Hey all, I just bought SD2 mainly for tracking demos and practicing with V-Drums and well, let’s say I’m glad I got it on sale.
It’s immediately apparent to my ears that the sounds are pretty heavily processed, most specifically, compressed. I made this purchase under the impression (through researching/comparing popular drum sampler libraries), that SD2 was the way to go for raw unprocessed samples, in fact the desire for an organic quality was the main thing that turned me off Slate and made me choose SD2 over EZ. I’m looking at the SD2 mixer and can’t see any inserts enabled, so I’m assuming what I’m hearing are the “”””raw”””” samples. Am I missing something here? Soloing the top mic on a snare for instance, it’s instantly apparent that there is a considerable amount of compression that was either applied to tape or is being applied by the application (sounds like an LA2A). I’m an experienced engineer and want raw tracks to process my own way in order to achieve whatever desired sound for a given project.
I have read now that people aren’t particularly impressed with the Avatar kit, fair enough, but given what I’m hearing and how I’m feeling about this right now, I’m not about to spend more money on SDX’s if this is what I’m going to get. The GUI is not the greatest, and I knew that before buying, but I really thought the sounds would make it worth sacrificing. Super disappointed. I don’t want or need someone else to mix for me, or to be locked into someone else’s arbitrary compression/EQ.
So seriously. Am I missing something?
