Larry Shelby Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 $99 at MF https://www.musiciansfriend.com/pro-audio/toontrack-superior-drummer-20/720000000000000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toffo Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 And note, there is no upgrade path from SD2 to SD3. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Shelby Posted June 7, 2020 Author Share Posted June 7, 2020 You might even get SD3 when you register this because of that...but IDK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toffo Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 That'd be the deal of the decade! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Fowler Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 Either way, still worth jumping on. Good sounding drums = good sounding drums! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Sorrels Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 They aren't giving SD3 on registering ?. You do get New York Studios Vol 1 as a result of having it though, so it's not completely worthless for SD3 users. But at $99 it's kind of overpriced. I'd say $50-$70 would be fair. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Jones Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 I still use SD2 but I only use the NY Vol. 3 kit and treat it like a real drummer in a band who doesn't own 30 different drum sets to his name. But even the NY v. 3 kit has several different versions of each kit piece and I dig it because like @Craig Fowler said they sound plenty good. NY Vol. 3 doesn't come with SD2 though, you can probably score it on sale when they have one for $70 something or cheaper on kvr. SD3 is $400 not on sale. I don't really like the stock Avatar kit in SD2, specifically the kicks I find weak. If I didn't already have SD2 if it were me I'd probably wait for a sale on SD3 and invest there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom B Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 Slight topic drift ... have any of you tried the SD3 "Decades" SDX expansion pack by Al Schmitt ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAGinz Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 On 6/6/2020 at 6:36 PM, Toffo said: And note, there is no upgrade path from SD2 to SD3. Yeah, not one of Toontrack’s most customer friendly decisions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulo Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 (edited) 6 hours ago, LAGinz said: Yeah, not one of Toontrack’s most customer friendly decisions. When they pulled that "you have to upgrade now or else" crap that was the end of the road for me as far as ever buying any more of their products goes. Edited June 8, 2020 by paulo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ensconced Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 Yes that was . . . well an odd move on their part, I still purchased SD3, but sold it a few months later as IMO BFD3 still sounds much better and more realistic. Personally never liked SD2, owned it and all it's addons (never used it) thought it sounded like crap, and the GUI, . . . well . . but that's just me, IMO, YMMV etc etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bitflipper Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 BFD sounds better? That's a reasonable personal opinion, and you're not alone in that. I love the BFD sound. But more realistic? Nope. That's SD's main problem, really - too realistic. Anyone who has recorded real drums knows it's a lot of work getting a specific type of sound from them. BFD does much of that work for you, and I'm not knocking that. However, there is a necessary compromise, namely that BFD and similar products can't offer the flexibility of Superior's bare-metal approach. If a person can only afford one premium drum synth, SD is a good candidate because it can do it all. That includes SD2, which I used for its lifetime and loved it. Never bought any extra kits, either. Just the default kit that came with it. That's how flexible it is. Honestly, I only bought SD3 for the brushes and mallets. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAGinz Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 I have both SD3 and BFD3, and really dig the sounds of both.....but they do sound different, in particular the rooms. I wind up using SD3 more because, for me at least, it’s GUI is more intuitive. And for some reason on my computer BFD3 can be a little buggy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ensconced Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 3 hours ago, bitflipper said: But more realistic? Nope. That's SD's main problem, really - too realistic. Anyone who has recorded real drums knows it's a lot of work getting a specific type of sound from them. BFD does much of that work for you, and I'm not knocking that. However, there is a necessary compromise, namely that BFD and similar products can't offer the flexibility of Superior's bare-metal approach. If a person can only afford one premium drum synth, SD is a good candidate because it can do it all. That includes SD2, which I used for its lifetime and loved it. Never bought any extra kits, either. Just the default kit that came with it. That's how flexible it is. Honestly, I only bought SD3 for the brushes and mallets. That is of course your opinion. Myself and a lot of other people will disagree. From reading the above I think you know BFD and it's kits, both stock and addons as well as you think. Anyway it doesn't matter, as long as each is happy with what they use, that is all that matters. imo, ymmv. etc etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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