CROSSFADE PATCHES FROM EZX’S TO SDX’S

[mcalandr]

Hello sir, this is Mario from Italy. I am writing you to submit a small issue. As you can see from my account, I have most of your drums related stuff. In the last months you had two expansions: metal machinery and idiependent. Now I need to get them, even if I already have the small versions (ezx’s) of them. I really don’t get the reason why you don’t provide the possibility to get the sdx and the ezx versions in the SAME time, letting the user chose the version he/she needs. Eventually you could provide the possibility to get an upgrade patch so I can go from the ezx to sdx version of any product. As huge user of Superior I need to get the “ sdx versions “ of it. What do I do now? I know your job is making money…I can understand and respect it, but as huge and hard user of your stuff (for my remote recoding work) I cannot buy two times the same library. In the past I was able to sell the ezx’s to get the sdx’s, but I am not that lucky all the time! I hope you get my point!

Mario

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[John]

Hi,

I think you do not appreciate the time spent on creating the products. You seem to assume that it is a choice to suck Toontrack customers dry of money, to release an EZX of recorded material first and then later release an SDX from the same location.
Now, I’m not a Toontrack official, just a Technical Advisor here on the Forum but I am also part of the Beta team and catch a glimpse of the time spent on not just only building the products but also the time spent on Betatesting, QA, integration with other products, etc.
The EZX:s require time to get finished, the SDX:s require much more time.
Are you saying that Toontrack should refrain from releasing the smaller product because it can get finished faster? In most cases, as with the Indie Folk EZX and the Independent SDX it takes 2 more years to finish the bigger product. That does not make sense at all to me.

Also, just to be clear, the EZX product and the SDX product are not the same. If they actually were, I would understand the ‘upgrade’ request.
All EZX:s are pre-mixed and use a select choice of instruments and microphones. They (can) utilize FX the SDX:s can’t.
They have their own set of accompanying MIDI files. They are slimmed down in size as much as the product and quality allows.
The SDX:s have much more available drums, most often other Tools, definitely more microphones and articulations.
They are provided in a more “raw” state from the studio and include their own set of MIDI files.
They are not the same products per se.

If you are truly concerned that an EZX just released is based on material from recordings that *might* make for an SDX release in a few years, you can always choose not to buy it.
Or you can get the EZX, make music (and perhaps money from it) and enjoy the product. If some of the instruments from that recording session make it into an SDX a few years later, make the decision then if you want it or not.

EOPV

John Rammelt - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

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