

You might wish to PM him if he doesn't show up here. It takes longer to learn because there is more under the hood, but as said, there are no tap to find or midi search in Superior Drummer 2.Ĭhrisso has done a lot of studio sessions and I believe is a career drummer. There is nothing more detailed and flexible to my knowledge than Superior Drummer 2. I would guess when they release Superior Drummer 3 that will be included.

Finding and editing midi grooves is EZD2 strong point and that search doesn't exist in Superior Drummer 2. The only thing it really lacks compared to EZD2 is midi production. Superior Drummer 2 is significantly better, if you value mic bleed, better and more control of effects, and overall drum kit flexibility. I don't think Superior Drummer 3, or whatever they call it, is far off. IMO they have been rightfully so milking out EZD2 for a long time. Superior Drummer is old and I'm pretty sure Toontrack will release a new version. Also, there is a chance you could buy Superior and then a few months later NOT be included in the grace period for a free upgrade and then be mad. Unfortunately there is no demo of Superior Drummer.

So is it worth the price jump or would EZ still satisfy my needs?That is a question only you can answer for yourself. I don't want to buy something significantly worse. I see a lot of mention of Superior Drummer is it really worth the extra cash? I don't have ton to spend so Superior is definitely above the mark and the packs are definitely more expensive. I use Cubase primarily and it has an excellent drum midi editor. So between EZ Drummer 2 and SSD4, I would probably go for SSD4 as long as your host has a good midi drum section for editing. The Slate kit took much less time though and less CPU. At one point I mixed something using the base Superior Drummer library and it ended up sounding like a Slate kit I put together. May sound lazy but the pre done samples are just easier and I have nothing to prove anymore to myself. Sounds excellent for the type of tunes I do and I no longer have to run a bunch of channel comps and EQs to get there like when I was using Superior Drummer and BFD at one point. All have expansions though for flexibility.įor me though, I play a Roland TD-20 now for recording triggering a combo kit that is a mix of the Terry Date and CLA Slate expansions. EZ Drummer 2 and it's stock kits are pretty good. I've used most of the big name ones at this point and have also recorded live kits. Probably depends on the type of music you play.
