

What I do care about is having good realistic sounds complete with room mics, some mic bleed, which SD3 checks that box - but most importantly i need a good price. I don't really care about onboard effects, I have plenty of plugins for that. The routing was cumbersome but the sound is good. I've tried Slates demo and liked it - I'm a big CLA fan and them having his signature pack is cool. I like to program all my own drums and occasionally jump on the E-kit to program fils but I'm not against using a groove here and there. I want something more in-depth to save time but also very realistic. I've been using a variety of Logic kits, samples (ThatSound, NoiseHome, etc.), and an ancient version of EZDrummer 1. I do demo work and some producing/mixing.
