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You know the ones. Tried to find similar sounding kits in each program. These are just playing a tom and standard beat I edited quickly.

Which sounds better?

https://soundcloud.com/jerevil/drum-test-1

I just listened with my phone up to my ear. I can hear a difference, but the phone is doing no justice.

Will listen on the Mackies when I get home.

Drums much bigger on #2 - not sure about symbols, though.

Need more votes - anxious to hear which is which

GRIMESPACE wrote:Need more votes - anxious to hear which is which

Dude, 60% of the time, your avatar cracks me up every time!

Yes, we need more votes.

Listening on my phone so I could be wrong but I think the first one is ez drummer and sounds much better.

JerEvil wrote:

GRIMESPACE wrote:Need more votes - anxious to hear which is which

Dude, 60% of the time, your avatar cracks me up every time!

I aims ta please

Let's go already!

I kinda like the purity & definition of the 1st part better. 2nd part sounds more compressed, which CAN be fine sometimes.

RIFF wrote:I kinda like the purity & definition of the 1st part better. 2nd part sounds more compressed, which CAN be fine sometimes.

Yeah I agree.

Ok well I'll do the "big fuckin' reveal" in the morning. See if any more feedback comes in.

Everyone is out wining and dining their hoes'.

They ain't got no time for important stuff.

Oh, kit 2 sounds like stuff I have heard in EZD2. Sounds more ambient and roomy. Kit sounds great until the double bass comes in. Then it sort of just dries out.

I probably just shot a hole in EZD2.

TurboPablo wrote:Oh, kit 2 sounds like stuff I have heard in EZD2. Sounds more ambient and roomy. Kit sounds great until the double bass comes in. Then it sort of just dries out.

I probably just shot a hole in EZD2.

Lol! I dig them both but have my preference.

wtf - only 5 votes?

I think a cross between the two would be best.

1 has more punch because the transients are bigger, but it lacks ambience for my taste. 2 has a great big vibey room sound but not much punch, almost like the close mics are too low.

Well fuck it!

1 is the Slates, 2 is EZD

That was my hunch.

So, which do you guys like better, closed-in / tighter (slate), or the bigger / ambient-sounding EZD2?

And, can't the room ambience be adjusted in EZD2? I think there's a mixer that'll let you do that - might make them tighter sounding.

I don't know that one is better than the other. I'll say they would probably both have their place depending on user preference.

Personally, I like big, open, crushing, roomy sounds. So I'd lean towards the EZD2 kit. But I can definitely see where the tighter sounding kit would work too.

JerEvil wrote:Well fuck it!

1 is the Slates, 2 is EZD

No shit!?!
Wow, what EZX/kit were you using for EZD?

Sounds like the basic kit to my ears.

TurboPablo wrote:Sounds like the basic kit to my ears.

That's the one. For Slate it was the Big Fatty kit

So, Jer - are you a convert to EZD2, yet?

JerEvil wrote:

TurboPablo wrote:Sounds like the basic kit to my ears.

That's the one. For Slate it was the Big Fatty kit

If you haven't scrolled through the kits in EZD2, there are a couple of tighter kits closer to what that Slate kit is.

GRIMESPACE wrote:So, Jer - are you a convert to EZD2, yet?

No but I have 9 more days. I think the midi libraries and tap beat is worth it. I think it combined with SSD might be a chocolate + peanut butter situation.