Has anyone DFH Superior?
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- KVRer
- 16 posts since 23 Sep, 2004
Uh, well... it's a drum library... and it's very good. Thanks to some new compression tech by Toontrack, a full drum kit can be loaded with little hit on the RAM... the mic bleeding is extremely realistic and makes mixing fun and exhilirating... it's stable as hell, I've never had it crash... it had "round robin" before I ever knew what it was, and this makes all the difference.
Tons of samples, tons of kit pieces. It sounds real. You can play it very easily with an electronic drum kit. Technically, there's not a real 'jazz kit' in there, but I've used DFHS for jazzy/fusion stuff quite often, and nobody ever told me "Hey, those drums are just not jazzy enough, you fraud!!"
I use it mainly for metal. And for that, it's unparalleled. But then again, I've used it for soft rock, ballads, funk, bluegrass... you name it. So it's more versatile than it sometimes gets credit for. Add their new Custom & Vintage library to DFHS, and you're golden.
What else would you like to know? Toontrack's website kind of tells you everything else.
-Tom
Tons of samples, tons of kit pieces. It sounds real. You can play it very easily with an electronic drum kit. Technically, there's not a real 'jazz kit' in there, but I've used DFHS for jazzy/fusion stuff quite often, and nobody ever told me "Hey, those drums are just not jazzy enough, you fraud!!"
I use it mainly for metal. And for that, it's unparalleled. But then again, I've used it for soft rock, ballads, funk, bluegrass... you name it. So it's more versatile than it sometimes gets credit for. Add their new Custom & Vintage library to DFHS, and you're golden.
What else would you like to know? Toontrack's website kind of tells you everything else.
-Tom
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- KVRer
- 2 posts since 16 Mar, 2006
I like it too. Its indeed very stable and sounds really good. The fact that all the samples are loaded into RAM is very intelligent (best performance) , but I think 2 GB RAM is a must be to have really fun with it.
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- KVRist
- 434 posts since 14 Sep, 2005
Only just got it myself.
Had some problems installing the three plugins(the manual and the Dfh forum aren't very helpful).
Seems to be working now. I'm triggering the sounds using a midi keyboard with Cubase and everything sounds great.
Obviously, these are all acoustic drums sounds. There are 3 plugins - Drummer, Percussionist and Cocktail. Drummer and Percussionist are the really useful ones. Cocktail is a small 3 piece kit - not sure why they bothered with this one actually.
Had some problems installing the three plugins(the manual and the Dfh forum aren't very helpful).
Seems to be working now. I'm triggering the sounds using a midi keyboard with Cubase and everything sounds great.
Obviously, these are all acoustic drums sounds. There are 3 plugins - Drummer, Percussionist and Cocktail. Drummer and Percussionist are the really useful ones. Cocktail is a small 3 piece kit - not sure why they bothered with this one actually.
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- KVRAF
- 3864 posts since 29 Feb, 2004
If you want to have the best, this is it. But if you don't have a lot of experience mixing raw drums and great comps / EQs, be prepared for a steep learning curve.
Maybe their upcoming new product EZdrummer (featuring preproduced drum sounds) will serve you just as well and save you money and some major headaches.
I've been owning both DFHS and C&V for over a year now and still cursing and struggling from time to time. I love them dearly, but to be honest, EZdrummer would have been more than good enough for my humble skills and needs.
Another good alternative would be Jamstix, whose really good drumsounds (especially with the optional expansions)are often overlooked. And you get a fantastic intelligent drummer (!) thrown in for good measure.
Cheers, susiwong
Maybe their upcoming new product EZdrummer (featuring preproduced drum sounds) will serve you just as well and save you money and some major headaches.
I've been owning both DFHS and C&V for over a year now and still cursing and struggling from time to time. I love them dearly, but to be honest, EZdrummer would have been more than good enough for my humble skills and needs.
Another good alternative would be Jamstix, whose really good drumsounds (especially with the optional expansions)are often overlooked. And you get a fantastic intelligent drummer (!) thrown in for good measure.
Cheers, susiwong