It compares extremely favorably…I can’t spot the difference really!! knowing what I know now I would not have bought Superior drummer…damn!!!
exdrummer 2 has a whole lot of presets for various genre’s (much like SD)so a lot less eq"ing and what not to do…and I’ve always found ez easier to use…
One file is Superior Drummer loaded with one of my favorite Steven Slate Presets then the other is default EZDrummer (there are no presets of course). Everything is unprocessed.
Perhaps you want to render the same MIDI file with a preset from EZD 2?
Thanks Mauri!
Last question: do you know if it is possible to install the library on an external hard drive? It’s possible with superior but it wasn’t with EZ Drummer
Here is an article talking about how to move the files. I followed the instructions and it worked perfect. The only incorrect part of the instruction was if you upgrade from EZ Drummer 1 to 2 the files are not located at: C:/ProgramFiles/Toontrack/EZDrummer They are at: C:/ProgramFiles(X86)/Toontrack/EZDrummer…
The upgrade was easy and is working flawlessly. I really like the presets they added that you can choose to make a subtle change to the sound of a particular groove. That’s cool and will save me some time adding effects (like a reverb/echo, etc.) to some drum tracks. Definitely worth the upgrade price from the original version.
I’m on Mac, but very helpful. First I moved the EZ1 library, then I bought the upgrade, than I installed it. The cool thing is that, since I moved the EZ1 first, EZ2 went in place (external HD) right away, I had anything to do.
Superior doesn’t see the EZ2 library yet, but, from what I read on the toontrack forum, there will be soon an update, hopefully.
Anyway, the basic modern kit is very good, I lake it very much.