Great deals on tons of
Toontrack gear.*

SAVE NOW

SD3 – Grooves Overview

Published on: Friday, August 25th, 2017

Post ID: 1326251

FIND YOUR GROOVE AND
MAKE IT PERFECT.

FIND YOUR GROOVE.

Learn how to use the new search functions and filters in the Grooves window to quickly find any groove within your MIDI libraries.

TALK TO YOUR DRUMMER.

Learn more about the Tap2Find and Edit Play Style functions from the perspective of a song writer/producer.

GRID EDITOR.

The all-new Grid Editor allows you to edit your MIDI in any way you want. Learn more about the key features, including the articulation drop downs and the variety of ways you can manipulate velocity.

THE SONG TRACK.

Learn how to use a single MIDI groove to generate entire song structures using the Song Creator. Also, learn more about saving your own templates and how to use them for other groove ideas later.

EXPORT MIDI/BOUNCE AUDIO.

Learn how to quickly export your MIDI files via drag and drop and how you can bounce high quality audio files in a variety of ways.

NORMAN GARSCHKE.

SAMPLING DRUMMER AND MIDI COLLABORATOR.

SAMPLING DRUMMER AND MIDI COLLABORATOR.

“My aim was to give the end user the essential building blocks needed to quickly get an authentic groove going. Coupled with the Edit Play Style, Song Track and Grid Editor features in Superior Drummer 3, customizing drum parts and building entire drum tracks literally takes minutes.”

You didn’t only perform the MIDI for Superior Drummer 3, you also sampled the entire core library. How was it sitting through sampling six kits (some several times with different tools), 35 configurations of snares, 27 configurations of bass drums – and on top of that countless cymbals?
It was such a great and unique experience! To capture the different tones and sonic flavors of these fantastic instruments in this extreme detail felt like being in drummer’s paradise. The process required a lot of concentration and focus, though. When sampling in a room this perfectly balanced and with this array of microphones, you actually have to concentrate to a level where your breathing is involved. It’s tedious work to “almost” breathe and still be 100% focused on your task for up to 12 hours straight, but I actually enjoyed every last second of it.

How long did it actually take and do you have any idea of how many hits you stroke?
The process of recording a snare with all velocities and different articulations usually takes a few hours, so you can imagine how much longer it took to record a complete kit with lots of toms, different bass drums, different heads, tunings and cymbals! Oh no, I have really no clue on how many hits I actually played, haha!

How was it to hook up these sounds to your e-kit and playing them for the first time?
It felt totally unreal, I can tell you that! I have played a lot of acoustic drums in my life. These samples felt just as real as sitting behind an actual acoustic kit. I was completely blown away. I was literally back in the room and could hear and feel every little detail of the drums. The response is the best I have ever experienced. For me personally it also had the strange effect of hearing my own recorded strokes while I was playing them. It was magical, like calling yourself on the phone!

THE MIDI.

The Superior Drummer 3 MIDI library was designed to provide a wealth of fundamental groove and fill variations for mainstream pop, rock and singer-songwriter material.

It also has a few dedicated sections for metal as well as an ‘Extras’ category with count ins, snare rolls and MIDI files specifically designed for use with brushed samples. In total, the library encompasses in excess of 1,600 individually played files, all categorized in common song structure parts.

Drum grooves and fills inspired by a broad range of styles

More than 1,600 individually played files

4/4, 3/4, 6/8, 12/8, 2/4 in straight and swing feel

Tempos ranging from 55 to 204 BPM

Song structure categorization (intro, verse, chorus, bridge, fills, etc.)

BALLAD

TIME SIGNATURE
TEMPO
FILES
LIBRARY NAMING

3/4 Swing

80 BPM

53

Slow Waltz

4/4 Straight

55 BPM

51

Laid Back Ballad

4/4 Straight

67 BPM

57

Slow Ballad

4/4 Straight

71 BPM

48

Mid Straight Ballad

6/8 Straight

66 BPM

67

Rollin’ Ballad

6/8 Swing

47 BPM

49

Lazy Ballad

HALFTIME

TIME SIGNATURE
TEMPO
FILES
LIBRARY NAMING

4/4 Straight

100 BPM

51

Straight in Half

4/4 Swing

71 BPM

43

Half Shuffle

MIDTEMPO

TIME SIGNATURE
TEMPO
FILES
LIBRARY NAMING

4/4 Straight

78 BPM

43

Slightly Heavy

4/4 Straight

87 BPM

59

Basic Pop/Rock

4/4 Straight (Trainbeat)

89 BPM

44

Solid Train

4/4 Straight

94 BPM

52

Pushy Medium

4/4 Straight

95 BPM

35

Relaxed 16ths

4/4 Straight

102 BPM

39

Funky 16ths

4/4 Straight

124 BPM

72

Bouncy 8ths

4/4 Straight

130 BPM

36

Mid Metal

4/4 Swing

74 BPM

49

Swingy Pop/Rock

4/4 Swing (Trainbeat)

87 BPM

35

Training to Swing

4/4 Swing

89 BPM

51

Bouncing Subs

4/4 Swing

94 BPM

48

Soulpop Swing

4/4 Swing

117 BPM

47

Forward Shuffle

6/8 Straight

87 BPM

56

Basically Six

6/8 Straight

120 BPM

49

Six to Twelve

6/8 Swing

91 BPM

45

Swinging

12/8 Straight

137 BPM

42

Twelve Shuffle

UPTEMPO

TIME SIGNATURE
TEMPO
FILES
LIBRARY NAMING

4/4 Straight

176 BPM

58

Forward Push

4/4 Straight

180 BPM

34

Thrash

4/4 Straight

200 BPM

40

Blast Metal

4/4 Swing

196 BPM

49

Jumpin’ Quick

EXTRAS – Intro Count-Ins

TIME SIGNATURE
TEMPO
FILES
LIBRARY NAMING

4/4 Straight

4

4/4 Swing

4

6/8 Straight

4

6/8 Swing

4

EXTRAS – Snare Rolls

TIME SIGNATURE
TEMPO
FILES
LIBRARY NAMING

4/4

60 BPM

7

4/4

120 BPM

7

6/8

60 BPM

7

6/8

120 BPM

7

EXTRAS – Brushes

TIME SIGNATURE
TEMPO
FILES
LIBRARY NAMING

Jazz 4/4 Swing

60 BPM

2

Ballad

4/4 Swing

92 BPM

4

Slow

4/4 Swing

125 BPM

4

Midtempo

4/4 Swing

162 BPM

4

Fast

4/4 Swing

200 BPM

4

Uptempo

3/4 Swing

62 BPM

2

Ballad

3/4 Swing

94 BPM

3

Slow

3/4 Swing

120 BPM

3

Midtempo

3/4 Swing

158 BPM

3

Fast

3/4 Swing

204 BPM

5

Uptempo

EXTRAS – Brushes

TIME SIGNATURE
TEMPO
FILES
LIBRARY NAMING

4/4 Straight

72 BPM

4

Pop/Rock 4/4

6/8 Straight

78 BPM

4

Pop/Rock 6/8

4/4 Shuffle

118 BPM

4

Blues 4/4

4/4 Straight

164 BPM

3

Rockabilly 4/4

4/4 Straight

100 BPM

3

Latin

EXTRAS – Cymbal Stuff

TIME SIGNATURE
TEMPO
FILES
LIBRARY NAMING

4/4

60 BPM

10

Crescendos / Diminiuendos

4/4

120 BPM

10

Crescendos / Diminiuendos

6/8

60 BPM

10

Crescendos / Diminiuendos

6/8

120 BPM

10

Crescendos / Diminiuendos

PERCUSSION – One Shots

TIME SIGNATURE
TEMPO
FILES
LIBRARY NAMING

3/4 Straight

Variabel Tempo – Future Hit

13

One Shots

3/4 Swing

Variabel Tempo – Future Hit

12

One Shots

4/4 Straight

Variabel Tempo – Future Hit

11

One Shots

4/4 Swing

Variabel Tempo – Future Hit

10

One Shots

6/8 Straight

Variabel Tempo – Future Hit

5

One Shots

6/8 Swing

Variabel Tempo – Future Hit

5

One Shots

PERCUSSION – Future Hit Shaker

TIME SIGNATURE
TEMPO
FILES
LIBRARY NAMING

3/4 Straight

Variabel Tempo – Future Hit

21

Future Hit Shaker

3/4 Swing

Variabel Tempo – Future Hit

20

Future Hit Shaker

4/4 Straight

Variabel Tempo – Future Hit

22

Future Hit Shaker

4/4 Swing

Variabel Tempo – Future Hit

20

Future Hit Shaker

6/8 Straight

Variabel Tempo – Future Hit

8

Future Hit Shaker

6/8 Swing

Variabel Tempo – Future Hit

8

Future Hit Shaker

PERCUSSION – Future Hit Tambourine

TIME SIGNATURE
TEMPO
FILES
LIBRARY NAMING

3/4 Straight

Variabel Tempo – Future Hit

21

Future Hit Tambourine

3/4 Swing

Variabel Tempo – Future Hit

20

Future Hit Tambourine

4/4 Straight

Variabel Tempo – Future Hit

22

Future Hit Tambourine

4/4 Swing

Variabel Tempo – Future Hit

20

Future Hit Tambourine

6/8 Straight

Variabel Tempo – Future Hit

8

Future Hit Tambourine

6/8 Swing

Variabel Tempo – Future Hit

8

Future Hit Tambourine
INDIVIDUAL FILES: 1,640

No products in the cart.

×
menu
Play / pause
0:00
0:00
    volume
    ×