Toontrack SDX The Metal Foundry

What Toontrack The Metal Foundry SDX Is For

Toontrack The Metal Foundry SDX is an SDX expansion designed to enrich Superior Drummer with a drum sound library focused on hard rock to metal. It is aimed at producers, composers, and drummers who want to program realistic parts, enhance acoustic takes, or create powerful and nuanced drum kits for styles ranging from classic heavy rock to thrash, death, and progressive aesthetics.
Thanks to its very "studio" approach, The Metal Foundry SDX is especially useful if you are looking for a credible starting point (presets) while retaining the freedom to shape the attack, depth, and space of the drums in the mix, depending on the guitar density and the space left for the bass.

Main Features

A library designed for metal, without compromise

The Metal Foundry SDX gathers seven kits and a wide selection of pieces to cover several sonic signatures: deep and punchy kick drums, snare drums that "cut through" the wall of guitars, massive toms for breaks, cymbals capable of remaining clear in fast passages. The goal is simple: to provide you with material to produce imposing drums that are still usable in a modern mix.

Kit presets to speed up workflow

When production time is tight, the included presets allow you to start with an immediately usable artistic direction. You can then adjust the balance, impact, and color according to your arrangement (double kick, blasts, mid-tempo grooves, breakdowns) and according to the drum's role: ultra-dry rhythmic engine or, on the contrary, a wide and "anthem" kit.

A MIDI base dedicated to rock and metal grooves

To speed up composition, the expansion includes a dedicated MIDI library covering styles from hard rock to metal, performed by Gene Hoglan, Dirk Verbeuren, and session drummer Peter Tisell.
Convenient for building a complete structure (intro, verse, chorus, bridge), varying articulations, and achieving natural transitions without spending hours drawing every nuance with the mouse.

Download and management via Toontrack Product Manager

The Product Manager Download version is managed within the Toontrack ecosystem: after registration, you download the expansion, launch installation, then proceed with authorization and updates all from one place.

Technical specifications

Type

Full software

Downloadable

Yes

Required software	Superior Drummer 2.3 or later (functional installation required)	Number of kits	7
Delivery method	Product Manager Download (via Toontrack Product Manager)	Number of audio files	approximately 300,000 (raw recordings, one-shots)
Disk space required	approximately 35 GB for full installation	Included MIDI library	grooves from hard rock to metal, performed by Gene Hoglan, Dirk Verbeuren, and Peter Tisell
Additional temporary disk space	approximately 35 GB required during installation process	Production	Tomas Haake, Mattias Eklund, Fredrik Thordendal, Daniel Bergstrand
RAM	minimum 2 GB (4 GB or more recommended)