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I rather watching him kill it on the drums rather than listen to him playing loops with very limited drums... that synth thing is cool and complex but dreadfully redundant

superior drummer sounds a thousand times better than the others!

Superior Drummer 3 for the win...

The hard drive space consumption should be telling enough. Perhaps SD3 has more kits, but usually the more space it requires means more multi samples and velocities, which equals more realism.

I just got SD3, I haven't yet tested it with the kit but it's coming next. in the meantime I have been using the default module's sounds: ruclips.net/video/8aaWg0iHOwM/видео.html

Untill I got a pearl mimic to replace my td 50 and 30 modules I never released how bad the Roland sounds are .

can I use my old Roland TD- 20 to plug Superior drummer ?

Hi Nick! Is SD3 only used for recording purposes? I want to buy this kit, im just wondering if you're able to download/import SD3 drum sounds into the td50 module?

thanks for the clip. non of them sounded right to me unfortunately. i get better recording my own

3:09 - 3:38

I have SD3 and AD2 - I also have a Roland TD27 with digital hi hats, snare and ride. The mapping on SD3 seems to support position sensing on the snare and ride, also the various zones on the hts including the bell. However even with the TD50 map, AD2 is not fully compatible - I had to reverse all the cymbal aftertouch "choke" or the cymbals simply did not work - same with the hi hat. Also trying to create a custom map in AD2 was near impossible especially for the hi hat.

This was really helpful and even on a phone speaker the Superior was well Superior. However it really has a studio sound and I think Roland’s stock sounds can be tuned to be great. I have EZ Drummer and both the ride and snare play beautifully. However the digital hihat triggering the VST just has no sensitivity and try as I might I can’t get a sound I like out of it.

I have AD2 and have been pretty unhappy with how roland digital HH transfers over. I feel like it loses some touch. Curious what you landed on? SD sound waaaay better to me in your demo... but now that you've messed with it, what do you recommend?

Amazing, also- great beards!

Great stuff!

So difficult to make these comparisons because both AD2 and SD3 can be made to sound just about any way you want them. If you liked the ride from the TD50x, you could choose a ride in AD2 or SD3 and tweak it to sound virtually identical. Also the SD3 kit you chose would match better with the AD2 kit called Black Velvet. It would be easy to pick certain kits in AD2, SD3, and TD50x to make whichever one you wanted to sound best. And picking "ultimate" kits in all 3 would still be a personal preference as all of them can sound fantastic. I will say that either SD3 or AD2 have many more options and better sounds than the TD50x. But for playing live, I like having it all in the box and the TD50x is great. For studio, play the TD50x, record both audio and midi. Then you can use either AD2 or SD3 or TD50x and/or layer whichever ones you want during post production.

SD3 all the way for me

you're literally the only one I could find making this content. thanks so much 🙏 plan on using my new TD50k2 with Slate's SSD5.5 and GetGoodDrums stuff in kontakt

Very helpful. Am looking at a 50KV2. Surprised how well the TD50x competed. For pure expressiveness it wins here. Maybe no surprise since the module is tuned pretty well for the new digital pads. Thought SD was certainly more lively sounding. These two are a pretty good combo, and maybe the best thing available having both. (Sounds like you are pretty invested in AD. For me it is way outclassed by both of the other options here.)

I just wish I could use Superior Drummer 3 because I'm blind and stuck on Superior Drummer 2 sense my accessibility software can't interface with version 3 and I'm being left behind. I'll probably never use the Decades SDX or the new Area 33 that just came out and that sucks because Al Shmit is one of my idles and sense I'll probably never be able to work with him the next best thing would be being able to pretend I'm him when tracking drums lol... But I can't do that because TuneTrack doesn't care about blind musicians or engineers. We're not even worthy of being an afterthought and it's sad. We had to make scripts for our screen reading software to tell it what the UI is for addictive drums, EZ Drummer 2, Superior Drummer 2, and Stephen Slate drums 5 as well as several other non-drum plugins like Melodine 4. None of these companies made their software accessible on their own. We had to hack it in and our cobbled together solutions aren't always reliable and we usually end up being left behind.

In my opinion Addictive Drums has always sounded more natural to my ear and less generic than TuneTrack accept the toms. XLN really needs to work on that for Addictive Drums 3, I'd say the toms are their weakest link.

X and sd3 sound better. Certain instruments were better with each

AD2 is my favorite in this comparison.

great video Nick. Thank you. To your knowledge in using SD3 can you record internally with the 50X using the SD3 sounds? I do a lot of recording using the internal 50X but would much prefer the SD3 sounds.

Using mine at a multi band gig on Saturday easy to move and sound great if miked but snare is the backup

Great comparison, thank you!

I think sd3 has crystal clear sound that never reminds a digital kit but and AD2 has nice sound at the choice of kit that selected , i think isn't same kits on two softwares so it's nice video but choices depends.AD2 has more depth at this point i think.SD3 is crispy.This two is like a demo between cumbals of Paiste Signatures and Sabian HHX Legacy.

BEST SD 3!!!!

Sounds way too processed for me. This is not anything like the real deal for me. I own Superior, EZ3 and AD2. AD2 is the real deal for me. Forget all those polished plastic sounds from Roland. AD2 has the soul.

great video. thanks! short question. is the sidestick option on the digital snare mapped/usable in ad2 with the td50x? and a bit longer question. do you know if it is possible to use the normal ride input and one for the digital ride and both work seperatly at the same time. same question for the snare and hihat. so that i can use 2 hihats with seperate pedals for each( one on the left with a normal hihat machine and one with a remote cable hihat machine/ or a roland hihatcontroller with a cymbalpad on the right). and also another snare. would be cool to have the option to have two differens sounding rides/snares/hihats at the same time.

Please VST drum companies release your drum sounds on a media card/USB stick without the need for a PC! 👏

well-done... simple... clear... not too fast paced... really well done

Hi and super thanks for this great video of yours. Could you please play quarter notes of your 5 or 10 favorite snare, bass drum and tom sounds. I'm considering purchasing, but probably wait for Superior Drummer 4.

Cool video! As a longtime (25 years) eDrummer and TD50X owner, I was pleasantly surprised how the 50X performed and sounded overall. I agree…the SD3 snare sounded best. But from an ‘overall kit’ view, I think the X performed exceptionally well. Hats, cymbals, overall kit balance and drum realism & tones.

Thanks Nick for your Comparison! Can you tell which app you use on Mac to display the Storage Usage ( Minute 5:15 ) ?

As a Roland TD30 owner of 6 year and now and TD50x owner I think the snare drum sounds really let the modules down compared to SD3. As a live rock drummer, I'm constantly tweaking for fatter, cleaner snares that cut through the guitars and bass, but the Roland samples always sound boomy and rounded unless you rim shot. l

For recording, SD is the clear winner. In a live setting, the TDX is the clear winner. Could you do a tutorial on how to get SD to trigger when using the Roland interface

To me the SD3 is by far the best, then comes TD50 and much less good Addictive Drums. Buy of course it could depend a lot on the presets.

Well...... In my humble opinion I think #1 is the Roland, #2 is SD3 and #3 Addictive Drums.

I saw them several years ago with Deantoni and this video is pretty much how it looked through my eyes. Couldn’t take my eyes off Deantoni

Thanks for the comparison, it was quite helpful. The hats in SD3 sounded (or triggered) really bad. I've heard that Toontrack is having some trouble in this area. Did you take the time to adjust the articulation points in SD3?

Thank you for this comparison, very helpful. I don’t suppose you could make a video showing how to set up your Roland with AD2 and SD3, or if you know of any existing videos that show how to. Thanks

I've been playing gigs since 5 years on digital kits, sd3 is by far the best sounding and user friendly, precision oriented vst in the market.. Even sounds awesome in mixes.

Quick question on mapping your TD-50x to Addictive Drums 2. The TD-50x isn't listed under map presets so wondering if you had to manually map each drum? Thanks

superior drummer 3 sounds more natural

Really helpful thanks!

I use SP3 too for mixing and composing, what an incredible soft, I'am about to convert my Drum to Edrum with edrumin + sup3. Thanks to this more focus video.

TD50X wins hands down. Much better at emulating a real-sounding drum set.

How do you hook your module up to your laptop and also what is the sound going out of aka the module itself or from the laptop? Trying to use getgooddrums with no play lag or anything. I just have a usb a to usb b cable.

In my ears SD3 sounded like the weakest here, kind of flat, but that may be just a matter of finetuning. As a TD-17 owner, I really like the overall sound of the 50x! It takes some time to tweak the rolandish... idk.. resonant sterile character out of the TD-17 module, but then it is a really goot kit. I think I'll testdrive the 50x as soon as I get my hands on it. Sounds a good amount "fresher" than the old library.