[Andrea Britton]

I know this is an older post but I’m looking for the same thing, and I haven’t been able to locate in any of the available EZDrummer or SD expansions.  I want samples of actual marching percussion.  A marching snare is not the same as a drum kit snare.  I want samples of marching quad drums, marching tenor drums, marching snare, and marching bass drum – none of which sound like pieces in a drum kit.  Have you sampled any DCI drum lines?  I just want to know if you have any real marching percussion samples for EZDrummer or SD, and where I should look.  Thanks!

[Andrea Britton]

4 years later and SD2 STILL does not have Tap2Find or Song Builder.  I guess you didn’t think that was important.  I think people are correct when they ask tech support why the entry level product, EZDrummer 2, which is significantly less expensive than SD2 or SD3, has the functionality we need but the more expensive products don’t.  I’ve never had anyone from Apple (supplier of my DAW and all my other VSTs and other plug-ins) tell me they were under an NDA and not allowed to discuss any features or possible features in their products.  They are more than excited to tell us what is coming and they are also usually pretty happy to have us suggest things we’d like to see.

Where is the incentive to purchase SD3 when the old entry level EZDrummer has the two functions we non-drummers need?

I’m just asking that you in tech support consider we spend a ton of money on our DAWs and plug-ins, and I think we deserve answers other than you telling us that you are under an NDA not to discuss anything.

[Andrea Britton]

This workflow seems to be easier for me. I am not a pro drummer, but I can play well enough to create some basic jazz tracks. I work with jazz and swing. I use the standalone version of EZ Drummer 2 when I’m recording my own drums (both v drum and acoustic), but I don’t mix anything or apply any effects in the standalone version. I record everything completely clean in the standalone EZ Drummer 2. Then I close that, open Logic Pro X, create a new software track (or multiple software tracks if I’m working with multiple drum tracks), use the EZ Drummer 2 plugin on each track, and pull in whatever sample I just recorded. I find it quicker to work that way, plus it uses a lot less cpu resources. Even with my mac mini completely maxed out on ram, I still run into latency issues once in awhile when I have any other application open with Logic Pro X. When working with Logic Pro X, I’ve found it so much easier to only have that one app open and nothing else. This means when recording drum tracks, I only have EZ Drummer open in standalone mode; I don’t run EZ Drummer in standalone mode along with Logic Pro X at the same time.

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