Basically, SD 3 is an amazing product that is not for people like me who just want to jam along with songs. No latency and a much more user friendly interface.

I bought a discounted TD-17 drum module instead and am enjoying downloading drum samples to a SD c ard and transferring the files to the module. I finally gave up and purged my hard drive of all files related to SD 3. Bring top-notch drum sounds to your tracks, and refine any sound to your liking with this softwares integrated mixer.Sound: The sound quality is awesome. Also, after spending lots of time trying to get this to work, I couldn't get the latency issue resolved. Probably best to have a dedicated SSD external drive just for this software. It's probably good enough for professional studio recording. Basically, this product's capability is WAY beyond my needs. I'm sure this product is up to that task but I found the interface overwhelming. I have two jobs and a kid, I'm not going to have days and days of free time to sit there tweaking stuff.I bought this after buying a Roland TD1-MK electronic set, hoping to simply change drum/cymbal sounds and save my settings as custom kits (make one sound like Bonham, make another sound like Peart, etc.). So I have two concerns - primarily, is Superior Drummer going to demand more computer or processing resources? I know the sample library is enormous but just in terms of running the more complex program, does it affect RAM and/or latency? I've already been fighting with my computer and interface for months on that front, the last thing I want is to introduce one more drag on my recording speed.Īs a bonus question: my understanding is that EZ is pre-mixed for you and SD2 gives you more unprocessed sounds. It includes custom MIDI played by Nir Z accessed through its new customized MIDI engine and arranger, EZplayer Pro, and has standalone capacity through Toontrack solo. I was set on EZDrummer but now Toontrack is having a crazy Black Friday sale on SD2 (while EZ is still not on sale right now) which means they are functionally the same price. Superior Drummer 2.0 has been redeveloped for optimized use with e-drums with more effective use of sample layers and much improved loading times. I'm angling to get either EZDrummer 2 or Superior Drummer 2 in the next few days - I've been recording with a Roland TD-11 and would like to take that next step in sound quality by triggering one of these programs instead of using the module's sounds.

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