There's something about the sounds, selections, and presets that make it really work for a wide variety of songs. Rock Foundry: I think this is my most used SDX other than the core. Mainly use it if I'm playing along to Karnivool Progressive Foundry: Fun to use, interesting selection of cymbals and drums. Metal Foundry: Don't really use much, there's something about the sounds of the drums that just doesn't really sound great to me. NY Studios Vol 3: Decent enough, not a lot of presets and I'm not really familiar with mixing drums, but has some nice selections for snare and cymbals

Cymbal variation is great, drums sounds thonky, fun to play around on. NY Studios Vol 1 (aka SD2): Actually really nice, probably my 4th most used. None of the is best, but there is a group of SDXes which never goo on sale which seems to be in its own class to one which we see on sale a couple of times a year.SD3 Core: Probably most used, tons of great presets that work for a bunch of different genres. Trust me, I have be waiting for years and the really good ones never go on sale and are well worth the extra cost. It's more inspiring to use when playing my Roland e-kit and it sounds and feel really natural to me.

I heard really good things about D&D for non-metal purposes and I might get it at some point as a slightly more modern alternative although I don't much metal unless when recording my youngest son.īut there was something special and 'alive' about the Hansa and I love it. But I was curious to see how the SDXes had developed over the years, so I decided to get a really good multi purpose SDX earlier this year.Įventually I went for the Hansa after listening to all of the SDXes over and over. I've been happy with the SD3's Core kits since I bought it as and upgrade from SD2 at the release.

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