Superior Drummer 3.

    Learn more about the benefits and common uses for the Envelope and Offset property box.

    Learn more about what you can do within the Reverse property box.

    How to use the Velocity Curve property box with internal MIDI.

    Learn all about what you can do within the Level property box.

    Learn about the advanced tuning algorithm and what you can do within the Tuning property box.

    Superior Drummer 3 comes with ten (10) built-in dynamic tools including six (6) dedicated compressors/limiters.

    An example of the many expressive articulations recorded for the snare drums in the Superior Drummer 3 core sound library.

    This video demonstrates the benefits of using the Velocity Curve property box with internal MIDI inside of Superior Drummer 3.

    The benefits and common uses for the Envelope and Offset property box, two of the many sound shaping tools available in Superior Drummer 3.

    MAKING OF SUPERIOR DRUMMER 3.

    Join engineer George Massenburg and team and get a glimpse of what happened behind the scenes during the sessions

    In this video, Tom from Galaxy Studios in Belgium walks you through the facilities.

    Superior Drummer 3: Microphone walkthrough with George Massenburg.

    We caught up with Andy Sneap during his Superior Drummer 3 preset session.

    Meet Mark Lewis, one of the collaborators behind the wide range of presets in Superior Drummer 3.

    A quick comment from Bob Rock on the presets he designed for Superior Drummer 3.

    SOUND DESIGN.

    Learn how to stack additional acoustic kicks and snares along with a kick/snare from the collection of electronic drum sounds.

    Learn how to make tuning adjustments and how to work with the new tuning algorithm.

    Learn how to work with the Bus Sends and various other sound shaping tools in the available in the Mixer!

    Learn how to use the Macro Controls to adjust multiple parameters at once using the input and output settings of a compressor on a room channel.

    In this video, we take a closer look at importing samples and how to create hybrid kits in Superior Drummer 3.

    GROOVES.

    Learn how to use the new search functions and filters in the Grooves window to quickly find any groove within your MIDI libraries.

    Learn more about the Tap2Find and Edit Play Style functions from the perspective of a song writer/producer.

    The all-new Grid Editor allows you to edit your MIDI in any way you want. Learn more about the key features, including the articulation drop downs and the variety of ways you can manipulate velocity.

    Learn how to use a single MIDI groove to generate entire song structures using the Song Creator. Also, learn more about saving your own templates and how to use them for other groove ideas later.

    Learn how to quickly export your MIDI files via drag and drop and how you can bounce high quality audio files in a variety of ways.

    In this video, Mike shows you how easy it is to get a groove going in Superior Drummer 3.

    HOW TO…

    HOW TO…

    Short and to-the-point videos that all answer the simple question of “how to” accomplish a certain idea or sound by using creative ways of working with Superior Drummer 3.

    SWELLS & RISERS.

    How to create builds and risers in a song.

    How to create ambient builds.

    How to create hi-hat and snare FX.

    How to create cymbal swells.

    BIG DRUM SOUNDS.

    How to get a bigger drum sound by using a single compressor on the main output of Superior Drummer 3.

    How to use distortion on a Reverb Send to produce a more aggressive and ambient drum sound.

    How to create a parallel compression channel and make it sound massive.

    DRUM AMBIENCE.

    How to create a Reverb Bus channel and use the Creative Filter to adjust the frequencies being altered by the reverb effect.

    How to create your own “fake” ambient channel by emulating the sound of an ambient room.

    How to take the ambience channels from another expansion library and use it with the core library of Superior Drummer 3.

    TAPE SIMULATOR.

    How to enhance your kick drum sound using the Tape Simulator along with the Compressor and Transient effects.

    How to apply tape distortion to your drum mix while simultaneously adjusting the tape drive output using the Macro Controls.

    How to use the Tape Simulator as an EQ tool for adjusting low and high frequencies within your drum mix.

    How to enhance your drum mix by using the Tape Simulator effect on individual instrument channels and/or the drum bus.

    VINTAGE EFFECTS.

    How to create a massive sounding ’80s style drum mix.

    How to use the Plate Reverb and 1981 Classic Reverb effects to create an ’80s style drum reverb.

    How to use the Comp670 compressor to make independent compression adjustments to the center/side stereo field information or the Left/Right channels.

    How to create a big, bombastic drum mix using the Comp76 compressor along with the parallel mix knob.

    How to make quick analog style adjustments to your drum mix using the EQ84.

    TRACKER.

    How to convert both a multi and stereo drum track to MIDI using Tracker.

    TIMELAPSES.

    Ludwig* Classic & Concert setup timelapse.

    Pearl* Masterworks setup timelapse.

    Ayotte* Classic setup timelapse.

    Gretsch* Round Badge timelapse.

    Premier* Genista setup timelapse.

    RECREATING.

    Recreating the “Black Album” drum sound with Superior Drummer 3.

    Recreating the classic “When the Levee Breaks” drum sound with Superior Drummer 3.

    MISC.

    How to make a dry drum mix with Superior Drummer 3.

    How to program a hi-hat from scratch in Superior Drummer 3.

    Getting creative with the overheads.

    Using velocity pads.

    Tame resonant drums.

    Tame ambience channels.

    Show/hide mixer channels.

    Short hi-hat articulations.

    Quick parallel compression.

    Multi-channel selections.

    Multi-instrument selection.

    Mouse scroll wheel settings.

    Customizing parameter boxes.

    Compression default settings.

    Clean part kit presets.

    Change snare articulation in Edit Play Style.

    HEAVY READING.

    Want to learn the ins and outs of Superior Drummer 3? Check out this interactive user manual.

    USER MANUAL

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    The Superior Drummer 3 user interface is a registered design owned by Toontrack Music AB in the European Union (RCD No.: 004171270-0001 –004171270-0012.) and the United States (D875125, D875772 and D875128)

    All product names, not owned by Toontrack, that are mentioned on this website are trademarks of their respective owners, which are in no way associated or affiliated with Toontrack. These trademarks of other manufacturers are used solely to identify the products of those manufacturers whose tones and sounds were sampled for Toontrack sound library development. For a list of current owners of each of these trademarks click here.

    SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS.

    64-bit Windows 7 or newer, 4 GB RAM (8 GB RAM or more recommended). Mac OS X 10.6 or higher, 64-bit Intel-based Mac with 4 GB RAM (8 GB RAM or more recommended).
64-bit host (with support for VST, AU or AAX). Standalone is included.
    SOFTWARE: Approx. 320 MB download + installation space.
    SOUND LIBRARY: Basic install: Approx. 41 GB download and an additional 41 GB for the installation process. Complete install: Approx. 236 GB download and an additional 55 GB for the installation process.

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    Superior Drummer 3

    Bundles

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    Custom & Vintage SDX

    Death & Darkness SDX

    Decades SDX

    Indiependent SDX

    Legacy of Rock SDX

    Metal Machinery SDX

    Music City USA SDX

    New York Studios Vol.1 SDX

    New York Studios Vol.2 SDX

    New York Studios Vol.3 SDX

    Orchestral Percussion SDX

    Roots SDX - Brushes, Rods & Mallets

    Roots SDX - Sticks

    The Metal Foundry SDX

    The Progressive Foundry SDX

    The Rock Foundry SDX

    The Rock Warehouse SDX

    The Rooms of Hansa SDX

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