When drum virtual instruments (VIs) started appearing around the mid-2000s, engineers found themselves with a new tool that promised everything that real recordings sometimes lacked. In any scenario, most would agree that all real recordings need at least musicality (not necessarily technicality) from the player, and drums that are well maintained and tuned (not necessarily expensive ones).

That’s not to say that many working engineers without these elements didn’t get great sounds with at least some of these in place, but more that without all of them, the sound’s potential was inherently restricted. The second option was to not have the best drum sound possible. With these elements in place, it was hard to get wrong. The first option was to record a great player on a well-tuned kit with decent cymbals, and add or record with a great sounding ambience. Not so long ago, engineers wanting the best drum sound possible were presented with a binary choice. *Preset limited to 2 downloads per purchase.The third incarnation of Toontrack’s EZdrummer promises to bring even more to its well-loved combo of ease and sounds, but what do these bring to your production? Three Experts give their verdict… In The Beginning… *This preset contains an SD3P project file that loads mixer settings in Superior Drummer 3 software to sound like the drum sample below - it does not contain any audio files or MIDI data. The preset will run on basic sound library but for the preset to run optimally - Basic Library Part 1 and Room Mics Part 2 should be installed and fully updated.Īll purchases come as a zipped file with the SD3P Project file which loads the drum mixer settings in Superior Drummer 3 to sound like the drums in the solo example below - as well as a.

That includes the software as well as SD3 Basic Sound Library as it contains the X-Drum Samples included in this preset.

Important: For this preset to run as intended please make sure that Superior Drummer 3 is fully updated via Toontrack Product Manager. The preset is mix-ready for your productions and further tweakable from the onboard mixer. The DIY Punk Rock - 'Thanks For All The Presets' preset is a faithful recreation of NOFX's 'So Long and Thanks For All The Shoes' drum sound - provided in SD3P format for the Core library of Superior Drummer 3.

Load sound library superior drummer 3