Comparison of EZ/Superiour Drummers’ multi-output mixing/routing options

[Nils]

Hi,

can someone please point me to a detailed comparison of the mixing and routing options of EZDrummer and Superiour Drummer?

I’m generally interested in all the different features regarding mixing and routing and I’m especially wondering about those questions:

1. Can I route the mono signals of the microphones to the DAW (as mono channels preferably)?
2. Can the internal mixer of EZ/Superiour Drummer load external VSTs for processing?
3. Can I configure sends to an external effect track in the internal mixer of EZ/Superiour Drummer?
4. Can I route the MIDI output of each drum to a different device/channel and maybe even do things like converting the open status of the HiHat to a MIDI parameter value?

Kind regards

EZdrummer version: 3.1.0
Operating system: Windows 11

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[Brad]

Hi there,

I will try to answer some of your questions. For more definitive answers the manual is online: https://www.toontrack.com/manual/

Q: Can I route the mono signals of the microphones to the DAW (as mono channels preferably)?
A: If your DAW is Cubase then there’s a setting to create mono channels, all other DAWs can be panned and output to a DAW mono track/channel

Q: Can the internal mixer of EZ/Superiour Drummer load external VSTs for processing?
A: No that is not an option

Q: Can I configure sends to an external effect track in the internal mixer of EZ/Superiour Drummer?

A: If I am interpreting the question correctly, I will say no that is not an option, other than routing the desired channel to an external output in the SD3 mixer, which you already know.

Q: Can I route the MIDI output of each drum to a different device/channel and maybe even do things like converting the open status of the HiHat to a MIDI parameter value?

A: Sorry this one I don’t understand. The kit pieces create audio not MIDI. Just as in EZD. MIDI from the MIDI track can be transmitted externally to your DAW, which may control other virtual instruments or devices, however I am unsure that was the question.

Operating system: macOS Sequoia (15)

Mac Studio M1 Max, RAM 64 GB, 1TB Drive, OSX 12.x/13.x and Windows 10 (VM)
DAW: Studio One Pro (always up to date)
DTX Express III (Extreme triggers), Nektar LX88
OWC Thunderbay Mini (4 X 1TB Sata SSD), Express 4M2 (4 X 2TB M.2 SSD), Envoy Express (1TB M.2 SSD)
Presonus Quantum, Faderport & Faderport 8
Black Lion Sparrow Mk2 A/D, FMR-RNP-RNC, MIDI Xpress 128, BM5A, KRK VXT4, Equator D5
2020 Macbook Pro 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD Audio(mobile rig)

• This post was modified 1 month, 2 weeks ago by Brad.

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[Nils]

Thank you very much for your detailed reply, Brad! That was very helpful.

Sorry, the last question was a very hypothetical and obviously far off, but I think you did get it right. I was wondering if it’s possible to create a MIDI drum track in EZ/Superiour Drummers’ editor and then use other sound sources, like multiple analog synths for example. I guess, if I wanted to do that, I’d have to export the MIDI and then use another tool to map it, in order to have different drums played by different analog synths.

[Brad]

Nils wrote:

Thank you very much for your detailed reply, Brad! That was very helpful.

Sorry, the last question was a very hypothetical and obviously far off, but I think you did get it right. I was wondering if it’s possible to create a MIDI drum track in EZ/Superiour Drummers’ editor and then use other sound sources, like multiple analog synths for example. I guess, if I wanted to do that, I’d have to export the MIDI and then use another tool to map it, in order to have different drums played by different analog synths.

No actually you can do that from the Superior MIDI track, just enable MIDI out, that will allow you to transmit MIDI from Superior Drummer to another MIDI enabled device within you DAW.

EZdrummer version: 3.1.0
Operating system: macOS Sequoia (15)

Mac Studio M1 Max, RAM 64 GB, 1TB Drive, OSX 12.x/13.x and Windows 10 (VM)
DAW: Studio One Pro (always up to date)
DTX Express III (Extreme triggers), Nektar LX88
OWC Thunderbay Mini (4 X 1TB Sata SSD), Express 4M2 (4 X 2TB M.2 SSD), Envoy Express (1TB M.2 SSD)
Presonus Quantum, Faderport & Faderport 8
Black Lion Sparrow Mk2 A/D, FMR-RNP-RNC, MIDI Xpress 128, BM5A, KRK VXT4, Equator D5
2020 Macbook Pro 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD Audio(mobile rig)

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