Latin Cuban Percussion vs Latin Percussion?

[Brooks H]

Despite owning a few EZXs, I can’t access the EZDrummer section because I don’t own EZDrummer. So I’ll ask here:

Any owners of both care to share feedback? It looks like the same instruments but different brands. 3 conga this time. And 3GBs vs 1GB.

Better sound quality or just different? Better/different MIDI grooves? Was it worth the “upgrade”?

Is the new LCP MIDI compatible with the LP?

And how are the graphics in SD3 if you use it there?

SD3 v3.3.6, EZbass v1.1.7, EZkeys v1.3.4
Studio One v5.5.2, Cubase v12.0.60
3.6GHz Intel i9 iMac, 64GB RAM, OS 12.6.1

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[Brooks H]

I’ll bump just once in hopes that maybe a new user has feedback to share.

SD3 v3.3.6, EZbass v1.1.7, EZkeys v1.3.4
Studio One v5.5.2, Cubase v12.0.60
3.6GHz Intel i9 iMac, 64GB RAM, OS 12.6.1

[Mark Watson]

Watching ……

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.1.7
Operating system: Windows 10

Up The Irons

[Erik]

They are different products in the same way that Decades SDX is different from the Death & Darkness SDX. They have many instruments in common, but they’re played in different ways and with different tools. The percussion libraries share a few groups of instruments, but the composition is different (e.g. three congas in one, two in the other), and they have a few unique articulations each (for instance, the cajon is played with hands and brushes in one, but only hands in the other).

Latin Cuban Percussion EZX works better with the Latin Percussion MIDI than the other way around, but the MIDI in both libraries was created to make use of its specific set of instruments. If you have both libraries, why not use them both? Not every band gets to have two percussion sections in their songs..!

Here’s an image of Latin Cuban Percussion in Superior Drummer 3:

Erik Berglund — Toontrack

[Brooks H]

@Erik, thanks for the feedback & photo.

I get that they are as different as 2 SDXs are from each other. I only have the Orchestral SDX (the rest of my add ons are EZXs), but other drum MIDI tends to work when the kit piece is there (bass drum, snare, toms, cymbals). And a groove from the Reggae EZX plays fine on a SD3 kit, for example, with maybe timbale hits going to a tom. Versus a bongo groove from LP triggering a bongo and a castanet or something in Orch Perc II, despite their being 2 bongos. I’m sure this is due to the difference in articulations, like you said, but the drum libs seem to handle the differences much better, at least from what I own.

I’m hoping LCP & LP grooves work together more like the drum libs than LP & Orch Perc II. Maybe I’m suggesting some behind the scenes MIDI mapping adjustments so that articulation differences at least trigger something from the same kit piece/instrument rather than whatever happens to be assigned to C2, for example.

I don’t yet own LCP. If I do get it, I may use both to get a bit of an ensemble. I’m just trying to gather info that’s not available elsewhere.

SD3 v3.3.6, EZbass v1.1.7, EZkeys v1.3.4
Studio One v5.5.2, Cubase v12.0.60
3.6GHz Intel i9 iMac, 64GB RAM, OS 12.6.1

[Erik]

We’ve tried our best!

Like I said in the previous post, Latin Cuban Percussion will play the Latin Percussion MIDI better than the other way around. Neither will play the other back perfectly.

Erik Berglund — Toontrack

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Thanked by: Brooks H

[tendingtropic]

which one is ‘best’ of the 2 libraries? i’m doubting which one to get

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