Superior Drummer 3: Recreating the Legends of Drums

Description

In this video tutorial series, SD3 guru Luke Oswald shows you how to recreate some of the most iconic drum sounds in recorded drumming history! See how to make the sounds of some of the biggest names in drumming, all using the stock sound library in Superior Drummer 3!

Luke welcomes you and then explains his thought process in creating this series and provides you with some insight into how he started each mix, and what you can expect to find throughout this tutorial series. He then starts with the legendary Jeff Porcaro, breaking down his sound and how to mimic it with SD3.

Throughout the rest of the series you'll explore the sound of other drum giants such as John Bonham, Steve Gadd, Joe Morello, Neal Peart, Chad Smith, Stewart Copeland, and Phil Collins, all with complete breakdowns of what makes their sound their own, and how to bring them to life with Superior Drummer.

Throughout these videos Luke employs everything that SD3 has to offer, to achieve the different tones and characters of these great drummers, including picking the right drums, setting up both close and far mics, room ambiance, drum bus compression, effects, EQ, reverb, delay, macros, automation and much, much more.

See the individual tutorial descriptions for more info. If you love the sounds of these amazing drummers, and the songs they've recorded throughout the years, this series will open your eyes and your ears, offering endless drum sound design inspiration... Watch

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Very educational. Really helped a lot.

I wish it had included the presets discussed in the video.

I am a: Student

Luke Oswald walks the viewer through creating the sounds of some of the legendary drummers in a sneaky way to teach you how to be proficient in getting the sounds you want from SD3. One suggestion would be to include in the course materials the midi that Luke uses for each of the drummers (in addition to the before and after WAVs)

I am a: Hobbyist

I went through Luke's Superior Drummer 3 Explained set of videos. In those videos I learned what Superior Drummer can do, where all the controls are and how to operate them. In Recreating the Legends I learned how to build a kit to sound a certain way and more indepth know how regarding the controls. A driving analogy would be SD3 Explained is to pass the driving test - Recreating the Legends is learning how people actually drive. I think the two courses complement each other very well. Recommended!

Learning Superior Drummer 3 with Luke is a great experience, first, his speech / voice is really pleasant, but most important, he really really knows what he is talking about, you combine his "SD3 eplained" and this and you really are ready to go with this monster piece of software. I got totally captivated by his rendition of the Jeff Porcaro sound (why i came here in the first part), this is just brilliant !

I am a: Semi-Pro, Musician, Producer, Studio One

This series has been perfect for learning how some legendary drum mixes were made - stand out ones for me are Chad Smith (Give It Away) and Phil Collins (In The Air Tonight). It has taught me amazing ways to use Superior Drummer 3 and I would recommend this particularly to all producers

I was a big fan of the "Squashy Roomy Sound" on SD2, and I could never get the immediacy out. So I thought I could learn by copying... and learn I did. From these examples you can learn such an incredible lot about how SD3 works. Just great.

This is such a great tutorial! I would love to see a vol. II and more legends!

I am a: Semi-Pro, Musician, Producer, Audio Engineer, Cubase

I am a guitar player, so for me this series has been invaluable in being able to help me tune my ear to what drummers listen to. The production is superb and Luke does an amazing job describing every nuance, step and detail of how he created his take on these drums. I have a better understanding of SD3 now as well as some new tricks in my bag. I would love to see more from Luke like this!

WORTH. IT. This guy is genius. Amazing.

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