Toontrack Roots SDX Brushes, Rods & Mallets

Here's What Toontrack Say About the Roots Brushes, Rods & Mallets SDX Expansion Pack

We could mention that we set out to record the best jazz drum library ever made but ended up with something far bigger; drums that transcend the narrow confines of a genre and rather define an era – an age of music spanning from jazz, blues to hip hop and rock.

We could mention Blackbird Studio’s stock of 1,400 Microphones, 35 channels of Pultec EQ, 24 channels of Fairchild compression and hundreds of outboard mic/pre channels including Telefunken, Neve, API, RCA and Chandler. Or how this studio not only is the natural choice for the who’s who of the music industry but that it is known to lend a documented bit of magic to every project to ever enter and exit its doors.

We could even go as far as rant about how drummer and world musician Roy “Futureman” Wooten heard every single hit and swirl recorded as part of a larger whole, as part of a musical sequence rather than as a solitary, monotonous hit and that the result permeates every sample with an intensity and force unheard of. Or we could mention how these sounds incarnate the past, embody the present and at the same time how they will help you shape the sound of tomorrow through Superior Drummer’s endless possibilities.

We could even boldly proclaim that this library of drums is the most comprehensive ever made, recorded through signal chains of outboard and microphones that would leave even the most seasoned veterans in utter awe.

But we think the drum sounds speak for themselves. No introduction needed.

Welcome to the Superior Drummer family: Roots SDX.

Feature Spotlight

• Recorded by Roy “Futureman” Wooten in Blackbird Studio Nashville, TN
• Approximately 28 GB of raw, unprocessed sounds
• A total of 23 separately recorded, tweakable channels available in the mixer
• Custom MIDI included
• Large selection of different drums and cymbals (Pearl*, Gretsch*, Ludwig*, Zildjian*, Paiste*)

Instrument List

(DS = Drumsticks, HR = Rods , BR = Brushes, FM = Felt mallets, NS = Sticks with no snares, ALL = All tools)

Kick Drums

• 18″ Pearl* Reference Series (Felt beater)
• 22″ Gretsch* USA Custom Series (Felt beater, Plastic beater)
• 22″ Ludwig* Maple Psychedelic (Felt beater)
• 22″ Ludwig* Maple Psychedelic Damped (Felt beater)
• 28″ Camco (Felt beater)

Snare Drums

• 14″ Pearl* 50th Anniversary Solid Maple Shell (BR, HR, FM)

Hats

• 14″ Masterworks Meritamon Series (BR, HR, FM)

Rack Toms

• 10″ Gretsch* USA Custom (BR, HR, FM)
• 12″ Pearl* Reference Series (BR, HR, FM)

Floor Toms

• 14″ Pearl* Reference Series (BR, HR, FM)
• 16″ Slingerland* Radioking (BR, HR, FM)

Ride Cymbals

• 22″ K Zildjian* Constantinople (BR, HR, FM)
• 22″ K Zildjian* Constantinople Medium (BR, HR, FM)

Crash Cymbals

• 22″ Bosphorus Ferit Series (BR, HR, FM)
• 22″ Sabian* HHX Manhattan Ride (BR, FM)

System Requirements

• 28 GB of free hard disk space, DVD drive, 2 GB RAM.
• A working Superior Drummer 2.3 (or above) installation