However, you have the option of switching off all the bleed samples and just using the close mics while composing, then using the Bounce option to render the final drum part with all the spill channels active. As well as plenty of hard drive space, you'll also need a lot of RAM if you opt to use the drum kits with most or all of the crosstalk/bleed samples enabled - a single DFH drum can set you back well over 100MB of RAM, depending on how many of the bleed samples you enable at the same time. It is installed from a series of DVDs, all but one of which is double-sided. Add to this the use of multiple quiet and loud hits to add humanisation to the sound, separate right- and left-hand snare hits, a whole graduated range of mid-level hits and a wide choice of drum kits and you can begin to appreciate why this instrument comprises over 30 gigabytes of data!ĭFH Superior is not a drum machine and doesn't come with a library of MIDI 'grooves' it is a set of three dedicated software drum modules, and runs on both Mac and PC machines within host software that supports the VST or AU plug-in formats, or Rewire. With some kick drums, you even get to choose the type of beater used, while the snare drum has top and bottom mics and in some cases, a choice of stick types. This is achieved by providing samples not only of the close-miked drums and cymbals plus stereo overhead mics, but also the spill picked up by each close mic from every other drum in the kit. It's a sample-based instrument that aims to allow the user the same degree of control over the sounds produced by its library of sampled acoustic drum kits that a studio engineer has over a real miked kit. Toontrack's DFH Superior comes from the same stable as the highly regarded Drumkit From Hell sample CD. DFH Superior offers complete control over the spill between all the drums and mics in your virtual kit, as well as obsessive levels of multisampling!
Hot on the heels of FXpansion's colossal BFD comes another 30GB drum library with a software front end. The DFH Superior drum kit construction window allows you to specify which drums will spill into which mics - but to take full advantage you'll need plenty of RAM.
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