Expansions packs for Superior Drummer 3 I recommend to buy

There are dozens and dozens of expansion packs for Superior Drummer 3 available. But which one to choose? In this video, I show you my recommendations to smartly build a collection of different drum sounds - including two must-haves.

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[bopkins]

Enable bleed on all tracks and your core library truly comes alive!

[djrbfmbfm-woa]

hello mike, thx for all your wonderfull videos on SD3. j.

[NoiserToo]

Thank you Mike, for sharing your opinions and expertise!

[steph]

Totally agree with you for the number one. I play and record drum covers, and own several SDX:
- N.Y Avatar SDX
- The Progressive Foundry SDX
- The Metal Foundry SDX
- The Metal Machinery SDX
- Death & Darkness SDX
- and the SD3 core library SDX
But The Death SDX is my favorite and a must have in my opinion as well. The blue Yamaha Recording Custom 1990's is my default kit for my opening sessions and the one I use most of the time.

[jeromeclatot]

Thank you this really helpful do you think that there are newer versions you would recommend? If I had one to purchase and why I do mainly rock hard rock. Thank you

[JoshCameron]

Great Video Mike! Great to see more vids from you!

[spkldgecko]

Superior Drummer is such a powerful product that with a little effort, you can basically stack drums, compress, eq, delay, mic up, bleed, mix, etc etc etc to your heart's content and make the basic kits sound exactly the way you need them to. I did buy the legacy of rock expansion pack and it does give you some extra options but, in retrospect, I probably should have spent more time in the mixer part of it before buying anything else.

[pauldncn]

Mike new to superior drummer and found your videos very helpful thank you for the great tutorials

[artwerkmedia]

Have to agree with Rooms of hansa. I own about 15 libraries but that one is my favorite. I do wish it had a few more hats and cymbals but that’s ok.

[wxlli]

Hey so i recently got superior drummer but im not a big fan of processing the drums in sd3. The ui is great but im a very indecisive person and moving back and forth from the kit and the mixer gives me too much freedom to change things when i dont need to. Its not a problem ofc i can just not change stuff but, I like them printed as final and if it doesnt work ill change my kit setup around. my question is tho, is it even worth going through the trouble of routing all the mics i need out of sd3 to process it the way i want, or does it just make more sense to do all of that in sd3?

[mfournier]

Thanks for this Mike! I understand what you mean about having the D&D sounds unprocessed and their versatility. Having the ability to tweak the sounds to your likeness when starting with the best instruments is like having the best black coffee and letting you add your own cream and/or sweetener. There's something for everyone and it will always be basically great from the start. Now I'll need to ask for D&D expansion for Father's Day Haha!

[jgdigi]

Hi Mike,
Great video!
I totally agree with your #2 & #1
Picks!
I bought both Hansa & Death/Darkness expansions while putting my V drum kit together just before the pandemic. I use those libraries all the time. They’re the most versatile & using the Roland TD27 as a controller has made using electronic drums terrific. I’ve been using electronic drums for 3 decades & by having the sounds & the articulations of the drums are amazing.
Thank you for verifying my feelings towards this. I can’t wait to see your other videos!

[MartinvonBargen]

Good to see you posting content again. There's some Urlaubsgeld burning a hole in my pocket from 20.06. Hansa is looking likely as I've already got D&D.

[anthonyb]

Hey Mike great video!
I LOVE death & darkness, my default project is the Yamaha recording custom with the Tama bell brass, the way this SDX gels with my TD30 is perfect.
Also love made of metal, as far as metal machine goes I don’t like the snares as the higher velocities (anything over about 115) triggers a rimshot and it sounds very choked, made of metal are nice open snares.
I would like to get rooms of hansa but death & darkness has plenty to keep me interested for a long time yet.

[lazuraspit]

Completely agree with the Death and Darkness library. I bought it about a month ago after watching your review. It’s also now my core library, only I tend to favor the Darkness kit. I make slower more dark sounding metal music, and the darkness kit fits the mood perfectly. I also agree it sounds better using just the core sounds with no processing. I will add whatever is needed in the mix.

I just recently found your channel, and have found some very useful tips. Your video on making midi grooves sound human, was exactly what I looking for. Thanks for the content it’s very helpful.

[BleedingCrypto]

Great work. Hello. Do you have any reviews for the Jazz/Brush Expansion? Thank you

[rhythmantic]

Thank you Mike for the overview and review of these expansion packs. I don't have any of the EZX and may consider it due to your extension knowledge explaining why these packs are so good. The Hip-Hop pack is a good choice because of all of the percussion instruments of which I'm lacking.

[HeadacheCentral]

After a recommendation from a friend I decided to get myself the "Progressive Foundry" SDX and goddamn, is it easy to get a good classic heavy metal tone out of it even with just the raw sounds and very little FX work.

The depth in the sampling of the kicks isn't quite there, but the snares and toms and cymbals are just very lively in the best of ways.

[beatuplexus]

What do you think of the hitmaker SDX?

[djabthrash]

18:00 sounds killer !
With a lot of room in the mix, it would almost sound like Nirvana's "in utero".