Steven Slate Drums 4.0

[ashm]

Will the new samples from SSD4.0 be added to the Trigger sample collection?

[dino321]

Originally Posted by lydpik

You should definitely check out the Andy Reilly samples. Much more open sounding tone, with lots with bite and air. Very natural sounding drums, not like Slate Drums!

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SSD are not supposed to be "natural sounding". The are supposed to be processed sounding. You need to get some perspective and give it a rest.

[RKrizman]

Originally Posted by dino321

SSD are not supposed to be "natural sounding". The are supposed to be processed sounding. You need to get some perspective and give it a rest.

Why not put all this in a more positive way and forget the semantics. There are a lot of us who love SSD and think it would be improved if some dry, less processed snares were added in the update. Apparently this is what is happening, so I'm looking forward to it. The only reason I've been so adamant about this is because, for me, the rest of the program is such an awesome accomplishment.



-R

[thefyn]

Originally Posted by dino321

SSD are not supposed to be "natural sounding". The are supposed to be processed sounding. You need to get some perspective and give it a rest.

The SSD 4 has a lot of naked kits too. So when the next one comes out, you get the best of both worlds.

I do a little bit of industrial/cyberpunk as well as straight up metal, so I am really looking forward to the electronica kit on offer.

It better be better than Toontrack Electronic EZX because that was garbage.

I was at NAMM and got to see some SSD presentations etc. When I got back, I basically sold all my Toontrack licences.

I'm probably the only one a little annoyed he is dropping Kontakt. Since I JUST got my head around it.

[truelight]

When is 4.0 supposed to be released? The SSD website hasn't been updated to even mention v4. The current SSD is a little inflexible since it's all so processed ... it will be nice to have additional unprocessed drum sounds to draw from

[Steven Slate]

We're workign hard on SSD4.. its gonna be great. It'll offer everything you would ever want in virtual drums.. more news soon. Original estimates were late spring but to be safe I'd say early summer.

[tomlee]

Originally Posted by Slate Press

We're workign hard on SSD4.. its gonna be great. It'll offer everything you would ever want in virtual drums.. more news soon. Original estimates were late spring but to be safe I'd say early summer.

I would hope that upon release there will be demo videos of the new interface to demonstrate the various features such as easy multi out etc etc.

a good video demo of the interface always tempts me into purchases.

[JonasW]

Is it early summer yet??

[TheBigLongy]

Steve, Will you be contemplating doing kits (both natural and with preset processed options) for BFD2? or BFD3 when it comes out?

[Steven Slate]

Hi.. SSD4 will be our own proprietary instrument and the only drum instrument our samples will be available for.

I don't think we'll be able to finish it by late June as we'd hoped, so it will most like see a September 1st release (its not a good idea to do a mid summer release).

I will be posting video and demos of many of the new kits.. With all the new kits including the jazz, vintage, and electronic kits.. combined with the old kits.. SSD4 will have over 100 preset kits in many styles, ambiences, and genres.

Stay tuned to this thread for some audio.

[WarrenBeat]

Originally Posted by Slate Press

Hi.. SSD4 will be our own proprietary instrument and the only drum instrument our samples will be available for.

I don't think we'll be able to finish it by late June as we'd hoped, so it will most like see a September 1st release (its not a good idea to do a mid summer release).

I will be posting video and demos of many of the new kits.. With all the new kits including the jazz, vintage, and electronic kits.. combined with the old kits.. SSD4 will have over 100 preset kits in many styles, ambiences, and genres.

Stay tuned to this thread for some audio.

I'll buy it!!!!!! One question, any upgrade path for 3.5 users?

We want the "FART Expansion Pack" for free, if not I wont buy it it

[andy0568]

Will SSD 4.0 be packaged with any loops/grooves?

[mirrorboy]

Originally Posted by andy0568

Will SSD 4.0 be packaged with any loops/grooves?

Love all things Slate Digital (and love the idea of some unprocessed and some electronic kits)! Sounds like SSD 4 is gonna be great!

And +1 to the above! Midi grooves would be great!!

Cheers,

Scott

[Luc Sabourin]

Originally Posted by Slate Press

I will be posting video and demos of many of the new kits.. With all the new kits including the jazz, vintage, and electronic kits.. combined with the old kits.. SSD4 will have over 100 preset kits in many styles, ambiences, and genres.

Hi Steve, I think in the past, with some upgrades, there were samples deleted. I may be wrong, it's only something that I've heard. Will you be deleting some?? Or keeping them intact???
I'm asking because I have some favorite SSD snares and kicks that I can't live without.

[thefyn]

Originally Posted by mirrorboy

Love all things Slate Digital (and love the idea of some unprocessed and some electronic kits)! Sounds like SSD 4 is gonna be great!

And +1 to the above! Midi grooves would be great!!

Cheers,

Scott

Those free grooves by the perfect circle drummer were amazing.

Hey SS: Use him in the future for all grooves.

[Steven Slate]

Originally Posted by WarrenBeat

I'll buy it!!!!!! One question, any upgrade path for 3.5 users?

We want the "FART Expansion Pack" for free, if not I wont buy it it

Yes, there will be a discount for guys upgrading from 3.5. Yes we'll have some fart samples.

Originally Posted by andy0568

Will SSD 4.0 be packaged with any loops/grooves?

Yes it will have a groove processor and include the 3.5 grooves (do you have them? they are at Index of /grooves ) as well as many more.

Originally Posted by mirrorboy

Love all things Slate Digital (and love the idea of some unprocessed and some electronic kits)! Sounds like SSD 4 is gonna be great!

And +1 to the above! Midi grooves would be great!!

Cheers,

Scott

Thanks! Yes we'll have a lot more midi grooves.

Originally Posted by Luc Sabourin

Hi Steve, I think in the past, with some upgrades, there were samples deleted. I may be wrong, it's only something that I've heard. Will you be deleting some?? Or keeping them intact???
I'm asking because I have some favorite SSD snares and kicks that I can't live without.

From 2.x to 3.x, there were some samples that didn't make the cut because I felt there were problems with them (one of them wasn't hitting the tape machine properly and was too hissy for example, another didn't have enough velocities to play properly..)

BUT, every sample from 3.5 WILL be included in the new SSD4, as well as tons more from the new batch.

Originally Posted by thefyn

Those free grooves by the perfect circle drummer were amazing.

Hey SS: Use him in the future for all grooves.

Do you mean Glenn? Yes he's the best.

[Luc Sabourin]

Originally Posted by Slate Press

From 2.x to 3.x, there were some samples that didn't make the cut because I felt there were problems with them (one of them wasn't hitting the tape machine properly and was too hissy for example, another didn't have enough velocities to play properly..)

BUT, every sample from 3.5 WILL be included in the new SSD4, as well as tons more from the new batch.

that's good news thanks!!

[Todd]

For anybody looking to add CLA low end "donk" to the Slate snares,
checkout Truth Drum samples.

They sell an Awesome brass beauty snare for 10 bucks. Kontakt ready.
Layer this snare under an SSD snare, and smile.

This, at least until SSD 4.0 comes out.

Make no mistake though, i think SSD's are the best thing going.

You rock Steven!! I hope you cleaned those mics after the fart sessions.

TK

[WarrenBeat]

Originally Posted by Todd

For anybody looking to add CLA low end "donk" to the Slate snares,
checkout Truth Drum samples.

They sell an Awesome brass beauty snare for 10 bucks. Kontakt ready.
Layer this snare under an SSD snare, and smile.

This, at least until SSD 4.0 comes out.

Make no mistake though, i think SSD's are the best thing going.

You rock Steven!! I hope you cleaned those mics after the fart sessions.

TK

It is said that SSD 4.0 will include non-processed samples too, so I think it will be easier to get nice layered snare sounds.

[Luc Sabourin]

Originally Posted by Todd

For anybody looking to add CLA low end "donk" to the Slate snares,
checkout Truth Drum samples.


TK

I can get it with Snare 13. But maybe we're not talking about the same "donk"

[ahare117]

Will SSD4 have an EX option that is $100 (or less), like there is for SSD3.5? I just decided I want to buy a virtual drum instrument and SSD3.5 EX is right in my budget range... but if SSD4 has an EX option I'd consider waiting til September to get the new version.

[neilwilkes]

Originally Posted by DaveE

Hopefully they will offer some kind of upgrade for Trigger Platinum users.

Amen to that, brother!

[Steven Slate]

I'll have more sneak peaks of SSD4 very soon. Its gonna be a wower.

Steven

[Matt@Oracle.]

Keen! As for that low end "donk" everyone is talking about, usually its case of a low shelf / bell boost around 175Hz, with a cut at around 400? That seems to work for me on any of the "fatter" slate snares.

[PRPS]

i just copped the Steven Slate Drums 3.5 EX yesterday. They sound real dope and i'm looking forward to using them in my production

[thedigitalgod]

Originally Posted by thefyn

Those free grooves by the perfect circle drummer were amazing.

Hey SS: Use him in the future for all grooves.

josh freese is the drummer for APC, he didnt do any midi files that im aware of. am i wrong? if so, id love to know where i can get freese's midi files.

[PRPS]

Update: recent tweets from Steven Slate

RT @Slateproaudio "Wanna beta test the new Steven Slate Drums 4.0 Virtual Instrument? Stay close to my Twitter.. http://twitpic.com/600hsr "

RT @Slateproaudio "We'll be announcing more on SSD4 beta tomorrow folks. So don't stray too far."

Looking forward to hearing these. I just purchased SSD3.5 around a week ago so I'll def take advantage of the discounted upgrade to SSD4

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[NashvilleDan]

Any updates on this since? I am a very happy owner of SSD 3.5, and as someone living in Nashville where great sounding, raw musicianship and instrumentation are absolutely crucial, I can speak on behalf of a lot of producers by saying we're getting a little ancy!

I read through this whole post, saw some criticisms, and partially agree with some. I have made drum programming quite a sickening addiction, constantly striving for the realest most convincing sounding drum tracks/performance possible as I opperate as an independent producer, with limited space, and so long as you understand the craft of great drumming, and how to properly program drums with the velocity, swing and groove a great drummer would deliver, the only thing standing in the way is the sounds of the actual samples, and the realism of the delivery. To date, SSD has been the top of the heap for me in this department (with pretty detailed tweakingn of course.)

My biggest gripe with SSD 3.5 would definately have to be the cymbals/overheads/room mic situation. Listening to countless multitracks of great Nashville session drummers playing great sounding kits, the biggest thing missing from the digital drum realm is the energy, spacialness and flavor provided by multiple room mics/thicker crashes and rides, bleeding of certain drums into other microphones, and overall room vibe.

I have found SSD 3.5 to be very useable in my world of pop/rock/country recordings, primarily by starting with the Old Zep kit (which is most realistic to my ears) turning them down quite a bit and blending with the realist sounding kick/snare SSD has to offer, as well as some careful panning of room mics to add space, I have got myself a really, REALLY great sounding believable studio kit.

My hopes are that when 4.0 comes out, the primary focus is placed on user interface (multi/out/mixer) and realness, and believability of the kits themselves. Even with the best programming out there, you can only make it as real as it sounds.

Giant thanks to Steven Slate, it's been my best friend for sometime now, and 4.0 has got me more impatient than a kid on Christmas Eve!

Dan

[yairhol]

really looking forward to this as well.

[Jason Washburn]

Looking foward to see and hear more from the SSD4 product too.