Re: Thinking about buying EZD and Superior 2.0

[Martin]

Hi Rowbi,

thank you for your interest in Toontrack products!

A1: You will get MIDI grooves with Superior Drummer 2.0 as well, but not quite as many as in EZdrummer, and they are not the same grooves as well. The MIDI in Superior Drummer is played by the well renowned session drummer Nir Z (Chris Cornell, Joss Stone, John Mayer, Jason Mraz).

A3 (you missed Q2 ): Superior Drummer 2.0 is not more geared towards V-drums than it is for studio use. The main advantage for V-drum users in Superior is the Mapping settings, where you can map your sounds however you like. EZplayer Pro has a built-in map wrap, which basically maps the MIDI groove according to the drum sampler that you wish to use. Supported sampler mappings at the time of writing are: EZdrummer®, Superior Drummer®, legacy dfh Superior and DFH® 1&2, Strike, Battery, Kontakt, BFD 1&2, Addictive Drums, Reason Drum Kits, SampleTank, Ocean Way Drums, SR DrumMasters, Steven Slate Drums, Drumcore, and of course any GM software or hardware sampler.

A4: You can use DFH EZX within Superior Drummer 2.0. The sounds are not the same as in Metal Foundry, so it’s basically up to you to decide what sound you are looking for. I suggest you check the product pages for the both products to compare sounds. The DFH EZX has more MIDI than The Metal Foundry, but has around 1 GB of sounds compared to 35 GB in Metal Foundry.

A5: The MIDI Packs are MIDI grooves designed for EZdrummer / Superior Drummer and also works with all expansions, since all Toontrack products follows GM Extended Mapping. The MIDI packs will after installation appear in both your EZplayer Pro (if you have one, that is) and your Grooves Window in EZdrumer / Superior Drummer, so they are easily accessable at any time. They do not contain any sounds, but only MIDI, played live by well renowned session drummers. If you wish to use Toontrack MIDI packs with any other company’s drum sampler, you might wanna get EZplayer Pro to easily re-map the MIDI to the corresponding mapping in that particular drum sampler.

A6: The Crossgrade from EZdrummer to Superior Drummer 2.0 is for users that have EZdrummer registered, and want to upgrade to Superior Drummer. With the Crossgrade, they get to so at a discounted price. If you don’t have EZdrummer registered, you can’t use the Crossgrade.

If you have any further questions, we will be here to assist you.

Cheers,

Martin Kristoffersson
Sound Designer