Although Superior I understand has extensive midi mapping/x-drum if you want to go that way.
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I do have a midi keyboard and I play the kit with keys and a nice visual of the kit just again to use "Tap 2 Find" to get the pro version of drum pattern. Midi - you mention your a midi novice and so am I - use no midi as the kits and midi loops are pre-recorded and you just add them to DAW like you had recorded drum tracks in studio. Like UAD plugins - find them very addictive and I have an embarrassing amount of expansion and midi and preset packs just like I have an embarrassing amount of UAD plugins given I am only a home ITB singer/songwriter. Jazz) loops and for Superior Drummer - kind of like UAD - you can have known producers presets (yes you pay for them) Metal) drum libraries and midi files and just midi files for themed (e.g. But you can can buy expansion kits that have different sounding/themed (e.g. You can see all drum kits in Superior Drummer but you can only see EZDrummer kits in EZDrummer.Ĭore Program Vs Expansion Vs Midi Loops vs Presets - each EZDrummer2 and Superior come with their own kits and midi files. You can see all midi files from both EZDrummer or Superior while in either program.
You can mix and match kits against the loops/midi files.
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vintage kit, New York Studio Kit, mallets etc) and then the midi files which are the patterns recorded by a professional drummer. Stand alone and DAW version when inserted as instrument in DAWĬan drag the desired midi loop right into your DAW track or complete song from Song Creator in EZ Drummer 2Įxplanatory Note - Kit vs Midi - sorry if already know but two concepts are the sound libraries for the kits themselves (e.g. As a point of reference - you have to Superior Drummer and any of the expansion packs shipped to you - on 4 or so discs - about 25GB vs 4GB on EZdrummer2 as point of reference.ĮZ Drummer 2 - more for songwriter - its a more recent release (and many are waiting for Superior Drummer 3 to match some of the new functionality of EZDrummer2) - most notable two new features - Tap 2 Find - just tap a beat and it suggests relevant loops with a relevance score and Songwriter where you can drop a desired loop and it will populate a match verse, chorus, intro etcīoth EZDrummer 2 and Superior Drummer include: Superior Drummer - more for sound engineer/producer higher quality sound libraries and more ability to manipulate individual drum kit channels. Can answer any pointed questions but high level pro's and con's would be:
Superior Drummer is on sale, at a price a bit closer to the price of EZ Drummer-2, but there are more EZX modules for EZ Drummer-2.Īnybody have experience with either of these programs? What do you think.
This would let me use different UAD plugs and/or settings on different drums in the kit. I am about to purchase either EZ Drummer-2 or Superior Drummer, and it looks as though the different parts of the kit can be recorded on different tracks.