jacko wrote: ↑Wed Aug 04, 2021 5:20 am
monospace wrote: ↑Tue Aug 03, 2021 4:10 pm
I understand it’s the business model but I’d much prefer new features be part of the core release.
hard to see how it's possible though. they go back into the same studio, do the same set up to record a few extra hits?
no one who already owned it would buy, it wouldn't value-add enough to attract people who might not've bought it otherwise, so it would have to be a free upgrade - no way it would be economically feasible
Well yeah, that's my point. My approach to edrumming is to play a single kit that I've tweaked to perfection (as much as possible anyway). I might swap out a snare every once in a while, and I spend a good amount of time in the Mixer to create sounds, but I'm not interested in loading entire new drumkits for every song. So SDXs are not for me. But I would like to have as many articulations as possible, so when they release an SDX with features the Core Library doesn't have, I'm a little miffed.
jacko wrote: ↑Wed Aug 04, 2021 5:20 am
I'll be surprised if toontrack go for modelling. if a competitor comes into the market using modelling (even partial modelling) my guess is toontrack will market their sample-no-modelling approach as their forte
As I said, Toontrack's strongest point is also their biggest weakness. Their pristinely recorded drumkits sound awesome in their original environments, but you cannot combine elements from different SDXs. It just sounds terrible when the ambiences don't match, and even using totally dry samples sounds jarring due to different mic setups.
The best of both worlds would be killer samples à la Superior Drummer, combined with top-notch environmental microphone modeling and state-of-the-art Convolution Reverbs.
Miscellaneous Roland triggers. ED-10 + ED-4. MacBook Pro (2015), 16G RAM, Big Sur. Superior Drummer 3. Logic Pro.