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[Scott Eshleman]

Did you receive SERIAL NUMBERS in any of the order confirmations that you received?
If so, try registering them through “My Products”.

OR…download & install Toontrack Product Manager.
Assuming that you purchased items through the Toontrack Webstore,
they are probably already registered there.
Enjoy!!

[Scott Eshleman]

@anteas said:
it does not aspire to trust if you are not in a position to display prices in euro. I do not know what kr is and how much it makes in euro which rejects possible buyers.  

If I am logged in, as a previous & registered customer, it displays prices in US dollars for me.
If I log out, it displays in KR.
I’m not sure what currency KR represents, xe.com doesn’t list it.
I would have assumed Swedish Krona, but the conversion doesn’t work out mathematically, at current exchange rates.

[Scott Eshleman]

There are Pre-Sales thread right here in this forum where you can post your questions;

example:
https://www.toontrack.com/forum/ezdrummer-pre-sales/

https://www.toontrack.com/forum/ezkeys-pre-sales/

https://www.toontrack.com/forum/ezmix-pre-sales/

https://www.toontrack.com/forum/superior-drummer-3-pre-sales/

https://www.toontrack.com/forum/superior-drummer-2-pre-sales/

[Scott Eshleman]

@TRex23 said:
No answer to Number 4 — regarding the stick hits for count-in? This is curious. Why is it that this very useful feature cannot be addressed for EZ Drummer 2?  

My friend, you have resurrected a very, very old thread,
created just after the release of EZDrummer2 (May 2014).

There have been many updates to EZD2 since the last post to this thread.
I’m not in the studio now, so I cannot tell you how many of these requests have been incorporated into the product.
I use stick hits for count-in all of the time but I can’t for the life of me tell you if I get them from the Percussion extras
or from an EZX expansion library, like Nashville.
I’ll check later when I get to the studio.

[Scott Eshleman]

@John Hamilton said:
I can’t get these programs to install and be placed in my dock for easy access.

SuperiorDrummer2 is not a standalone program that can be placed in your dock.
It is a virtual instrument that requires a DAW or equivalent program application in which to ‘host’ it.

@John Hamilton said:
also I am attempting to use with persons studio one 3 and studio live 32 III.

Please clarify. What is your issue regarding these Presonus products?

@John Hamilton said:
ez drummer 2 and superior drummer 2. when I bought these products …
then I discover that the new superior drummer 3 is released less than 0ne week after I buy version 2.

At this time, Toontrack has only announced the future release of SuperiorDrummer3.
…and there is SD2 & EZD2 upgrade/crossgrade pricing for current SD2 & EZD2 owners like you & I.

@John Hamilton said:
ez drummer 2 and superior drummer 2. when I bought these products and downloaded them I keep getting a message to insert the dvd. but I got no dvd’s!

What operating system are you using?
From where are you downloading the installer(s)?
Is there any other specifics with regards to this error that you can provide??
Thanks.

[Scott Eshleman]

@olliepudge said:
I know you had to have been like “really?” Nothing wrong with a little humor right?? The sad thing is that someone will probably post this for real not long from now. SD3 baby! I’m so pumped! Love you guys!  

Got me, too.

[Scott Eshleman]

@Scott said:
If money is not an issue…buy 2 of everything…  

[Scott Eshleman]

If money is not an issue, then buy it. Definitely.

[Scott Eshleman]

If money is not an issue, then buy it. Definitely.
The improvements included with the new scalable interface,
the new Tracker audio decoder, the alternate MIDI song tracks
and the sheer number of drum kits and samples alone warrant it.

If money is not an issue,
consider it an investment in your craft
and a step toward future-proofing your toolkit.

[Scott Eshleman]

@Reflex_2 said:
-For MIDI beats, is it possible to use third party compatible midi beat collections that will work with EZ2?
Any in particular? Im asking in case I want to get more beyond the EZ packs.  

Yes, it is possible to use 3rd-party MIDI beat collections.
I’ve personally incorporated MIDI from Odd Grooves, Platinum Samples, Groove Monkey, and Loop Loft,
because they each offer their products in Toontrack-formatted mappings.

@Reflex_2 said:-Do all MIDI packs come in song structures?  

Not all of them come in song structures,
but the Toontrack packs generally have some kind of organization.
I can’t say that for all of the 3rd-party MIDI offerings.

[Scott Eshleman]

@thana said:
AFAIK, you can install the software without installing this library, and you could still use it just fine with everything else.

True.
It’s been so long since I’d installed or reinstalled SuperiorDrummer2 that I forgot that the base sound library is still a separate install.

@thana said:
I also find it hard to believe that Avatar, which makes up the bulk (as in >99%) of the product, is a free bonus.

As someone who’s done software development and has recorded many layers of drum samples (neither of which was for Toontrack),
I can appreciate the time, effort and knowledge that it takes to do both.
Frankly, I think that the complexity of the software alone warrants of EVERY penny of its very reasonable pricetag.
Then, let’s also consider the ongoing (FREE!!) maintenance to the software…for years beyond the original purchase.

PS. The size of the sound library files relative to the size of the software installation files is not really an accurate basis
on which to measure their dollar value…unless you are comparing (the size & number of files in) an SDX to an EZX or similar sound libraries.

[Scott Eshleman]

That’s an interesting perspective that I do not recall seeing on this forum previously.

Maybe when Toontrack initially developed SuperiorDrummer,
the Avatar sound library was built into the software at the molecular level.
This might explain why the Avatar library is not available separate from the software
…even for customers who crossgraded to SuperiorDrummer2 from EZDrummer (like me)
and wouldn’t technically need another library with which to operate SD2.

Maybe stripping the Avatar sound library from the software is not feasible.
Maybe you could consider that you are only paying for the SuperiorDrummer2 software
and getting a FREE(!!) Avatar sound library.
Or, maybe it is feasible and maybe you’ll get your wish in a future update to the product.

[Scott Eshleman]

@profirhino said:
unless you count the suggestion to reduce screen resolution to 1024×540, to be fair.
 

Firstly, I am not a Toontrack employee or paid support.
My posts on this forum are voluntary and do not reflect the position or opinions of Toontrack,
their programmers, their support or any of the other people offering support on this forum.

Secondly, as long as we’re being fair, there are AN AWFUL LOT of non-technical users throughout the Toontrack forum.
While the screen resolution workaround might be obvious, laughable or even offensive to you,
any one of these other users may want to try it out for themselves, on their primary screen or better, on a second screen.

Screen resolutions such as those are (still) standard for ‘state-of-the-art’ devices like the Slate Raven MTi.
There are more than a few programs & plugins on either of the Mac Pro systems in our studio
that are ‘unusable’ at the native resolution of their 4k monitors.
So we adjusted the screen resolution to suit our needs.

[Scott Eshleman]

@Manu_32 said:
What’s bizarre is that even the demo on the laptop on Sweetwater’s website takes up more than half the screen of the machine, while I can easily fit SIX of these windows on my screen!  

Because Sweetwater likely used a screen resolution that made it so.
Is it that hard to change the screen resolution to suit the application with which you’re working at the moment for the moment??

Attached are screenshots of SuperiorDrummer2 running in Toontrack Solo at various screen resolutions.

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