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MarkusThis is a great idea! There could be an option in the product manager. Customers could choose how many computers they want to use their software on. If you want to use 3 computers instead of 2, simply buy an additional seat. This would then be valid for all your registered Toontrack products.
MarkusThat’s right. But in addition to this there is a counter that tracks your total number of authorization processes. If this counter passes the limit you get an error message while authorizing. No matter if there are free slots for your product. This happened to me reacently, after switching to a new computer. As far as I remember there was a limit of 4 authorizations in total. After that you need to contact the Toontrack customer service, as in the error message adviced. They do reset this counter and you are able to do new authorizations.
What I’d like to know is, if this counter increases only while authorizing a new machine, or if it increases at every (re)authorization of an already known computer. This was not clear in Toontracks answer to my email. They told me they have deleted all unused activtations from my account and I can feel free to do more authorizations.
MarkusI agree with you. If you use SD3 as a pure e-drumset, as probably many others do, then a corresponding “SD Player” version is actually missing in Toontrack’s product series. This could be much slimmer and maybe a bit cheaper than Superior Drummer….
If EZD3 is completely new, then I could well imagine that the developers have already included SD4 under the hood. The versions would all have an identical user interface with only different functionality. Similar to Cubase, Studio One and FL Studio etc. That’s how I would do it anyway.
SD3 looks quite old-fashioned compared to EZD3, even though they both have the same version number.
MarkusI pre-ordered the upgrade today.
The upgrade price is about the same as a regular EZX. I think the new core library including midi grooves and the curiosity about the new features are worth it.
Markusthe sounds demonstrated here do not always represent the reality of the sounds we will have in our DAW
In general, the sound is much better in my DAW
Then, we can be disappointed because some EZX sounds are dark and will always be when others will have more treble and clarity (a more modern sound)
You have to know this before buying, but it requires a lot of experience, practice and listening to understand what Toontrack wanted to do.
- This post was modified 3 years, 2 months ago by Phenix 2.
Yes, that’s right. Basically, I am quite satisfied with most of my EZX. I usually use very few instruments in my recordings, mostly acoustic guitar, bass, vocals and drums. Some EZXs are a bit too hot or compressed for that.
With Superior Drummer 3 you can adjust everything imaginable so that it fits perfectly into the mix. But it is quite complex and demanding. I still have a lot to learn.
I pre-ordered the upgrade to EZD3 today. Looking forward to May 3rd.
MarkusVery good ! I have not SD3 but I think EZD3 will be enough  for me with all I can do just with one EZX-EZD2
there are some EZX which sound really natural (raw),
Yes there are. For example the Traditional Country EZX is one that comes close to my taste.
Would be nice to have a short trail period when one purchased a promising EZX. Just one hour for trying out would be enaugh. I purchased a couple of extensions that seemed to be the right thing, and in the end I just use a hand full of grooves out of it. The preset demos are good, but they don’t always convey whether they meet your own requirements.
MarkusIn Superior Drummer 3 I can load all EZdrummer EZX and disable the added FX. So you hear how the pure drum samples sound. Unfortunately they are mostly not as pure (or less wet) as I hoped they were.
I wish that there was an EZX that only uses slightly pre-produced samples, for playing out multiple channels to the DAW and doing all sound design and mixing there. SD3 has of cause all of this and so much more built-in. But for me it is perhaps already a bit too much, as I am not a professional. With EZD3, you can practically have the best of both worlds if you had the right clean and raw EZX (virtually a SDX light). I would also be willing to pay a little more for such an EZX.
MarkusIt seems that EZdrummer 3 gets a bit closer to Superior Drummer 3, which I recently purchased. Actually I am not that deep in all details of SD3, but some new features added to EZD3 are integrated there as well – and they look so much better and more intuitive than in Superior Drummer 3.
I fear that I might like EZD3 better than SD3, if the samples of the Core Library do not sound too pre-produced…
MarkusAh… Ok. So there is nothing wrong with my Ezdrummer, it’s just my knowledge gap.
Thank you very much for your reply, shootiehg.
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