I purchased the Matt Halpern Signature Pack from GetGood Drums over a year ago and they have made it onto every one of my demos with my band ( and one official release). The man behind the sampling, of course, is world-renowned drummer Matt Halpern, who is one of my favorite drummers of today. He is an extremely talented record producer who has worked with bands like Periphery, Animals As Leaders, and Devin Townsend. The man behind the superb tones you hear within this sample pack is Adam “Nolly” Getgood. Invasion – Quoted as “the most extreme drum sample library.”.Modern and Massive – A drum library created for heavier music, but not so heavy that you’re treading into metal territory.Matt Halpern Signature Pack – A sample library created from the drum tones from the band Periphery.The company currently has three separate sample packs available: And that’s exactly what you get with GetGood Drums. Hard to go wrong with any of the new offerings, they will all get you there and probably much further than you want to go.They all share the same vision for their production work: amazing drum tones. You get that right and the rest is secondary. A snare that has the perfect amount of shimmer, the cymbals and rides sound like magic, mainly it's about the drummer and the groove. For me, it's usually a bass drum that has punch. After you get it in the mix it doesn't sound right. In how many major label recordings do you listen for the type of bass drum, snare, cymbals? It is possible to have a killer drum mix that detracts from the total tune. I think the main idea is to know what you want to do and have that workflow streamlined and not get caught up in too many details. If you don't think so then ask yourself what you will need to reach that level. You can probably do what you need to do with what you have already.

My point being that deep drum editing isn't always necessary especially in basic rock/pop mixes. Others have used things I couldn't imagine would have yielded the kind of results they had. I have heard good convincing mixes done using the old drummer in Cakewalk. Some just want to build a serviceable drum track quickly and then move on to the fun stuff, whether that's playing your guitar or singing or programming synthesizers. Although I fall into that category, I realize that not everyone does. Bottom line is I'd say SD3 is for people who are really serious about their sequenced drums, who take their time tweaking sounds, and want no limitations. It has gobs of effects, many of which I've never used. It has a great drum-replacement feature that I've used only a handful of times. It has its own sequencer, but I've never used it. I do not run it from an SSD, and it can take quite awhile to load. As noted above, SD3 is HUGE, by far the biggest sample library I have. SD3 has lots of expansions but they are more expensive than BFD's. SD3 is more configurable than anything else out there, which may or may not be a good thing depending on your style of usage (if you want to get up and running and sounding good fast with minimal effort, check out Steven Slate Drums). However, I don't automatically recommend it to everyone. I am a longtime Superior Drummer user, going all the way back to Drumkit from Hell, its distant ancestor. Not a BFD user here, but after watching others use it, BFD seems a little quicker and less fussy to set up and tweak to a good sound.

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