Including but not limited to whether the user prefers to "play" drums via keys, pads, electronic drums, triggers. I have used both EZDrummer and Mixcraft Studio Drums and I think a preference depends on many factors, If you are into grooves, cast an eye on stylus RMX, but this is a whole different beast. They are also well balanced by means of compression and effects, so this saves you a lot of time. Their expansion sets and particularly styles are redundant IMHO.Īnyway, most of those work straight out of the box with EZD or others.
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In fact, you could try do download one of their free sets and map it manually to Studio Drums, which will sound great.
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You can buy very good priced third party MIDI loops recorded by pro drummers that work well with EZD2. I found that with the basic EZD2 set I can cover most styles, except for maybe a latin set. Having that said, if you have drumming skills, give Studio Drums a shot with a keyboard, but forget the piano roll. Those drummers are recorded with real drummers and all that human imperfections, and uses multiple velocity layers, so it never sounds like a drum machine. I ended up buying EZD2 and never looked back one second. You can play with this and improve the result, but the time you put into this is in no relation to the outcome. The biggest snag with that is humanized timing and velocity. I found some MIDI loops which I mapped to Studio Drums, but this was tedious and not considered worth the effort. I personnally do not have such drumming skills, which is why me using Studio Drums was ridiculous. Look at the video, the guy really harnesses the drumset mapping. You need to be able to think like a drummer. It is amazing what one can do with this VSTi and a simple keyboard BUT. There is a video somewhere in the MX University that shows the usage of the built-in drumset. Having said that, they may be perfectly adequate for your needs. I maybe doing them a terrible disservice but I somehow doubt they're going to be up to the same quality or have the range, flexibility and features that either AD or EZD have. Both GUIs have some unique features so they're not totally similar but I can vouch for both and you wouldn't be disappointed with either.ĪD is much more flexible and has more FX options for tweaking the sound of a kit.īoth also have further drum kit add-on packs if you want to expand your arsenal of sounds (and beats, in the form of midi packs).Īs I had both these before purchasing Mixcraft, to be honest, like you, I haven't bothered exploring Studio Drums. It's easy to assemble tracks with both programs - you audition beats in their libraries and once you've found what you're after, you drag them from the GUI straight into Mixcraft, where you can either leave them as they are or edit further if you wish. Both sound great and are very much capable of producing excellent drum tracks. From my personal angle, I have Addictive Drums 2 and EZ Drummer 2.