#Toontrack superior drummer 2.4.0 series

Individual elements from the main display can move into separate windows, and the entire thing scales between 70-250%. Even on the 11-inch MacBook Air, the SD3 layout worked beautifully.

#Toontrack superior drummer 2.4.0 series

At the right are controls to edit the currently selected instrument, and at the bottom are macro controls, the MIDI editor, and the Song Creator.ДЄ series of tabs access views for Grooves, Mixer, and Tracker вЂ“ all will be explained shortly. SD3вЂ™s interface is logically laid out, the centre occupied by a graphic of the kit, where each instrument animates when triggered via MIDI or mouse click.

ThereвЂ™s no need to drag the library over to clog up your computer, it runs fine off the SSD вЂ“ this convenience meant I could do much of the review on a humble MacBook Air. SD3 is available as a download, but if the download size scares you, for an additional в‚¬189, Toontrack ships an SSD with the library pre-installed, which is how it arrived here for review. Beyond the kits themselves, SD3 features a built-in MIDI editor, MIDI beats ready to use in the form of вЂgroovesвЂ™, a full-featured mixer with effects, macro controls, and audio-to-MIDI conversion. The kits are from Gretsch, Ayotte, Pearl, Yamaha, and Premier, and the core library includes 230GB of 44.1kHz/24-bit samples, with an additional 350 or so drum-machine sounds. ItвЂ™s built around recordings of seven acoustic kits recorded at Galaxy Studios in Belgium (вЂњthe most quiet recording space of this size in the worldвЂќ), by renowned engineer George Massenburg. SD3 runs standalone, or as an AU/VST/AAX plug-in. Toontrack has updated its flagship product, Superior Drummer, and while I admit itвЂ™s not something thatвЂ™s been on my radar вЂ“ in fact, IвЂ™ve never heard of it before вЂ“ IвЂ™ve discovered that many of my fellow producers are fans, especially those involved in soundtrack composition, needing fast access to a large library of high-quality sounds, detailed programming, and possibly a bit of Surround, too.