Toontrack Superior Drummer 3.0 Crossgrade from EZ-Drummer (Supplied as a download)
Advanced drum plug-in with unimaginable possibilities for shaping drum sounds and drum setups.
Superior Drummer has gradually developed into a studio standard because of its fantastic sound and flexibility, and because it contains precisely the advanced features that are fundamentally necessary to create good-sounding and tailored drum tracks.
With ver. 3 moves beyond what was thought possible with a drum plug-in. It is the legendary George Massenburg who has been behind the buttons in Galaxy Studios in Belgium, and you can hear it. Superior Drummer is of course based on Toontrack’s extensive development work which is based on traditional drum recording, and therefore you also find the possibility to make the same adjustments of microphones, replacement of drums and all the other tools that are available in a traditional recording .
This will make it feel as if you are mixing a real drum kit – there are just even more options here. And the possibilities and selection of drum kits have become even greater with the new gigantic 230 GB included library. Superior Drummer also includes the possibility to use grooves, and contains a wide range of genres, intros, fills and much more that should probably start the inspiration. There are several expansions aimed at a wide range of genres, and Superior Drummer can also read libraries developed for EZ-Drummer.
Specifications
230 GB with raw recordings in 44.1 kHz/24 bit
Recorded with 11 separate room microphones
Playback in stereo up to 11-channel surround
Recorded by George Massenburg with Norman Garschke on drums
Integrated offline audio-to-MIDI conversion
Approx. 350 vintage and classic drum machines
35 effects in the mixer
New and improved user interface with adjustable scale and option to free windows
Play Style, Tap2Find, Song Creator and Song Track with improved workflow and search functions
Built-in MIDI grid editor
DAW automation for built-in macro controls
Drag & drop and import of own and third-party samples
Supports keyboard commands
64-bit host (with support for VST, AU and AAX). Incl. standalone What’s in the box…
Six drum kits – Ayotte, Gretsch, Pearl, Premier, Ludwig and Yamaha
Tamers from 6″ to 20″
Option to choose between sticks, whiskers, roots and clubs
Option to select drum skins on certain kits
Approx. 350 electronic drum sounds from vintage drum machines
25 unique acoustic snare drums
16 unique acoustic bass drums MIDI library
Grooves and fills in all genres
More than 1600 individually recorded samples
4/4, 3/4, 6/8, 12/8, 2/4 straight and swing
Tempo from 55 to 204 BPM “My aim was to give the end user the essential building blocks needed to quickly get an authentic groove going. Coupled with the Edit Play Style, Song Track and Grid Editor features in Superior Drummer 3, customizing drum parts and building entire drum tracks literally takes minutes.” – Norman Garschke.