Right now I can pick up a copy of Addictive Drums 2: Custom XL for $200.MIDI Map Presets - Addictive Drums 1/2 & Superior Drummer 2/3 (DM10 Studio Kit)įor Addictive Drums 1 & Superior Drummer 2 That pack allows you to personally select 6 ADPacks, 6 MIDI Packs and 6 Kit pieces. These pieces also do not need to be selected at once. Sound wise, AD2 fits my tastes a bit more (not metal or heavy rock). Superior Drummer 3 is far and away THE VST that people talk about and recommend.
I know that it is packed full of modifications, has incredible sound quality, amazing levels of detail and articulation, tons of kit, snare and cymbal options, as well as snare on/off, mallet and brush options included. Also, there appears to be more cohesion with how all of the pieces work together. However, my concern is really in the aesthetics of the drums. Many of the kits sound "great" and are kits I would gladly play just for practice or in real life. I just have yet to hear a really solid set of controlled tones. Kits that would be good for pop, indie, folk or general alternative music. Everything seems to have a lot of resonance. So anyone who has experience with both or just owns SD3 and can answer this, should I pay twice as much for SD3 over AD2? Is it adjustable enough to get some really fat and dry tones from the kits? Cymbals I'm ok with. But drums I feel cater more to Metal, Heavy Rock and Classic Rock. The biggest problem with SSD5 for me was the interface. It wasn't just questionable, it was an absolute turn off.
I tried the free kit, and there was only a handful of e-drum set presets, and it was NOT going to be easy to get my set to correctly register. I have a yamaha DTX-502 module, which has been around for long enough to get some love. I appreciate the sounds SSD5 is capable of, but it means nothing if they don't put the effort into making it easy and fun to use. I thought that at the bare minimum, the roland and yamaha sets would have presets already made for them.Ĭomparing that to AD2, which has a fantastic learn function where you just push "learn" on the sound you want to trigger, then hit the pad you want to use it for. However, this is often unnecessary anyway because there's a pretty extensive library of kits in AD2 that are already set up properly. I have been waiting for SSD5 after hearing how great SSD4 sounded, and that interface changes were supposedly one of the focuses of SSD5.
I was very disappointed with how the interface turned out, and even given the opportunity to try it out for free I still was too frustrated to give it a fair shot. SUPERIOR DRUMMER 3 VS ADDICTIVE DRUMS 2 FOR FREE Yes, I generally start off with a preset I like, and then change out a few drums or cymbals for something I prefer for the specific sound I'm after. The interface makes it pretty easy to swap things around and hear how they sound, and then save that as a custom preset to load later. The hi hats I'd say are serviceable, but I also think I'm held back a bit by my module. I use a DTX502 which is okay, but it doesn't seem to process the full range of open & close, so it's not quite as dynamic as I'd like but it's hard to say how much of that is my hardware. SUPERIOR DRUMMER 3 VS ADDICTIVE DRUMS 2 FULL There's a decent amount of tweaking you can do with the open/close position to get it where you want it though. It's only going to be as good as the midi signals it's getting, so keep that in mind. SUPERIOR DRUMMER 3 VS ADDICTIVE DRUMS 2 FULL.SUPERIOR DRUMMER 3 VS ADDICTIVE DRUMS 2 FOR FREE.