EzDrummer grooves in Superior sound flat

[hko]

Hi,

I just got the crossgrade from EzDrummer to Superior drummer.

I then proceeded to replace some of the EzDrummer grooves I had used in song by the grooves which came with Superior drummer. I chose one of the preset drum mixes (Rocky) available in Superior drummer and thought I could still keep some of the Ezdrummer grooves but the end result was not good. The superior drummer grooves ended up sounding very different from the EzDrummer grooves, i.e. the EzDrummer grooves sounded really flat and bland compared to the SD grooves.

Would I need to do some further tweaking or are the EzDrummer grooves missing some data which is available for the Superior drummer grooves and no tweaking will make them as good?

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[hko]

Noticed that the playback of EzDrummer grooves is actually much quieter compared to the N.Y. Avatar grooves. Any idea why it is like this?

[Scott]

The MIDI will vary between the different libraries because they were recorded at different times by different methods. The MIDI for EZdrummer was programmed while the MIDI for the SDXs were played by a drummer. The MIDI for EZdrummer is also some of the earliest MIDI Toontrack released and the later libraries are more consistent in their overall velocities.

You can do one of two things. You can try to bump up the velocity of a groove before you drag it into your host DAW by using the Velocity knob in the S2 browser window. Or you can use your DAW’s velocity controls to increase velocity of the whole MIDI track. Or, I guess a third method, would be to use one library to maintain the velocity consistency.

Scott Sibley - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

[hko]

Ok, I guess I will not try and use EZdrummer grooves together with the later ones then. Thanks for the info Scott. I have still quite a bit to learn. Great products!

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