Hey Slau. this is great. Thanks for this. Steve > On 24 Apr 2017, at 4:31 am, Slau Halatyn <slauhala...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Steve, > > It's difficult to answer an "is it worth it" kind of question because it > involves "worth" which translates into money and not everybody thinks the > same in terms of dollars or whatever currency. Before I offer an opinion, > first let me say that Flo Tools offers access to UI elements within Superior > Drummer II which is the only version you can currently buy. While Superior > Drummer does have MIDI loops available, the browser is not currently > accessible. Therefore, one must program drums manually. Manual drum > programming is not for everyone and, even for those who do it, for some it > comes easy and for others it's somewhat time-consuming. If one knows how to > play drums or knows how drummers play, it's a fairly straight-forward matter > of playing parts on pads or keyboard. Superior Drummer comes with one library > and there are about a dozen other Superior Drummer libraries with the letters > SDX before the library name. Superior can also play Easy drummer libraries of > which there are dozens and those have an EZX in front of the library name. > Superior Drummer costs around $300 but it often goes on sale for $199 or less > and that includes the default Avatar library. The SDX expansions cost around > $150 each but they sometimes go on sale for half price. The EZX libraries > cost around $100 but also go on sale for half price perhaps once a year or so. > > So, all told, you might spend as little as $150 or as much as a thousand > dollars, depending on when and what you buy. It's hard to say whether it's > worth it. To me, it's undoubtedly the best sounding virtual drum library out > there. I've heard pretty much all of them and, while some are great, I think > Superior Drummer is a cut above. Now that it's fairly accessible in Pro > Tools, I think it's a great way to go if you're adept at programming drum > parts. > > HTH, > Slau > >> On Apr 22, 2017, at 4:59 PM, Steve Sparrow <i...@sparrowsound.com.au >> <mailto:i...@sparrowsound.com.au>> wrote: >> >> Hi guys i know this is going back a while now, how ever i’m thinking about >> purchasing superior drummer, I’ve just reread the below email. >> is this the best accessible solution for us to create drum tracks using p >> t. How well does this work. what version of superior drummer is this >> compatible with. is it superior drummer 2 how easy is this to use, and is >> this a good solution. Sorry a few questions. I guess to sum up is this worth >> getting. >> Steve >> >> . >> >>> On 29 Dec 2016, at 8:48 am, Slau Halatyn <slauhala...@gmail.com >>> <mailto:slauhala...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>> >>> For those not sharing in the Drop Box for bandwidth concerns, here >>> <https://www.dropbox.com/s/6f8s5fhmuiy08y9/Plug-In%20Views%20shared.zip?dl=1> >>> are the initial plug-in view files for Superior Drummer. Also, here >>> <https://www.dropbox.com/s/lb5p4jn2hskzq76/Superior%20Drummer%202%20Project%20Presets.zip?dl=1> >>> are a bunch of multi-out files that Phil Muir created. >>> Long story short (and you'll have to fill in some blanks as I'm in a bit of >>> a rush right now), if you want to use Phil's multi-out routings: >>> Instantiate Superior on a stereo instrument track. >>> Use Control plus the arrow keys to navigate to the Load/Save menu and >>> select "Load." >>> Navigate to one of Phil's multi SD2 files and make sure it's a library that >>> you own and load it. >>> Create 15 stereo aux tracks. >>> Interact with the input of the first aux track and, with >>> Command+Option+Shift pressed, set it to Plug-In>Superior Drummer Insert >>> A>bus 3-4. >>> >>> Now any sequence on the Instrument track will be split out to kick in, kick >>> out, sub kick, snare top, snare bottom, etc. >>> >>> This is a very quick and dirty explanation but that's the basic story. Phil >>> might chime in with more of a description and possibly paste in the text of >>> the document he created explaining the routing and what's on each set of >>> busses. >>> >>> Later, >>> slau >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >>> <mailto:ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> <mailto:ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:ptaccess+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>.
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