Well I downloaded kontakt and it looked liked something I don't want to learn right now. I'm ready to just play for awhile. I checked my paypal account and had $44 left so I just went ahead and bought the Session drummer version. That will tell me what I want to know for cheap and later I will upgrade to SD2. Thanks for the esoundz link! It saved me about $30.

The drum kit sounds good, but Session drummer is a pain. Maybe they will update it for X3.

clintmartin

Glyn Barnes
eSoundz has the Kontakt Infinity player version for $79. https://www.esoundz.com/sounds/neil-peart-drums-vol-1-the-kit-for-infinite-player-/4432.html
 
They say.
For purchasers of this product, a complimentary Infinite Player license will be provided to all new users of the Infinite Player. For exisiting Infinite Player users, your license already supports this product.
That means it will work in the free Kontakt player.
 
They are selling  the SD3 version for $49.
 
If you sign up as a member you may get these cheaper.

Hmmm. I'm pretty interested in this Infinite player thing, but how would that work? Do I load it as a synth and drag in midi? Is there a free Kontakt player? Can I download that and then buy the Neil Peart library? It all sounds promising. I wish they had an EZ drummer version. Session drummer just seems to plain to me. I would like to be able to use room mics and overheads.

Infinite Player loads as a library in Kontakt. It's a library of libraries, if you will. There are a crap ton of really excellent drum sample libraries available for IP through eSoundz that are very reasonably priced.
 
Regards,
Dan
 

dcumpian
Infinite Player loads as a library in Kontakt. It's a library of libraries, if you will. There are a crap ton of really excellent drum sample libraries available for IP through eSoundz that are very reasonably priced.

I have the Bill Bruford kit as well as the Neil Peart. It sounds pretty good until it starts machein gunning. Its lacking round robins, certainly not up to the NP kit standard.

Glyn Barnes

dcumpian
Infinite Player loads as a library in Kontakt. It's a library of libraries, if you will. There are a crap ton of really excellent drum sample libraries available for IP through eSoundz that are very reasonably priced.

I have the Bill Bruford kit as well as the Neil Peart. It sounds pretty good until it starts machein gunning. Its lacking round robins, certainly not up to the NP kit standard.

The price difference would sort of point you to the fact that some things are missing from the IP version.
 
Still, with careful programming, I've gotten excellent results with other IP kits. I tend to mix, match and layer kit samples to fit the end result better into the song I'm working on.
 
Regards,
Dan