I went through nightmares with Steven Slate Drums Mk4 when it first came out, even getting a free upgrade to the Platinum edition, none of which ever worked on my computers, even with one of there very helpful & friendly support guys taking over my machine in real time from USA (and I lived in UK at the time). have you tried all the freebies yet? Always worth a go. There are any number of other drum romplers out there. No idea what BFD3 is like these days but the original developer has I believe, sold out to one of the box shifters, so I would be nervous of the future of it. I recently sold on my Addictive Drums products & dumped BFD at BFD2. I started out with EZDrummer & then bought the original Superior Drummer, so I have a long history with them. Who knows if they'll decide to release a revamped new version which will make buying version 3 right now a bad deal?įWIW I am a beta tester for the whole toontrack range. There are a bit more options with BFD3 that make it a bit more affordable, but as I said I don't know about its age. I might buy SD3 if I can find someone who resells a license for a decent discount, but I can't find any. I recently built a new PC with SSD and 32GB of RAM, so I think it should handle the heavier libraries. I know AD2 is also compressed and processed so it might have the same issue. In Ezdrummer I think because the samples are premixed there were situations I just couldn't make it sit well in the mix I needed.

I write music with progressive influences so it needs to allow for more depth and body. I'm not necessarily looking for the overly-compressed sounds often found in metal. More simple/straightforward, lighter on memory, but just as well featured.

However for an occasional/hobbyist I'd recommend Addictive Drums 2,

Ez superior drummer 3