Need soft, light brush, on snare in Session Drummer 3

By strange coincidence I could do with one as well, I've got 2 drum machines with zillions of sounds, 2 hardware synths with a zillion drum sounds, session drummer 3 and steve slate drums, and I can't find a decent snare brush sound amongst them. Not even something I can sculpt into the sound I'm after.

If you have any luck finding one let me know, of course I'll return the compliment if I do. Thanks.

When you're done with the rest why not try the best:

http://www.studiocat.com/....php/Purrrfect_Brushes

This reminded me of this old thread about a bug with the brush swirl in an SD3 kit. Based on the response from Seth Kellogg in that that thread, whatever the problem was has presumably been fixed by now, and that might be one to try:

http://forum.cakewalk.com/tm.aspx?m=2227867&mpage=1

"ghmmmm - nice and inexpensive :)"

Yes, for $19.00 you get a Kontakt library that can do this:

http://www.studiocat.com/mp3/Brushes.mp3

Just in time for Christmas.

Hammond can be found in Dim Pro under organs - you have a choice of fast or slow

Hi, Checkout the "Groovy Kit" from Smart Loops. Listen to the brush demo here...  http://www.smartloops.com/products/samplesets/groovykit.html

I think this kit comes with SD2. 

Thanks, that may have to wait then. I need to upgrade my computer next month and that snazzy behringer mixer with recording to USB devices is tugging at my wallet as well.

I may even have to start working for a living soon.

The Purrrfect Brushes page says it's for Kontakt 2. Anyone know if it's compatible with Kontakt 4 or 5, as well?

Anyone know if it's compatible with Kontakt 4 or 5, as well?

 
Yes...

Toontracks Jazz EZX is worth checking out, but you need to have EZ Drummer or Superior Drummer to run it.

Purrrfect Brushes seems like an ideal solution if you have Kontakt.

Hi Mike or anyone else who may know. Does that require the full version of Kontakt or just the player? It doesn't seem to say on the website, or I can't see it if does. £300 plus for the full version makes that an expensive option given that I rarely use software synth/samplers whereas the library itself is a bargain if it'll load into kontakt player.

 
Hi FBB,
 
FWIW, It's extremely expensive to license the Kontakt Player.
If the library is sub $200, chances are good that it won't load/play (other than demo mode) in the Kontakt Player.  Our libraries require the full version of Kontakt. 
 
If you were only going to have a single virtual instrument, Kontakt would be a good choice.
There's enough depth to keep you busy for the next 20 years.

Laugh if you will, but an old Roland GM set (like a software Sound Canvas) may give you a good enough light brush, unless I don't understand what sound you want.  This would definitely be cheap.
 
For whatever reason, I find myself seldom using traditional snare hits much anymore.  I like alternate and lighter back-beat sounds.  One of my favorite alternates—opposite of what our esteemed OP asked for—is a hard slap with a tight brush not too loud in the mix.
My old Kurzweil PC2R has a bunch of odd percussion sounds (woody, metallic, etc.) that sound like found objects and make great alternate sounds.
In the old days (not that long ago), we—me and my studio mates—would put so much snare on a record that there was hardly room for anything else.  Some of the sounds were closer to reverberant dinosaur stomps than drums.  Hip Hop was ahead of the curve in introducing a wider variety of snare replacements and even though I don't cut that style of music much, I find the genre very forward-looking in terms of sound.

FBB and anyone else scared off by Kontakt full verson price: If you have a need for Kontakt but simply can't justify the price... Kontakt full is crossgradeable from many licensed Kontakt Player libraries (though not such libraries created/sold by NI themselves, such as the scarbee stuff, etc.). Also, NI have been doing 50% off sales over the last couple of years. One such 3rd party library is Sonic Reality's Infinite Player, which is currently on sale for $11 for the until the 22nd. The crossgrade price from NI is $280, but you may find it cheaper elsewhere. So Infinite PLayer + plus 50% off could get you the Kontakt full version for ~$150. The only question is: were the 50% off sales an act of temporary desperation, or will there be another around x-mas, or next spring? Is it worth $11 to find out?  Prduct page for IP: http://www.esoundz.com/details.php?ProductID=2459

RE: B3... +1 on GSi's VB3. Well worth the $$$ if you need a quality B3 emulation. If you just need a hint of a B3, the stuff in dimpro or similar may suffice.