Since its inception in the 1970s, it’s hosted bands and artists like Aerosmith, Bon Jovi, Journey, Kings of Leon and The Clash.
I would highly recommend this to anyone who owns a home studio or any professional studio engineer, just for the drum replacement feature and the really good drum samples.The New York Studios Vol.1 SDX is the first volume in Toontrack’s project of capturing the three most famous drum rooms in the New York area – studios that changed the face of the music industry and that bear witness to some of the most groundbreaking recordings in modern pop and rock history.Īvatar Studios, in which this library was captured, has won several industry awards and is known for having one of the finest acoustic environments in the world for drums. I would not recommend this for a musician who just wants to put some drums down for a demo recording or write down ideas due to the price. I have tried drum replacement with this a few times now and could not be any happier with the convenience and the results I had. I have done many drum recordings in studios where the sound was not very good and have spent hours trying to replace them (editing hit points, finding good samples.). It is done dead easy and the results are very accurate. The drum replacement is probably the one that impressed me the most. This has freed a great amount of Ram on my PC. With Superior Drummer 2 I always used to use external effects (reverb,compression.) but the quality of effects on this one is superb and i no longer use external plug ins.
Another thing I'm really impressed with is the really good effects on the mixer. I upgraded from Superior Drummer 2 and there are tons of upgrades on this one!! I am really impressed by how many drum samples and kits are available and the sound quality is perfect.
I own a home studio and record drums using my Roland drum kit.
The download is initially small but if you want all the add-ons such as room mics and added ambience and other Toontrack features it can be close to 350Gb but it allows you to just use the basic stock pack and add the rest if you have space / bandwith. These programs will never replicate or impersonate a drummer but for those living in an apartment without the room for drums these are a good compromise, the more you know about drumming and time signatures will allow you to get the most out of this plugin. I use a standard yamaha midi keyboard, its far from perfect but the app works great and allows you to customize your midi settings and get your ideas down. Having some kind of midi keyboard or pad is probably the best option as it enables you to quickly input your ideas without the need to use a mouse to plot ideas. There is a huge amount of sounds and stock rythms available and obviously there are addtional SDX addons you can buy if you feel the need to add a few different styles and kits etc. Im not a drummer and neither is this plugin really but its a useful tool if you dont have a drummer to build rythmic ideas.