Overview
Posted by Beatisolate. Sources: Toontrack product page and official making-of video.
Drumopolis SDX is Toontrack's Tony Visconti-led expansion for Superior Drummer 3, built around eight complete kits recorded at Metropolis Studios in London. The concept is clear: cover several shades of rock by sampling both a large, open main room and a tighter damped iso booth, then blend in extra ambience options like the studio's adjacent stone room reverb.
On the personnel side, Toontrack lists Tony Visconti as producer, Stephen Gilchrist on drums and Liam Nolan on engineering. The kit selection is described as loosely inspired by some of Visconti's landmark productions, spanning glam, classic, alternative, art and prog-leaning rock tones.
Official video
Behind-the-scenes look at the session from Toontrack.
Key details (at a glance)
- Platform: SDX expansion for Superior Drummer 3
- Kits: 8 complete kits, with 11 kicks, 13 snares, 34 toms, 22 cymbals and 4 hi-hat sets
- Rooms: Metropolis Studio A main room, Studio A Iso booth, plus captured stone room reverb
- Presets: mix-ready presets by Tony Visconti, Liam Nolan and Toontrack
- MIDI: grooves and fills performed by Stephen Gilchrist
- E-drums: includes 14 clean presets aimed at e-drum use
Why it matters
Drumopolis SDX looks useful if you want one rock expansion with multiple room personalities: the open room handles bigger, Bowie-era style ambience, while the iso setup covers tighter and grittier material. Add around 72 presets, dedicated e-drum presets and the broad mic options, and this reads more like a flexible production toolkit than a single narrow genre library.
Requirements / compatibility
- Requires Superior Drummer 3.4.1 or later.
- Toontrack lists about 144 GB free space for the full installation, plus another 144 GB during install.
- 8 GB RAM minimum, 16 GB or more recommended.