This SDX is really unique. Due to the four different rooms it's almost four libraries in one. I dig those dry kits from the Live room (and old 70s Camco!) and the kit that has been sampled in that vocal booth. Nice and dry yet still punchy.
Love that you do these preset videos to give us a better idea of the sounds for new expansion packs. Thanks again for taking time to review this and demo all of these presets! The twin shell kit (3:02) is so, so nice and tempting me to buy this. I haven't purchased a single SDX for SD3 yet... I find some reason everytime to tell myself, "Oh you've got enough sounds with the packs you have already." Maybe this time will be different :)
Hey Chris, thanks for your kind words. I mean, honestly, the latest SDX are REALLY a huge improvement compared to the old ones. Either the Decades or this new one are almost tailor-made for you. You know I praise a lot of their products (for good reasons), but these new SDX sound so much better, more realistically and nuanced.
Thanks for these awesome videos man! These expansions aren’t cheap so it’s really worth something hearing them upfront. Personally, I think this particular one is best for me (just for playing my electronic drums; these come closest to how it sounds playing real drums) and I probably wouldn’t have bought them without being able to hearing them first. Thanks!
05:28 Dry Deep...pretty sweet!! Love the snare on Huge Acrylic 07:55! The Vocal Booth cuts are great too!! These programs always blow me away...so awesome, great sound!! Great video my man! Love these!! Have a great and safe day Mike!! ✌😎👍❤
I am always impressed that you actually watch this stuff, Jerimy. I mean, I know you are a musician that’s open minded and interested in all stuff (hence your talent), but my videos are really nerdy, aren’t they? 😁 Anyway, I do appreciate you spend your time watching this, Jerimy. We should work together again soon, buddy. Take care
Thanks for doing this.. anyone else feel like compared to the rest of the kit the snare drums are a bit thin? I hear these beautiful kicks and incredible toms and then this kinda thin snare.. it’s weird..
I have Decades and I'm waiting for this to get on Sweetwater to save $30. Both are incredibly well recorded and engineer libraries. Hansa offers a more diverse tonal palette since there are 4 rooms but doing genres like swing or big band will be a stretch, Decades is incredibly versatile thanks to the articulations and different instruments (sticks, brush, rods, mallets), but the amount of instruments you can choose is significantly smaller than Hansa. Depends on what you need really.
I have to agree here. Both are in incredible in their own way. As I told several times already, a room is always the biggest contributor to a drum sound. Having four different ones with Hansa Studios means you can go from dry 70s funk style in the vocal booth to literally stadium rock using the gorgeous Meistersaal. Decades SDX has more instruments though. So it really comes down what you usually play or produce. If I really HAD to choose, I’d probably go for Hansa though.
Maybe it is the midi lacking much variation in the velocities but the Tom’s on the Camco kit sound very machine gun like. I like the overall tone of this SDX, very warm but still punchy but... the machine gun rack tom...makes me sceptical.
Hi Michael, thanks for your comment. Well, it was a MIDI file which came with this SDX. All I can tell from using this SDX is that the Camco kit sounds absolutely phenomenal and has a ton of dynamic range. The toms are incredibly warm, tons of low end yet still punchy. You can always dial in some EQ or compression to further enhance it.
@@MikeLuke First, thank you for your work on these videos, extremely helpful. I am deciding between Hansa and D+D for my next expansion. I just may take your word on it!
01:57 : that "80s Verb" preset sounds amazing !
This has to be the best sounding SDX expansion to date.
Everything in that marble room is gold
Wow, warm and punchy with lots of tone.
This SDX is really unique. Due to the four different rooms it's almost four libraries in one. I dig those dry kits from the Live room (and old 70s Camco!) and the kit that has been sampled in that vocal booth. Nice and dry yet still punchy.
@@MikeLuke Yes, I can see why. Well this makes 2 SDX I need to purchase: this one and the Decades one.
One of the best libraries of all the drums software. Maybe the best.
Agreed. For me it's the best recorded library I have ever heard.
Love that you do these preset videos to give us a better idea of the sounds for new expansion packs. Thanks again for taking time to review this and demo all of these presets! The twin shell kit (3:02) is so, so nice and tempting me to buy this. I haven't purchased a single SDX for SD3 yet... I find some reason everytime to tell myself, "Oh you've got enough sounds with the packs you have already." Maybe this time will be different :)
Hey Chris, thanks for your kind words. I mean, honestly, the latest SDX are REALLY a huge improvement compared to the old ones. Either the Decades or this new one are almost tailor-made for you. You know I praise a lot of their products (for good reasons), but these new SDX sound so much better, more realistically and nuanced.
Thanks for these awesome videos man! These expansions aren’t cheap so it’s really worth something hearing them upfront. Personally, I think this particular one is best for me (just for playing my electronic drums; these come closest to how it sounds playing real drums) and I probably wouldn’t have bought them without being able to hearing them first. Thanks!
05:28 Dry Deep...pretty sweet!! Love the snare on Huge Acrylic 07:55! The Vocal Booth cuts are great too!! These programs always blow me away...so awesome, great sound!!
Great video my man! Love these!! Have a great and safe day Mike!! ✌😎👍❤
I am always impressed that you actually watch this stuff, Jerimy. I mean, I know you are a musician that’s open minded and interested in all stuff (hence your talent), but my videos are really nerdy, aren’t they? 😁
Anyway, I do appreciate you spend your time watching this, Jerimy. We should work together again soon, buddy. Take care
@@MikeLuke I like them brother! I am kind of nerdy myself. :) I agree about a project soon. Let’s brainstorm... email you soon!!
The sounds are just awesome! 🥺
it is one of the best sounding packs toontracks has to offer imo
Ok this sold me. Sounds fantastic.
I own a lot of sdx and ezx kits but might have to get this one. Seems so versatile and nice natural rooms!
thanks for the work putting this together
I'm definitely looking foward to this library. I wish there was an EZ though
Yes. Toontrack offers EZX for a lot of their SDX products, but not for every unfortunately.
Thanks for this!
Cheers!
Really great sounds Mike👍👍👍😎
Richtig gut!
Thanks for doing this.. anyone else feel like compared to the rest of the kit the snare drums are a bit thin? I hear these beautiful kicks and incredible toms and then this kinda thin snare.. it’s weird..
Yeah But with a few tweak in the mixer I'm sure most of thin snare in SD you can make it fatter
Hansa or Decades if you had to choose?
I have Decades and I'm waiting for this to get on Sweetwater to save $30. Both are incredibly well recorded and engineer libraries. Hansa offers a more diverse tonal palette since there are 4 rooms but doing genres like swing or big band will be a stretch, Decades is incredibly versatile thanks to the articulations and different instruments (sticks, brush, rods, mallets), but the amount of instruments you can choose is significantly smaller than Hansa.
Depends on what you need really.
I have to agree here. Both are in incredible in their own way. As I told several times already, a room is always the biggest contributor to a drum sound. Having four different ones with Hansa Studios means you can go from dry 70s funk style in the vocal booth to literally stadium rock using the gorgeous Meistersaal.
Decades SDX has more instruments though. So it really comes down what you usually play or produce. If I really HAD to choose, I’d probably go for Hansa though.
The Vocal Booth is missing.
Are you fucking blind? It’s there at 10:24.
Such an idiotic comment, it’s right there at 10:24. Use your eyes first before making such asinine comments.
Will you please share individual hits of the Octobans so we can sample? Please!
Stop being so fucking cheap and buy it
Beginners question here: Are the midi files used for the samples from the Rooms of Hansa as well? cheers
Yes, I used them exclusively for this review.
@@MikeLuke awesome, sounds really good. Thanks for the replay! cheers
Maybe it is the midi lacking much variation in the velocities but the Tom’s on the Camco kit sound very machine gun like. I like the overall tone of this SDX, very warm but still punchy but... the machine gun rack tom...makes me sceptical.
Hi Michael, thanks for your comment. Well, it was a MIDI file which came with this SDX. All I can tell from using this SDX is that the Camco kit sounds absolutely phenomenal and has a ton of dynamic range. The toms are incredibly warm, tons of low end yet still punchy. You can always dial in some EQ or compression to further enhance it.
@@MikeLuke First, thank you for your work on these videos, extremely helpful. I am deciding between Hansa and D+D for my next expansion. I just may take your word on it!
Hi can you use any shell in any room or each drum kit has its own ? Also, some rooms have limited number of drums with no epansion possible?
These guys got some super fat Tom sounds this time around 👍🔥
Hello Mike~~~Please~~~If install roos of hansa And prety satisfy with the hansa preset, Can I delete the 230GB of Superior Drummer 3?
No, you can‘t. Well, partially. You can delete all but the core library, which has around 50GB. You need this as a minimum to run the software itself