Each session sold as an SDX pack for SD2 was recorded in a world-class studio with top tier engineers and drummers.

SD2 utilizes thousands of drum and cymbal hits corresponding to different MIDI velocities to create a detailed yet user-friendly system for engineers and producers to create and supplement acoustic drums. Superior Drummer 2.0 (or SD2) is a full production multitrack drum-sampling platform. A great deal of available hard drive space is recommended as full installers can run upwards of 25GB. Superior Drummer 2.0 comes bundled with the NYC Vol.1 Avatar recording studio pack and is available for $349. Superior Drummer 2.0 is available in RTAS, VST and Audio Units formats at 32-bit and 64-bit for both PC and MAC. Employing multi-hit and multitrack capabilities, Superior Drummer is by far the most detailed and comprehensive platform I’ve come across for creating, replacing or augmenting acoustic drums and percussion. At the head of the class is Toontrack who has revolutionized drum sampling with the Superior Drummer software engine. Today, there are a great deal of high quality drum sampling software platforms and audio packs available to engineers and producers. So while the idea of drum sampling was heresy in the early 90’s, today many drummers assume that their drum sounds can and will be augmented with high quality samples to enhance the overall sound. Today, the quality and detail of drum samples available has changed all that, allowing for seamless blending of the original drums with variable, natural sounding multi-track samples.

Because each hit was essentially the same exact sample repeated endlessly, drum sampling technology during its infancy in the 1990’s significantly altered the sound of the instruments recorded on tape – creating a robotic, clunky sound.

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