Tag: Superior Drummer

Samples, VST

New Toontrack SDX

Toontrack has released a new expansion pack for its Superior Drummer 3 sampler. The Stockholm SDX is inspired by Sweden’s extensive music exports. The samples were recorded at Riksmixningsverket (RMV) Studio. Housed in a 150-year-old naval warehouse and situated right on the water at the inlet of the river, this is one of the gems of the central Stockholm studio scene. In all, five kits were recorded – each handpicked to complement the others and to serve its own role in what the team set out to capture: a unique palette of beautifully singing drums covering the entire spectrum of tones – from warm, earthy and genuinely sparse to bright, loud and vibrantly forceful. The kits include 12 snares, nine […]

Samples

Toontrack goes dark

The Toontrack rock onslaught continues with the release of the Into the Dark EZX expansion for EZdrummer 2 and Superior Drummer 3. Like the Fields of Rock SDX reviewed in our November edition, this sample pack is also a collaboration between producer/engineer/mixer Tom Dalgety and Iggy Pop drummer Mat Hector. The blurb claims this pack is designed for “any production that calls for an extra bit of that grisly, ghastly and raw tint of dark rock, post-punk and goth”. The Into the Dark EZX comes with three full drum kits as well as a bespoke set of cymbals and extra instruments derived from the Fields of Rock SDX. The Goth kit is a 1980s Sonorlie, the Futuristic kit is a […]

Gear, Review, Samples

Praise SD for new EZX

Toontrack has added another expansion pack to its already huge drums VST range – Superior Drummer Gospel EZX. digitalDrummer loaded it and tried it out. THE NAME OF the new pack is somewhat misleading – its application goes way beyond Gospel music, as we quickly discovered. What’s in the box As usual these days, there is no box: the samples are delivered via digital download, and thanks to the Toontrack Product Manager, download, installation and authorisation is a walk in the park. Also, because this is an EZX (as opposed to the more detailed SDX packs), it is a modest-sized download that can be completed pretty quickly with a decent Internet connection. Once everything is installed and authorised, you can […]