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[Henrik]

Your request is noted! I agree that it could be a nice optional feature.

Henrik Ekblom - User Experience Designer
Toontrack

[Henrik]

Have you tried using an arpeggiator? It should be possible to make the arpeggio alternate between the two pressed buttons, in your case – the two kicks. The speed of the arpeggiator will be the speed of the double kicks – 8ths, 16ths etc…

Henrik Ekblom - User Experience Designer
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[Henrik]

Since they both have different strengths I see a point in having them both. EZdrummer 2 is great for writing the drums for a song (with the Song Creator) and it has nice MIDI edit features such as Edit Play Style. It’s a joy to search for MIDI using the search tab with the filters and Tap2Find.

Superior Drummer 2 is the next step to take, since it offers full routing capabilities in the mixer, higher bit depth, more samples on the drums, more microphones recorded, options to change MIDI notes, create stacked drums etc. It’s the choice for professionals – and for those who aspire to sound like professionals

Henrik Ekblom - User Experience Designer
Toontrack

[Henrik]

That’s correct – you have to manually remove the hi-hat if you don’t want that during the toms fill. This is because we didn’t want to force users into this “realistic” mode. If it sounds good to the user if the hi-hat and ride plays at the same time we figured that it was up to the user to decide that.

Henrik Ekblom - User Experience Designer
Toontrack

[Henrik]

You can load an EZX (EZdrummer Expansion) in Superior Drummer 2, and you can load the presets in Superior Drummer 2 as well. You can change the routing in the mixer etc. on those presets and save as a custom preset. You can’t, however, save a preset in Superior Drummer 2 and open that, or any other Superior Drummer 2 presets, in EZdrummer2.

There are some benefits in using a host. If you use Superior Drummer 2 and want to create a track of several MIDI files, you’ll need a host. You can arrange a song with MIDI blocks in EZdrummer 2, but if you want to edit individual MIDI notes you should run a host for EZdrummer 2 as well!

Further, you can do mixing in Superior Drummer 2’s mixer, but if you want to use effects that aren’t included in SD2 you can route out all the channels to the host and add the effects there.

Not to mention the other advantages of hosts – adding more instruments – guitar, bass etc. Drums are nice but a song with only drums can be a bit boring

Henrik Ekblom - User Experience Designer
Toontrack

[Henrik]

1. You can record MIDI straight into EZdrummer 2. If you use Superior Drummer 2 you’ll have record the MIDI into a host.

2. In EZdrummer 2, you can right click on a MIDI block on the song track and chose to only remove one instrument from Remove Notes/Snare for example.
If you want to edit single notes it’s easier to record the MIDI straight into a host (Cubase, Logic etc) since they have more tools to manipulate individual notes.

3. This kind of operation is also best to do in a host, since you’ll have to edit the drum rolls individual notes’ velocity values. In EZdrummer 2, you can cut up, say the first beat, of a MIDI file and decrease (or increase) the velocity of the entire block.

4. Superior Drummer 2 doesn’t contain latin percussion, so if you need a variety of percussion that’s the pack to get. EZdrummer 2 comes with some shakers, tambourines, claps etc. You’ll find more under the EZdrummer 2 page on http://www.toontrack.com/product/ezdrummer-2/

5. Superior Drummer 2 has lots of editing possibilities and it’s the right choice for you if you want full control over the sounds. EZdrummer 2 has its’ strength in song writing. The sounds EZdrummer 2 are pre-mixed, meaning you don’t have to worry about mixing too much and can focus on the song writing instead.

6. The way the drum libraries sound is mostly depending on the loaded library/EZX/SDX. You should listen to some demos from the different products to find the sound you are after. Superior Drummer 2 has Preset Packs that you can get for each individual SDX where the drum sound has been tweaked by a producer, ready to use for you.

7. They don’t have the same presets since the presets are connected to the library/EZX/SDX (see the above note). Note that you can load EZX:s into Superior Drummer 2 but you can’t load SDX:s into EZdrummer 2, since Superior Drummer 2 is the “big brother” (technically speaking).

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EZdrummer 2 has an MIDI out option, meaning that you can write the song parts in EZdrummer 2 and send the MIDI to Superior Drummer 2 (getting the best of the 2 worlds). This does, however, require you to have both programs. Many users starts out with EZdrummer 2 if they are relatively new to the drum edit market (or just in need for a song writing companion), and then crossgrade to Superior Drummer 2. The crossgrade is a deal Toontrack offers to Easy Drummer 2 owners to buy Superior Drummer 2 much cheaper than normal.

To sum it up:
* Superior is like sitting in a control room in a real studio with the drums miked up in the drum room in front of you (with full control of the entire mixer and all it’s channels, busses etc).
* EZdrummer 2 is the drummer in your band, whom you can ask to play “a little more hi-hat” or “add a fill there”. The sounds are really good (listen to the demos!), but not as tweak-able as in Superior Drummer 2.

Henrik Ekblom - User Experience Designer
Toontrack

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Thanked by: Lyndon Wesley

[Henrik]

Make sure that you have the latest version of EZdrummer installed. You’ll find the updates on My Account/My Products. Click on EZdrummer and check the Updates tab – there you’ll see all available updates.

If you are using EZdrummer 2 you can simply go to the Menu in the software and use “Check for Updates”.

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