Good choice Kaylen. IT does have more options that ezDrummer, so it will take a little more work to get it to sound the way you want. But it's worth it. At one time I never thought I would use anything other than ezDrummer. I always thought, "why would I?This is so easy!"  The more I used ezd the more I realized it's limitations.
 
That's not to say it's bad, hell I have 4-5 of the expansion packs for it! So I still use it. Just not exclusively anymore.

I'm surprised no one's mentioned Superior Drummer 2, EZD's much bigger brother. Theres a vast library of kits, presets, midi files available.

Good choice Kaylen
If it's the disks they're selling on amazon you'll need to register with FXpansion, go to your account and download the latest updates, V.1.5.1.6 is the most up to date but it won't do any harm to run the other updates first.
If you have another drive it's always the best option to install the data to that drive instead of your C drive.
If you're in need of help FXpansion support are very good but the forum is very quiet and you'll probably find help quicker on here. I guess the quietness is a sign of a lot of happy users without issue.
 
 
Steve

mudgelTheres a vast library of kits, presets, midi files available.

I'm not suggesting that more is always better but there are 21 expansion kits available from the FXpansion site, most of which (but not all) can be used in BFD Eco and almost as many again (if not more) from 3rd party vendors such as platinum samples and others.
 
I only counted 12 sdx kits on the toontrack site although I know a lot of them are bundles and not just one kit but I've heard a number of complaints over the years about the lack of expansion kits from 3rd party vendors for superior drummer so in terms of vast libraries I'd say BFD2 has the vaster.
 
Steve
 
Oh yeah, and those fxpansion kits are ALL half price right now

I think people are using session drummer 3 but the more serious they become about their drums then the more likely they are to start looking at what else is out there.
 
Here's my take, session drummer 3 is Ok but with the exception of EZdrummer (which is better but not by much IMHO)
it is very (and I mean very) limited compared to almost everything else out there.
The sound set is ok and is improved hugely by adding some of the Platinum Samples expansion kits but you have very limited control and tweak-ability.
If control isn't your thing and you ust want to use drums that sound like the drums you hear on your favourite records and you don't want to spend time creating a drum sound that is truly of you own making, there are still far better options out there.
Steve Slate and Addictive Drums to name but two.
 
Of course it means spending more money, and session drummer though not truly being free (it is included in the cost of sonar X2)
is apart of the whole package. The reason these drum threads occur so often and the reason people seem to care so much about drums is IMO because we ALL use drums in our music no matter what style or genre. WE don't ALL use synhs or real guitars and bass. we don't ALL want great orchestral libraries but we do ALL want great and realistic sounding drums.
Although opinions seem to differ greatly on what in considered to be, "realistic"
 
Stve
 

twaddle
I only counted 12 sdx kits on the toontrack site

Plus 18 EZX that run in both superior and EZ.

twaddle

Glyn Barnes
Plus 18 EZX that run in both superior and EZ.

 
I thought there should have been more than 12, so where on their site are they ?
They're not all on the same page.
 
Steve

http://www.toontrack.com/ezdrummerline.asp
When you load a EZX into Superior you get a lot more functionality out of it. Its still 16 bit though. Best to wait for the half price sales when buying EZX and SDZ expansions.
 

I'd add to the above recommendaitons for BFD2 - it contains fantastically detailed, organic sounding drums - I compared it with most other major products before purchasing and to me , these just sounded the most organic and authentic.  Obviously others may feel differently on this.  The price is also very attractive these days as well.  Plus it comes with 5000 internal beats, incredible tweakability & the add-on kits give all kinds of flexibility.  For me, nothing comes close to it.
Russ