Toontrack has introduced an expansion for Superior Drummer 3, recorded at Real World Studios by multi-Grammy-winning, 31-platinum- and nine-gold-album-certified producer/engineer/mixer Kevin Killen (U2, David Bowie, Peter Gabriel).
Real to Reel SDX features 8 complete kits, each handpicked to fit a certain role or sound.
Additionally, three different rooms at the studio were recorded, giving you a width of different natural ambiences and contrasting flavors. In the massive 2,000-square-foot Big Room, with its bare concrete surfaces, steel pillars and open-plan layout, you’ll have huge-sounding drums. In the soaring two-story Wood Room – where an interplay of hard stone walls, soft wood floors, ceiling beams and steel walkways shapes the sound – you’ll have a naturally diffused and controlled reverb. Finally, as a striking contrast, in the Wood Booth, you’ll get those dry and tight but still singing drums only a cramped booth can produce.
With the immediacy of the close mics and the many different ambience mic options recorded, you’ll be able to dial in virtually any type of sound you can imagine. To add, all drum recording chains were channeled through a classic Studer A820 analog tape machine, making this SDX a seamless marriage between old and new that has a little bit of vintage, warm and tape-saturated magic in every last drum hit.
Aside from the sounds, an extensive collection of MIDI grooves and fills tailored specifically for this SDX as well as a broad library of mix-ready presets are provided. These presets, available for each kit and configuration, will give you instant and balanced drum mixes by Kevin Killen himself. Use these just as they are or as starting points to venture off from for your very own custom presets.
The SDX is available to purchase for $179 USD / 179 EUR at the Toontrack store and from Best Service and PluginFox
