Superior Drummer 3

Superior Drummer 3 — Complete Library Option

Superior Drummer 3 with the freedom to expand your drum collection. Get the complete Superior Drummer 3 platform with its powerful factory library, plus the option to download additional compatible drum libraries and build the collection that fits your style.

Superior Drummer 3 is the professional drum production environment from Toontrack, combining deeply sampled acoustic drums, electronic sounds, MIDI grooves, advanced editing, audio-to-MIDI conversion and a complete mixing environment.

With this option, you are not limited to the factory content. You can also choose from the extensive ecosystem of Superior Drummer 3-compatible SDX libraries and expand your setup with different kits, recording environments, genres, playing styles and production sounds.

What's Included

• Superior Drummer 3 software
• 230+ GB Core Sound Library
• 7 factory drum kits
• 25 snares and 16 kicks
• 32 cymbals
• Approx. 350 electronic sounds
• Approx. 1,640 factory MIDI files
• 35 built-in mixer effects
• Advanced MIDI editing
• Audio-to-MIDI conversion with Tracker
• Import your own samples
• Additional SDX library options
• Flexible library expansion according to your needs

Expand Your Drum Collection

Superior Drummer 3 supports a large ecosystem of additional SDX expansion libraries, allowing you to expand the factory sound set with completely different drum kits, recording environments, microphones, rooms, playing styles and production aesthetics.

Depending on the library, you can explore sounds created for genres ranging from rock, metal and progressive music to jazz, pop, hip-hop, cinematic and experimental production.

Each expansion can bring its own combination of professionally recorded instruments, microphone setups, presets and MIDI material designed around the character of the library.

Choose Your Sound

Want massive modern metal drums? Tight studio drums? Vintage kits? Organic jazz recordings? Large ambient rooms? Different productions call for different drum sounds.

With the expanded library option, you can build your Superior Drummer 3 setup around the sounds you actually want to use instead of being limited to a single drum collection.

One Drum Engine. Multiple Collections.

All compatible libraries work inside the same Superior Drummer 3 environment. You keep the same powerful mixer, editing tools, MIDI workflow, Tracker and sound-design capabilities while gaining access to completely different recorded drum sources.

This makes Superior Drummer 3 a long-term drum production platform that can continue expanding as your productions evolve.

Professional Mixer

Every compatible library can take advantage of Superior Drummer 3's powerful mixing environment, including its 35 built-in effects, flexible routing, internal buses, microphone control and multiple stereo outputs.

• Individual microphone control
• EQ and dynamics processing
• Compression and saturation
• Reverb and ambience processing
• Parallel processing
• Flexible routing
• 32 internal mixer buses
• 16 stereo outputs

MIDI & Grooves

Superior Drummer 3 supports MIDI content from compatible Toontrack libraries, giving you access to additional grooves, fills and performances tailored to different kits and musical styles.

Search, audition and edit MIDI performances directly inside Superior Drummer 3, then drag your favorite grooves into your DAW for further production.

Tracker — Audio to MIDI

Use Tracker to analyze recorded drum performances and convert them into MIDI. Replace existing drums, layer new sounds over a recording or completely rebuild a drum performance using your Superior Drummer 3 libraries.

Factory Library Included

The factory content is still included as the foundation of the setup, with more than 230 GB of core drum samples, 7 kits, extensive microphone recordings, electronic sounds and a large MIDI collection.

Additional libraries simply give you the ability to go much further and explore completely different drum sounds within the same production environment.

Perfect For

• Professional Music Production
• Rock & Metal
• Progressive Music
• Pop Production
• Hip-Hop & Trap
• Jazz & Organic Drums
• Electronic Music
• Film & Game Scoring
• Recording & Mixing
• Sample Replacement
• Electronic Drum Kits
• Advanced Drum Sound Design

Compatibility

• Windows 10 or later 64-bit
• macOS 10.13 or later
• Intel & Apple Silicon Macs supported
• VST3
• Audio Units (AU)
• AAX
• 64-bit DAW required
• Standalone application included
• 4 GB RAM minimum
• 8 GB RAM or more recommended
• Additional disk space required for optional libraries

Current Version

Superior Drummer 3 is actively maintained by Toontrack. The current software release is version 3.4.4, with ongoing performance improvements, compatibility updates and bug fixes.

Library Expansion Option

Start with the factory library and expand whenever you want. Additional compatible Superior Drummer 3 libraries can be added to your collection, giving you the freedom to explore different drum sounds, genres and recording environments.

One drum production platform. Your factory library. Your choice of additional sounds. Unlimited creative possibilities.