Essential Information About Toontrack SDX Stories Software
- Premium SDX Extension for Superior Drummer 3: a collection of drums and percussion designed for modern and timeless productions, from pop/rock to musicals.
- Sound Signed by Frank Filipetti: produced and recorded by the multi-award-winning engineer and producer, with particular attention to musical rendering and mixing.
- Three Recording Spaces at Power Station New England (Connecticut, USA): from wide ambient to tight intimate, to adapt the drum kit to the context of the track.
- Fast Workflow: presets ready to mix + dedicated MIDI files for each kit (grooves and fills) to compose and finalize faster.
What Toontrack SDX Stories Is For
Toontrack SDX Stories is a sound library dedicated to Superior Drummer 3, designed to provide you with drums and percussion that can immediately fit into a production. The goal is clear: to have a very broad palette, ranging from pop/rock drums with a "radio" grain to more cinematic and theatrical textures, suitable for musicals, rich arrangements, and modern orchestrations. Thanks to recordings made in several rooms, you can choose a very present and controlled drum kit, or on the contrary let the space breathe for a spacious and emotional sound.
Main Features
Recording Designed for Realism and Staging
Recorded at Power Station New England Studio in three rooms (Main, ISO Booth A, ISO Booth B), SDX Stories offers a wide variety of natural ambiances. This approach allows you to build a sound that fits your arrangement: close and intimate for a ballad, more open and punchy for a pop chorus, or wide and immersive for soundtrack-inspired productions.
Stereo to Surround 5.0 Compatibility
All kits and percussion were recorded with five additional room microphones to offer mixes ranging from stereo to surround 5.0. This coherent capture from room to room gives you great freedom to shape depth, width, and spatial sensation while maintaining a consistent sonic identity.
A Complete Production Instrument: Kits, Options, and Percussion
SDX Stories is not limited to "one" set: you get six complete drum kits available in nine configurations, with a generous selection of additional elements (snares, kick drums, cymbals). The result: you can switch from a very direct and controlled kit to a more open and expressive set, while keeping timbral coherence across the album or project.
Mix Presets and Dedicated MIDI for Straight to the Track
To speed up workflow, a large selection of ready-to-mix presets is included, designed by Frank and the Toontrack sound design team. Add to that individually recorded MIDI grooves and fills adapted to the kits, as well as a general collection of percussion patterns: ideal for starting from a credible base, refining the intention, then customizing the playing and sound according to your production.
Technical Specifications
Type and Compatibility
- Type: SDX extension pack available for download
- Required Software: Toontrack Superior Drummer 3 (mandatory to use the extension)
- Usage: pop, rock, musicals, and other styles
Production and Recording
- Produced and recorded by: Frank Filipetti
- Studio: Power Station New England Studio, Connecticut, USA
- Recording rooms: Main, ISO Booth A, ISO Booth B
- Drummer: Norman Garschke
- Playing techniques: sticks, hotrods, and mallets
- Room recording: five additional room microphones for mixes from stereo to surround 5.0
Drum Kits and Elements
- Drum kits: six complete kits in nine configurations
- Kick drums: 13
- Snares: 16
- Toms: 27
- Hi-hats: 5
- Cymbals: 16
- Options: wide selection of additional snares, kick drums, and cymbals
Included Percussion
- Percussion library: 34 individual instruments
- Examples of instruments: kick drum, timpani, congas, bongos, gong, wood/jam blocks, bell, shaker, tambourine, triangle, cabasa, maracas, cymbals, chimes, agogo bell
Creative Content and Workflow
- Presets: vast library of ready-to-mix presets
- MIDI: individually recorded drum MIDI grooves and fills adapted to the kits
- MIDI percussion: general collection of dedicated patterns
Note
- Requires Toontrack Superior Drummer 3 to be used
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