EZX’s compared to stock kits

[Dan_85]

Hi

I’ve been using EZD2 for a while and have made some good recordings using the included kits. Just wondering if the expansion packs are an improvement on the stock kits or just different.

I write mainly instrumental prog rock and am considering the Rock! EZX and/or the Nashville EZX.

Have listened to a few demos but thought I’d ask here too before buying.

Any help appreciated.

Operating system: Windows 10

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[Davesband]

Hello Dan,

I got both the Rock and the Nashville expansions and I’m pretty happy with both of them. My favorite would be the Nashville EZX which sound really great for most rock music. I got some other expansions too but the ones I use the most are the original EZ2 kits, the Nashville and the rock EZX.

So if budget is no concern I would get both of them.

 

Also remember that you can mix the kits you have, for example you can use the toms from the Rock EZX and the snare of the Nashville and the kick from the original EZ drummer.

 

It’s not that the expansions are an “improvement”, they’re all great for what they do, they’re just different and have different sounds.

Greetings Dave

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[Dan_85]

Thanks for the reply. The Nashville would be a good start.

There’s quite a few different rock EZX’s but I think Rock! is a good balance between Big Rock Drums, Classic Rock and more modern sounding prog/metal kits.

Thanks

Dan

• This post was modified 4 years, 3 months ago by Dan_85.

[Davesband]

I think that’s a good choice.

I also have the classic rock, the vintage rock and the pop/rock expansions, but most of the time I use the original EZ drummer and the Nashville EZX.

The classic rock and vintage rock kits are good but they are a bit dark sounding to me.

The next one on my list will probably be the Classic EZX.

 

greetings Dave

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[Anthony Hendriks]

Guys, how do I get the original drum kit with the expansions? Eg. I can change the kits to Modern, Vintage and variations for each, but that changes the sound completely. I don’t see a default setting for the original kit recording.

Thx.

Anthony

EZdrummer version: 2.0.2
Operating system: Windows 10

[Dan_85]

Would have thought there’d be an ‘Original mix’ preset for each expansion.

Don’t know as I haven’t any expansions

installed yet.

[Anthony Hendriks]

Sorry, by expansions, I mean midi packs.

EZdrummer version: 2.2.1
Operating system: Windows 10

[Scott]

Anthony Hendriks wrote:

Sorry, by expansions, I mean midi packs.

EZdrummer version: 2.2.1
Operating system: Windows 10

Not sure what you mean “original kit” and then mean “MIDI packs”. MIDI can be played by any EZD or EZX kit.

Scott Sibley - Toontrack
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[Anthony Hendriks]

Yes. But I mean as close to the original kit as recorded.

Anthony

[Scott]

Anthony Hendriks wrote:

Yes. But I mean as close to the original kit as recorded.

Anthony

Still not sure what you mean.

Are you talking about kit sounds or MIDI grooves?

There is an Original Mix preset that is basically no effects and is original as you can get.

Scott Sibley - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

[Anthony Hendriks]

True, but you can still change from Vintage to Modern on the kits. So just go for the sound you like then?

 

A.

[Bear-Faced Cow]

Basically yes. That’s pretty much the beauty of Midi in that you can apply it to whatever type of kit you’d like.

jord

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[Anthony Hendriks]

Thanks bro.

A

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