Superior Drummer 3 is more than just a drum sampler – it’s a bottomless source of creativity. In addition to an extensive library of raw audio material, Superior Drummer 3 introduces a unique design, streamlined workflow, and a host of features for creating powerful drums on your computer. Welcome to the future.
Installation is possible on a “clean” system, or on top of a previously installed version.
Release notes for Superior Drummer 3.3.7
CHANGES
E-Drums
A DWe preset has been added.
Improved compatibility with Roots SDX.
BUG FIXES
Drums Tab
In the layer limit text fields, it did not work to change to unlimited by entering a “-” character.
Mixer Tab
Loading certain SD2 (Superior Drummer 2) mixer presets, some channels were invisible in SD3 even though they were visible in SD2.
Grid Editor
When a user-added instrument was removed but it was not the most recently added one, mute and solo buttons in the Grid Editor could show incorrect states for some instruments and percussion preview in Grid Editor could be incorrect.
Settings
“MIDI Learn” for e-drums often did not work at all.
Opening Settings while getting incoming MIDI could cause a crash.
Quitting the host or removing the plug-in with the Settings dialog open could cause a crash.
Part 1: “Basic Sound Library” (Basic Sound Library with all instruments, OH Dyn and Amb Ribbon room mics, plus snare, kick and tom leaks)
Part 2: “Room Mics 1” (Additional room mics: OH Cond, Amb Near, Amb Mid)
Part 3: “Room Mics 2 – Surround (5ch)” (Additional microphones for 5.0 surround sound: Front L/R, Center and Surround L/R)
Part 4: “Room Mics 3 – Height Surround (6ch)” (Additional microphones for 11.0 surround sound: Front Height, Rear Height and Rear Height Wide)
Part 5: “Extra Bleed” (Additional “leaks” into microphones)
For correct operation of the factory library, you must install the update:
Toontrack – Superior Drummer 3 Library Update v1.2.0
How to install the factory library?
- Download the “Basic Sound Library”
- if you need additional microphones, then download from the remaining parts* of the factory library only files with the *.obw extension, which are located in the Sounds folders. We move these files to SL-SuperiorDrummer3/Sounds/ (move only *.obw files, not the Sounds folder)
- I recommend downloading the second and fifth parts (parts 3 and 4 contain files for surround sound).
- Download the Superior Drummer 3 Library Update v1.3.0 and run Sound Updater.exe (Windows) or Sound Updater.app (MacOSX)
- After the update, launch SD3, click Settings – Libraries/Paths – Add Library Path(s) … – and select the SL-SuperiorDrummer3 folder
How to add additional SDX libraries?
- From the list of distributions of SDX libraries, which is presented here, download only the folder called SL-(name of the library)
- Launch SD3, click Settings – Libraries/Paths – Add Library Path(s)… – and select the folder SL-(name libraries)
- It is possible to add all downloaded additional libraries with one click: Create a folder (for example) SDX Library, put all SDX libraries into it, click Settings – Libraries/Paths – Add Library Path(s)… – and select the SDX Library folder ( this will add all the libraries at once) see the screenshot for an example: How to add EZX libraries? 1. From the list of EZX library distributions, which is presented here, download only the folder named EZX_ or EZX2_ (library name) For Windows users: 2a. Move the downloaded folder to C:\ProgramData\Toontrack\EZdrummer\ (by default this folder is for storing EZX libraries, as well as folders with MIDI midi grooves) EZX library folder names: – If you want the folder for EZX and midi libraries to be located in another place: Create a folder (for example) EZX Library, move all the EZX libraries into it, as well as the MIDI folder, rename the EZDrummer folder along the path (C:\ProgramData\Toontrack\EZdrummer). After opening SD3, in the Grooves tab you will find an error No MIDI library found, click on Libraries Settings and in the Additional Libraries tab select the folder with the EZX Library libraries, reboot Superior. For MacOSX users: 2b. Move the downloaded folder to /Library/Application Support/EZDrummer/ (by default, this folder is for storing EZX libraries, as well as folders with MIDI midi grooves) EZX library folder names:
- If you want the folder for the EZX and MIDI libraries to be in a different location: Create a folder (for example) EZX Library, move all the EZX libraries into it, as well as the MIDI folder, rename the EZDrummer folder along the path (/Library/Application Support/ EZDrummer/). After opening SD3, in the Grooves tab you will find an error No MIDI library found, click on Libraries Settings and in the Additional Libraries tab select the folder with the EZX Library libraries, reboot Superior. I can’t find the folder SL-SuperiorDrummer3/Sounds/ To do this, you need to install the factory library, see point 1 of the FAQ SD3 won’t start. It says ‘The Superior Drummer 3 plug-in could not be found.’ If when loading the plugin the message appears: Run the following commands in the terminal:
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sudo codesign –force –deep –sign – /Applications/Toontrack/Superior\ Drummer\ 3.app
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sudo codesign –force –deep –sign – /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components/Superior\ Drummer\ 3.component
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sudo codesign –force –deep –sign – /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST/Superior\ Drummer\ 3.vst
Error: The installed resources and the plug-in are not the same version!
If, after updating, you get a message like this: This means that when you updated over the old version, the new version of the plugin was installed in a different directory, different from the folder in which your other plugins are located. Always pay attention to this: Often the plugin is automatically installed in the folder: C:\Program Files\Steinberg\VSTPlugins\Toontrack To correct the situation, you need to move the plugin with the new version to the desired directory and replace it. Which EZX libraries are stripped-down versions of SDX libraries? Big Band EZX = Decades SDX Classic Rock EZX = Legacy Of Rock SDX Dark Matter EZX = Death & Darkness SDX Death Metal EZX = Death & Darkness SDX Drumkit From Hell EZX = The Metal Foundry SDX Hard Rock EZX = Rock Foundry SDX Metal Machine EZX = Metal Machinery SDX Nasville EZX = Music City SDX Pop/Rock EZX = New York Studios Vol.1 SDX Progressive EZX = Progressive Foundry SDX Rock Solid EZX = The Rock Warehouse SDX