
His work includes milestone albums by Earth, Wind & Fire, Linda Ronstadt, Natasha Bedingfield, Herbie Hancock, Billy Joel, the Dixie Chicks and many, many more. Over the past four decades, George Massenburg has been involved in over four hundred records.


These are his drum sounds – captured with layers of technology and a lifetime of experience to back it up. Superior Drummer 3 called for a superior engineer. His attention to detail, accuracy and quality is second to none. Aside from having produced, mixed or engineered in excess of four hundred records, received almost any industry award thinkable, been inducted into the Technology Hall of Fame and received an honorary Doctorate of Music at the esteemed Berklee College, he is the inventor of an industry staple: the parametric equalizer. George Massenburg’s contribution to the world of audio technology is hard to emphasize in words. SUPERIOR ENGINEER, AUDIO PIONEER, PROFESSOR AND INVENTOR. We’d dare to say that this is the most nuanced and candidly captured sample library on the market. Superior Drummer 3 called for a superior studio. Perfect acoustics, balanced reverberation and second-to-none recording technology. In fact, with only 14 dBA of environmental noise, the main hall at Galaxy Studio is the most quiet recording space of this size in the world.

In addition, the entire studio complex is built on springs to ensure that the outside interference is literally nonexistent. With its 330 square meter room and eight meter ceiling height, it was the ideal location for capturing immersive audio of the utmost quality. The Superior Drummer 3 core sound library was recorded at Galaxy Studios in Belgium. In combination with the large selection of extra instruments added for stacking and sound design purposes, the sounds of Superior Drummer 3 give you an incomparable palette of options to craft drum tones beyond your wildest imagination. In addition to close microphones and several ambience positions, the Superior Drummer 3 setup also includes eleven room microphones set up in a surround configuration, for use in anything from stereo to 5.1, 9.1 and all the way up to 11.1 systems. The library boasts in excess of 230 GB of raw sound material captured in extreme detail. The Superior Drummer 3 core sound library was recorded by award-winning engineer George Massenburg at probably the world’s most quiet and ideal location for sampling, the Galaxy Studios in Belgium. This is the definitive tool for percussive sound design. It bridges the gap between acoustic and electronic and lets you venture off into completely new sonic landscapes. Combining the creative power of the sounds, the ambiences and the extensive set of features, Superior Drummer 3 is more than just a drum sampler – it’s a bottomless well of creativity.

The idea with Superior Drummer 3 is to let you step into a virtual studio with the best possible raw material and mix options at your disposal to create drum sounds in an environment where only your imagination sets the limits. Welcome to the future.Ī CREATIVE PLAYGROUND WHERE NO RULES APPLY. With Superior Drummer 3, you have control and creative power beyond the imaginable. In addition to a massive library of raw sound material, Superior Drummer 3 introduces a unique design, a streamlined workflow and countless features for powerful drum production in your computer. Playback in stereo or up to 11 channel surround systemsĪpprox.WELCOME TO THE FUTURE OF DRUM PRODUCTION. Recorded with an additional eleven separate room microphones set up in a surround configuration for a complete immersive experience In excess of 230 GB of raw, unprocessed sounds in 44.1 kHz/24 bit Welcome to the future of drum production. With Superior Drummer 3, you are in total control. Building on the legacy of its predecessor, Superior Drummer 3 was redesigned from the ground up to introduce a completely new and improved workflow, countless added features and an unequalled amount of raw sound material.
