

There’s a lot more that I really can’t off the top of my head come up with. There’s a just a tremendous library they’ve included of midi beats, bigger than the set that comes standard with EZdrummer. This is just a comparison with data that I’ve collected and yes with EZdrummer you have control over the sounds that they give you ADSR or compression and Distortion, mic placement, room reverb, drum location, mic blend, effects, and it does have quite a large selections of drums that you can pick from but with AD you have that and editable mappings ( I don’t think that EZdrummer can do that although I may be mistaken about that). I know this is beginning to sound like an advertisement for AD but it’s absolutely not. A lot of people I’ve talked agree that AD sounds much better than EZdrummer. I mean they have a lot of advanced features like Superior Drummer has, like I said before, but lack the ability to use your own samples (IIRC). AD is actually somewhere in between EZdrummer and Superior Drummer. Addictive Drums is also always running sales and actually has a sale going on right now for 99 bucks and it comes with two free kits which is pretty damn amazing.ĪD has a lot of the advanced features of Superior Drummer 2.

It’s really amazing how you can get the Ludwig John Bonham track sound right out of the box, it’s an absolutely incredible setup.

You can just drag them onto the midi track and bam! you have instant drums. It also has great sound and there’s just a whole bunch of Midi riffs and breaks that come standard with the package. It comes with a lot of functionality also. To start I’ll say that Addictive Drums sound really good, it’s very easy to use, it has tons of options and it’s not very expensive. It's not nearly as expensive, it has expansions for Metal or whatever else you might need (I just use everything stock), and it is simple enough to use and get good sounds out of without being an experienced producer.So this is a little comparison of EZdrummer 2 vs. Overall, I think for your first program Addictive Drums is the one to get. So I haven't really been able to get the sounds I want out of it yet, but I've only been using it for about a week. I think there's more of a learning curve on how to get a good drum sound with Superior and that it probably more realistically represents what it's like to mix real drums. With Superior you get a ton, I don't even know how many, and that's certainly quite the upgrade. I've always liked a lot of cymbals in the stuff that I write, but AD only allows spots for four: 1 ride, then a combo of 3 other splash/crash/china cymbals. That said, the software itself is somewhat limiting i.e. My experience with AD was good and it has a LOT of tweakability but with a fairly simple and intuitive interface. I've spent the past two or so years on Addictive Drums and just recently got Superior Drummer.
