Hello.
I am looking for the manual for the original Dfh Superior.
That is the first version (not 2 or 3)

The installation procedure of the Dfh Superior involves manually copying samples and merging them in a folder.

The manual should state the number of files in the completed install.
These numbers are needed to verify a succesfull install.

Unfortunately the manual is super hard to find today.
It migh have been that it was only available on paper originally, and no pdf. (not sure)

 

According to an nfo file, DFH Superior was the "sequel" to just DFH. See below info, maybe you can just clarify which you are trying to find:

The sequel to the all time best selling multi-sampled drum
library dfh. dfh SUPERIOR includes all new drumkits with
even more realism and user control than dfh, and it
includes it's own built-in audio engine and interface for
MAC and PC.

SUPERIOR includes it's own software from TOONTRACK (VSTi)
for MAC and PC. The audio engine functions as a plug-in
instrument, without the need for a sampler.

FEATURES:

o 4 double DVD's with 35GB data. (Our release is 9 DVDRs)
o 85,000 Soundfiles (single hits only, no loops)
o Easy customization "EASY-TO-USE" software sampler
interface included!
o No pre-processed sounds, all sounds have been recorded
without any pre or post processing of the sounds.

Formats: VSTi & ReWire for PC & MAC OSX (AU is under
development and will be a free upgrade for
registered users.)

http://www.soundsonline.com/sophtml/details.phtml?sku=TT103

 

Thanks for your reply.

I am looking for the "Toontrack dfh Superior" manual.
This is the first product bearing the "Superior" product name by Toontrack.

Toontrack Drumkit From Hell (dfh) is an older unrelated product by Toontrack.

 

Exactly, just making sure. Did you already download the 9 "dvd" .iso release of DFH Superior from Delerium, and it is not in there?

That nfo file shows that it contains 85,000 one-shot drum samples. I doubt that is an exact number.

 

Yes, I have scene release by Delerium that was recently uploaded to audioz.
The manual is not in there, which is why I suspect it was only in paper form.

 

Note that I have never read the original manual.

The reason I believe that the "number of files in the completed install" numbers should be in there is because both the Custom & Vintage and the Vintage Add On manual for Dfh Superior do have this.
These are stated as the way to confirm a correct installation

 

Hello @defon, I couldn't find the manual, so I asked the AI and attached the results to you as a file.

"Toontrack DFH Superior" - www.soundonsound.com/reviews/toontrack-dfh-superior?utm_source=chatgpt.com

 

Oh, I remember this release well because so many people had problems with it. The old "missing soundstats" file. People seemed to eventually have the best luck running it inside Superior Drummer 2.2.x by finding the kits by selecting s1 drummer --> construct button --> drop down list.

 

Thanks PulseWave and clone.

Yes, I am aware of the many problems of this release.
Fortunately, the version on audioz is now the proper scene release of it, and it is working quite well for me.

But due to the many known problems of installation of dfh Superior I have become slighly paranoid of if it really installed properly.
Hence why I am searching for the manual, to be able to confirm the file numbers.

 

PulseWave,

Your AI generated "DFH Superior (Original) Manual..." cofirms my believe that the manual included the numbers and that it was only available in paper.

 

@defon, yes, there was a manual in paper form back then; PDFs hadn't been invented back then. You can, of course, ask the manufacturer, but that only works if you have a purchased version. Team Dynamics either messed things up a bit or didn't have the manual themselves. Only those who have a purchased version probably only have the manual.

However, most people only play the Modern Superiors, and it would be a stroke of luck to find someone who has it.
Have you checked all the folders to see if there's a file you can read?

 

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I had the original version (the boxed one). Honestly, I don't remember having the PDF manual just the printed one.

The PDF format is around from the early 90's

 

The thread starter is looking for exactly this printed manual. Can you copy it and upload it here?
Talk to each other, and maybe we can send something like that by mail for a fee.

 

try this

https://docslib.org/doc/11761018/toontrack-dfh-superior-drummer-2-0-upgrade

also if thats not what you want. try this

https://duckduckgo.com/?q="Toontrack+dfh+Superior"+manual+.pdf&t=ftsa&ia=web

 

Portable Document Format (PDF), standardized as ISO 32000, is a file format developed by Adobe in 1992

ToonTrack..
The world's premier developer of virtual instruments for producing, playing and composing drums and percussion. Founded in 1999, first virtual instrument in 2004, groundbreaking EZdrummer release in 2006,

Highly likely there is a .pdf manual available in the usual places.

 

Yes, thanks for your extensive research, Garamondo Furbish.

dfh Superior (incl. Custom & Vintage) No Longer Available released 21st January 2005
www.kvraudio.com/product/dfh-superior-incl-custom-and-vintage-by-toontrack-music



dfh Superior v1.5 tutorial

When installing you should (theoretically) be able to access the reference guide!

 

Last edited: May 9, 2025

Well if you had asked me last year I would have gone right to the box and pulled it out for you because I had it. But when I broke up a business with another guy he took all the original software boxes and we're not really on speaking terms, so...
I just wasted everybody's time.
Sorry.

 

Have to search this relic... I'll check you back in a bit

 

No luck! Wish I could help a but it's been a long time since I moved all my stuff so, God knows where that box is sitting now right...

 

Thank you so much for your effort and time!