EZ Drummer to SD 2.0 Crossgrade

TelePaul

Just got a mail from Toontrack about Crossgrading to SD for just under 80 lids (plus postage, I imagine). I know most of you are gonna tell me what a sweet deal this is, but what was sampled for SD2? Just one kit? Is there any integration between SD2 and EZ Drummer and it's expansions?

PMI

SD2 has:

Allaire Kit
Custom and Vintage
New York Sessions (powerstation drum room I think or hit factory? one of um and the rooms are killer)

and one more which I cant remember till I use the drop down in SD2 I have the new york addon and standard am awaiting the bank to allow the custom and vintage

TBH there was a few things I loved in EZ especially the nashville kit but since moving to superior and a few upgrades I have let EZ go from my mind.

Im the kinda person that when I like something even if old I dont want to let it go if its working and it was the same for EZ but I have and you might too

The room mics and variants in SD are where its at TBH I find that this is where the whole program comes into its own.

See what the others say?!?

Ed

TelePaul

PMI wrote: »

SD2 has:

Allaire Kit
Custom and Vintage
New York Sessions (powerstation drum room I think or hit factory? one of um and the rooms are killer)

and one more which I cant remember till I use the drop down in SD2 I have the new york addon and standard am awaiting the bank to allow the custom and vintage

TBH there was a few things I loved in EZ especially the nashville kit but since moving to superior and a few upgrades I have let EZ go from my mind.

Im the kinda person that when I like something even if old I dont want to let it go if its working and it was the same for EZ but I have and you might too

The room mics and variants in SD are where its at TBH I find that this is where the whole program comes into its own.

See what the others say?!?

Ed

Cheers mate, very positive!

ZV Yoda

TelePaul wrote: »

Just got a mail from Toontrack about Crossgrading to SD for just under 80 lids (plus postage, I imagine). I know most of you are gonna tell me what a sweet deal this is, but what was sampled for SD2? Just one kit? Is there any integration between SD2 and EZ Drummer and it's expansions?

SD2 is the biz. It has great intgration with EZ too. You can buy SD expansion packs (I have 2 of them), but the Avatar Studio samples that come with the main SD software pack are superb by themselves. See the Toontrack site for full details, but here's the list...

AVATAR STUDIO SESSION 1
(DS = Drumsticks, HR = Rods , BR = Brushes, FM = Felt mallets, NS = Sticks with no snares, ALL = All tools)

KICK DRUMS:
• GMS 18/22" - (Felt & Plastic Beater, With and without snares)
• GMS 14/24" - (Felt & Plastic Beater, With and without snares)
• GMS Doubleheaded 14/24" - (Felt Beater with and without snares)

SNARE DRUMS:
• Nir-Z GMS - (ALL)
• Ludwig Black Beauty - (ALL)
• GMS Piccolo 13" - (DS)
• Slingerland 70s 6,5/14" - (DS)
• Rogers Wood 4,5/14" - (DS)
• GMS Ash Shell 6,5/14" - (DS)
• GMS 5/10" - (DS)

HATS:
• Sabian HHX Manhattan Jazz 14" - (DS, HR, BR)
• Sabian Hand hammered 16" Crash - (DS)
• Sabian HHX Evolution 13" - (DS, BR)

TOMS:
• GMS 10", 12", 14/14", 16/16", 16/18" with Coated Heads - (ALL)
• GMS 12", 14/14", 16/16", 16/18" with Clear Heads - (DS)

CYMBAL SETUP 1
• Position 1: Sabian AA Medium Thin Crash 19" - (DS, HR, BR, FM)
• Position 2: Sabian Hand hammered HH Fierce Crash 18" - (DS, HR, BR, FM)
• Position 3: HHX HHXtreme Crash 18" - (DS, HR, BR, FM)
• Position 4: Sabian AA Thin Crash 18" - (DS, HR, BR, FM)
• Position 5: HHX Evolution Crash 18" - (DS, HR, BR, FM)
• Position 6: HHX Xtreme Crash 19" - (DS, HR, BR, FM)

CYMBAL SETUP 2
• Position 1: HHX Evolution 16" - (DS, BR)
• Position 2: Sabian Jack DeJonette Encore 13" - (DS, BR)
• Position 3: Sabian Jack DeJonette Encore 18" - (DS, BR)
• Position 4: HHX Evolution Ozone Crash 16" - (DS, BR)
• Position 5: Sabian Jack DeJonette Encore 18" - (DS, BR)
• Position 6: HHX Evolution 17" - (DS, BR)

CYMBAL SETUP 3
• Position 1: Sabian AAXplosion 21" - (DS, FM)
• Position 2: Sabian AA Salsa Splash El Sabor 13" - (DS, FM)
• Position 3: Sabian AAXplosion 21" - (DS, FM)
• Position 4: HHX Evolution Effects Crash 17" - (DS, FM)
• Position 5: HHX Extreme Crash 16" - (DS, FM)
• Position 6: HHX Evolution Ozone Crash 18" - (DS, FM)

CYMBAL SETUP 4
• Position 1: Sabian 20" AAX Chinese - (DS)
• Position 2: Sabian HH 20" Dark Chinese - (DS)
• Position 5: Sabian AAX Mini Chinese 14" - (DS)
• Position 6: Sabian HHX 18" Chinese - (DS)


SPOCKS
• Position 1: SabianAAX Mini Chinese 14"/HHX Evolution effeks Crash 17" - (DS)
• Position 2: Sabian AA El Sabor Salsa Splash 13"/AAX Chinese 20" - (DS)
• Position 4: Sabian Hand hammered Dark Chinese 20"/HHX Evolution 16" - (DS)
• Position 5: Sabian HHXtreme Crash 16"/Evolution O-Zone Crash 18" - (DS)
• Position 6: HHX Evolution O-Zone Crash 16"/HHX Chinese 18" - (DS)

RIDES
• Position 1: Sabian AA Dry Ride 22" - (DS)
• Position 2: Sabian HHX Dry Ride 21" - (DS)
• Position 4: Sabian Hand hammered HH Vintage Ride 21" - (DS, BR, HR)
• Position 5: Sabian Hand hammered HH Raw Dry Ride 22" - (DS)

COWBELL
• Cowbell - (DS)

slavedave

+1
I had EZ and upgraded for 99 dollars and I am very pleased with the new kit (Allaire that is integrated into the basic SD2 package). I no longer use EZD within SD2 but occasionally use the Nashville kit, and Latin EZX's within the SD2 shell.
SD2.0 has so much more tweakability if that is your thing. It is a bit bewildering if you don't know much about drum miking and mixing. I recently bought the preset add-on packs to compensate for my inability to work it out and have been pleased with the 7 new sounding kits I now have. More presets from Steven SLate are imminent too.
It is a bit of a deal still - if you are smart like me, you can buy the upgrade, apply to Toontrack to sell your old EZdrummer, sell the EZD and then end up getting SD2 for the sale price minus the cash you sell on EZD for. It is all legitimate, just be transparent when selling on EZD since there are a couple of enforced restrictions around tech support etc with the EZD when you re-sell it to a new user to authorise.

MilanPan!c

SD is amazing!!!

Very versitile and pro-sounding (if you tweak it).


I'm still rocking the AR kits though... Too much of a good thing is never a real problem, right?

i57dwun4yb1pt8

its fcuking brilliant


NEXT

PMI

The additional mics are a blessing too, ie: you can add a little green bullet mic on the kick etc.. theres an SM57 mic for more nastyness and you can assign what goes where ie: whole kit to the main room but leave the snare out of it and send that somewhere else, it really is the MUST HAVE TOOL !

search you tube for a mixer view it will make sense then