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[Scott Eshleman]

@Blec said:
In Europe there is many places with no (or bad) web connection but we don’t exist for American people.

Toontrack is a Swedish company.

@Blec said:
(Omnisphere for example is available on usb drive)

…and Omnisphere is 64GB.

As John suggests above,
Amazon still has stores with many Toontrack titles available as ‘boxed’ physical media, including EZDrummer expansions.
https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=boxed+Toontrack

With kind regards.

[Scott Eshleman]

what do you hope to achieve that you can’t get with the Pan Control already in the Mixer?

[Scott Eshleman]

@Icelander_1 said:
The caveat of this, however, is that my initial idea of buying the Hip-Hop ezx (and the Percs earlier today!) in order to mix’n-match some percs to form a fuller jazz kit will not work as I had hoped after all, which is more than a little disappointing (especially to my wallet).  

not sure what or why you can’t mix’n match kit pieces from the various kits to your satisfaction,
either in a single kit or in two-or-more kits on multiple tracks in a DAW

what is it that you are trying to do but can’t?

[Scott Eshleman]

@Icelander_1 said:
Or, to put it a more precise way: What does Toontrack Solo do that my EZ Drummer application isn’t already doing?  

if you’re referring to EZDrummer2….it adds nothing that I can think of.
Toontrack Solo allows the use of SuperiorDrummer2 (and EZDrummer1) as a ‘standalone’ program without a DAW host.

[Scott Eshleman]

@Icelander_1 said:
And that Properties lists only “center” (D1) and “rim shot” (E1) for the snare. No mention of sweep or swirls, so the mystery remains unanswered here – And I REALLY NEED to know this too, btw!  

???
those don’t look like the articulations for any of the snares in the JAZZ EZX.

[Scott Eshleman]

clicking [STOP] while already stopped should return the playhead to zero.

from page 21 of the Operation Manual, (pay particular attention to the 2nd-to-last sentence):

“SETTING THE SONG POSITION
To set from where in the song playback or recording will commence, click in the grid area
below the Time Line. The playhead will move to the position where you click.
You can also drag the handle of the playhead.

When you stop playback/recording, the song position will automatically move back to where
the playback/recording was started. Clicking [STOP] a second time sets the position to the
beginning of the track (or to the beginning of the loop area, if active). If you click Play while
playing back, the song position pointer will pause exactly where it is.”

[Scott Eshleman]

@Vicious Breed Music said:
How about totally bypassing the ezdrummers library and recording your own midi patterns. Besides being stuck with the proverbial 4/4 which becomes mundane, the drum patterns arent always there when searching for them. Im sure theres a way to do this and I will explore this option until its obtained. Its either this or go with superior drummer.  

I think that you’ll find what you’re looking for on pages 18 & 19 of the EZD2 Operation Manual.
Enjoy!!

[Scott Eshleman]

You can record the MIDI from Pro Tools into the EZDrummer2 timeline.
I don’t have access to the EZD2 Operations Manual at the moment
or I’d provide you with page numbers describing the process.

[Scott Eshleman]

@Erik S said:
My have dual zone triggers on my snare and will make rimshot from my snare-rim trigger.

it might be of help to know what brand/model snare trigger you are using

[Scott Eshleman]

Yeah. Not a melody, but voice-leading within your chord changes is doable.

[Scott Eshleman]

I don’t know the backstory or chronological history of SuperiorDrummer1 versus EZDrummer1.
For all that I know, SuperiorDrummer(1) was developed and released before EZDrummer(1) was ever conceptualized.
For all that you or I know, “Superior” might be a reference to its superiority to competitive products. …and still might.

[Scott Eshleman]

@Taffypro said:
Just out of curiosity when was the last time Superior Drummer was updated?

SD2 was updated 06-2016.

@Taffypro said:
@Juicy…. Perhaps the words “deceived” and “superior” are not being translated properly….. Does “misled” work? Sorry but the sales guy sold it as the “big brother to EZ Drummer 2” and with a name like “Superior” I was hoping it had all the features and a lot more…No question it sounds better, but I need to have a way to find the grooves I am looking for in a comprehensive way…..

From this Toontrack fan and owner/user of EZDrummer1, EZDrummer2 and SuperiorDrummer2:
Blame the sales guy for not explaining the products better or for not determining all of your needs.
Blame yourself for not doing your own research and/or asking the right questions.
Tap2Find and other EZD2 functions are new features that required a rewrite of the EZDrummer1 product.
I have to assume that adding them to SuperiorDrummer is no small task (if that is Toontrack’s plan) given the additional complexity of the SD2 base product.
I use EZD2 for its MIDI songwriting functions including Tap2Find and Edit Play Style.
I also like its lightweight resource usage allowing multiple instances within a single DAW composing session.
I use SuperDrummer2 for its advanced virtual drum sample mixing capabilities.
Two tools for two very different tasks.

[Scott Eshleman]

@bflatman said:
wondering if I use EZ drummer for building a drum track then drop in the SD.2 midi track for more detailed eq, panning, etc? might be a way to handle it.

Loving the expanded utilities in SD2!!!!!!!! big time loving it !  

absolutely.
many use that exact process.
purpose-built tools used to a unified end result.

[Scott Eshleman]

no. not currently.
i’m guessing that some of the X-drum functionality of SuperiorDrummer2 do not lend (readily) themselves to the graphic stylings of EZD2
(or not without REALLY cluttering up the aesthetics of those graphics).

[Scott Eshleman]

Alternately, you can find the MIDI within the Contents folder of the downloaded installation files by opening the disk image (.dmg)
The layout of those contents are such that the EZD2 database uses to organize & index the MIDI by way of headers & tags.

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