Drum software is ALL ABOUT making an inevitably compromised product as close to realism as possible. No, I don't think many users at all program 'a bunch of snare hits at the same velocity'. You are welcome to your alternative point of view. On the other hand, two of the biggest selling points of EZD2 are the Midi-Song Creator feature and the ease of use regarding getting a decent sounding drum mix without having to dig into a fully fledged drum mixer - dozens of decisions about mic balance, EQ'ing and compression.Īs someone who has played on a lot of records, edited a lot of drum sample hits and edited a lot of v-drum performances I strongly disagree.
I must admit I tend to use EZD2 more often than Superior.Īs far as recreating a studio style drum tracking session, EZD2 is still more compromised than Superior. EZD2 is much more of a professional level product than EZD1 was. So, over time, EZdrummer has infiltrated into the more advanced drum software users, then included more and more features, and more and more drums sampled.
Then a lot of Superior users started to get into EZdrummer, finding the sounds were good, the midi song creator was fantastic and the (somewhat limited) flexibility of EZdrummer wasn't such a bad thing. Over time, due to customer feedback, Superior got more and more features, as such more and more complex, bigger downloads and more instruments sampled. Hence it was a fairly large and somewhat expensive product, included a large library of different drums, with a more complex mixer sort of similar to what you would end up with if you'd done your own tracking session with a real drummer in a real studio.Īt some point they saw a need for a simpler to use, smaller and cheaper product - hence EZdrummer.ĮZdrummer was most likely aimed at songwriters, people making demos and the home recordist who preferred instant results rather than a detailed, crafted product with a steeper learning curve (Superior). To me, SD2 is a studio VI and EZ is more of a live/performance VI accompaniment.I've never been deeply involved with Toontrack, or involved in their company philosophy or business decisions, however let me comment on what I personally think.Īpart from the early 'Drum Kit From Hell' product line, once Toontrack embarked on the Superior line it was aimed at the enthusiastic or professional drum software user. They are 2 different platforms that to some degree share a GUI and basic design concepts bu their feature sets set them far apart in terms of real world application. In terms of the potential for precise editing and velocity control, comparing SD2 to EZ drummer is a bit like comparing apples to hood ornaments.
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