Got the news in the mail.
Installed the free version with the so called deluxe kit 2 last night.
Am not an owner of the previous version.
To me it sounds good/clean with a nice striking impact.
What I like is the variable tones across the velocity range,
and multiple hits like the hits on rim shots & other details on the cymbals-hats etc.
Can only imagine what depth the other kits provide. Good on you guys
With this kit so far I find the tweakability to justify what was said in the introduction video.
Quite extensive for a freebie, and it's a nice gift to add to my collection
So a plus+1 for steven slate in my book.
On processing I found the sound I wanted with light compress & Bozlabs-Bark of dog2 on the kick drum at 80hz-ish.
with a nice plate reverb on the mid-top end.
Also tested the recent free Ezconvolution from Melda audio on this with great results.
The reverse convolutions were impressive, definitely recommend trying that one out y'all
Installation was smooth for me & I had no issues following the instruction from the install video at the download page.
It's truly free without using/requiring the ilok account.
Since people have issues & the install.vid isn't easy access
I'll write some info here ^^
SSD5 free consists of 4 files to download:
01. SSD5_Free_Sampler_r108_Win.exe ~45mb
02. SSD5LibFree01.slatepack ~1038mb
03. SSD5LibFree02.slatepack ~960mb
04. Steven_Slate_Drums_IM_r108_Win.exe ~37mb
-install 01 first & then 04.
-during install will be prompted to point to the slatepacks
& then destination to your plugin folder where you'd like it installed.
(In my case the .dll & Library in same folder. ex. Slate plugs with SSDsampler5.dll & SSD5 Lib.files folder I named for short)
-On plugin first run I had to set the home/lib folder to load the kit. And that was all. (might be cuz of the rename of library folder)
The plug .dll is 37mb & library takes just over 2gb on the HDD.
So keep in mind that loading it will take a big scoop of ram, or toll on streaming from disk.
There are options/adjustments to how its disk streaming or amount loaded into ram.
You may fine tune it that way, but I didn't look as I didn't need to.
So hope that's useful & might help
cheers
