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As I did say though, it’s not a bad idea, even just for marketing.
I could see an EZmix Drum Pack selling well.
EZMix bass, or EZMix piano, perhaps not so well.

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Maybe ‘No 1 Hits’.
But anyway, Toontrack has primarily been in the game of offering realistic acoustic drum sample sets.

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Not a bad idea, but I can only emphasize again from my point of view, the gold in EZmix is somewhat ignoring the title of the effect and using your ears. Guitar and piano pre-sets are often superb on drums.

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Synth/sampled sax has so far been one of the worst uses of sampling …….. ever.

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ORIGINAL: OmniFace
Many professional recordings go to the length of tuning the drums to match the key of the song, within the limits of the drum of course.

Actually it’s rare.
Some drummers do, but most don’t.
If your song changes key at some point, the drums no longer work for example.
What about a live show when you are playing 10 to 20 songs all in different keys?
I agree with the first advice you were given, use your ears, if it sounds right, it is right.
With very long resonant bass drums and toms you would need to take care making sure they don’t clash with the harmony of your song, but with most drums the actual tonal pitch is ignored – and that’s from experience.

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You can’t use your own samples within either EZdrummer or Superior.

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Not the very same.
Similar design, similar sound and similar aim (loud).

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Yeah, maybe EZX:The Classic – which admittedly has a roomier sound.

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I’ve thought about it, but they sound pretty horrible in practice. Horrible not in a good funky/lo-fi way.
I can only think of one or two instances where they were used on an album, even at the height of their popularity (the late 1970’s).

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