Especially considering how versatile it can be, you can’t really go wrong with this one. If you are looking for what is hands down the best sounding drum library, you will be hard pressed to find one better than this. It doesn’t negatively impact the sound, it just means it caches parts of the library and calls upon the samples as needed by your project or session.
If your computer has 4 to 8 gigabytes of RAM on it you will need to turn that feature on.
I have a pretty beefy computer so I had the luxury of turning off SSD4’s disk streaming option, meaning it loads the entire kit into RAM for me. Does this mean you might not be able to use this expansion on your computer? No, you most certainly can. That is pretty massive, and seeing how big it was its no surprise this expansion has ended up sounding so good. In the Jazz piece below, a blackbird kit loaded fully into memory took up about 2.6 gigabytes. But the bigger issue is the loading of an entire kit using the Blackbird expansion. At almost 6 gigabytes its one of Steven Slate Drums’ largest. Now you might be wondering, well Alex, what DON’T you like about it? Well, there really isn’t anything I don’t like about it, but there is one thing a person interested in this should be aware of – this library is pretty big. Like I mentioned earlier I wanted to spend extra time to see if that impression would wear off but it hasn’t. At the risk of sounding hyperbolic, I think this is the best sounding library I have heard to date, not just from Slate, but in general. It should give you a good idea the level of quality of this library. Jazz tends to be pretty raw in terms of production, so what you hear is one of the blackbird preset kits and a bit of processing on my end. I recently used it on a Jazz piece that you can listen to below. And what’s there is certainly versatile and varied enough to work in any of those genres. Everything from country and pop to jazz to metal. In my time with the expansion I tried it on a variety of different material. But alas, after asking around at Slate I found I was mistaken. Like, really good! At first I was convinced these were processed samples, not that there is anything wrong with that. The legendary Blackbird Studios has been the studio of choice for the industrys greatest artists, from Pearl Jam to Bruce Springsteen.
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Compatibility: PC Windows x86, PC Windows 圆4, MAC OSX X64 Intel. I bring this up because when you load up a kit just for a listen, it sounds good. Steven Slate SSD4 - Blackbird Studio Drums Expansion. It is my understand that this library is practically unprocessed, save for some small things in the recording chain. It will give you a pretty good idea of the kind of caliber this place is. If you are interested in seeing exactly what John and his studio are like then check out the video below. Its owner, John McBride, has a reputation for being uncompromising when it comes to the studio and getting the sounds he needs. In the Spring of 2014, Blackbird Founder John McBride recorded the Blackbird Drums Expansion with drummer Chris Tyrell of Lady Antebellum for the STEVEN SLATE DRUMS (SSD) Virtual Instrument and TRIGGER drum replacer plugin. Simply put, it is one of the most famous studios in the world.
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In the Spring of 2014, Blackbird Founder John McBride recorded the Blackbird Drums Expansion with drummer Chris Tyrell of Lady Antebellum for the STEVEN SLATE DRUMS (SSD) Virtual Instrument and TRIGGER drum replacer plugin.
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