All user reviews for the Toontrack EZdrummer

Hi all. I need serious help! I just bought Toontrack EZdrummer which looks to me to be nice but I can not seem to use it with my magix audio studio AC plugins do not work but I use the audio function magix studio 2006 (noon function I understand anything) I can not seem to do Toontrack EZdrummer Audio chew. if there is a nice guy who well know it by computer music and would like filler me a hand it would be very nice ... I leave you my .0603761944 ISSUE portable and fixed 0,147,841,747. HELP ME GUYS Abdel ...

ADQUATION / PERFORMANCE

Hi all. I need serious help! I just bought Toontrack EZdrummer which looks to me to be nice but I can not seem to use it with my magix audio studio AC plugins do not work but I use the audio function magix studio 2006 (noon function I understand anything) I can not seem to do Toontrack EZdrummer Audio chew. if there is a nice guy who well know it by computer music and would like filler me a hand it would be very nice ... I leave you my .0603761944 ISSUE portable and fixed 0,147,841,747. HELP ME GUYS Abdel ...

NOTICE GLOBAL

Hi all. I need serious help! I just bought Toontrack EZdrummer which looks to me to be nice but I can not seem to use it with my magix audio studio AC plugins do not work but I use the audio function magix studio 2006 (noon function I understand anything) I can not seem to do Toontrack EZdrummer Audio chew. if there is a nice guy who well know it by computer music and would like filler me a hand it would be very nice ... I leave you my .0603761944 ISSUE portable and fixed 0,147,841,747. HELP ME GUYS Abdel ...

No special installation concerns, if not the perennial problem of the location of the VST DLL that is not easy to find especially if you install the software on a system with both 32 and 64bit. To look a bit much to know where to find the famous file and then the choice, either move it manually if your DAW does not allow you to add more VST folders, or to know what path to declare your DAW (Cubase allows declare as many subfolders as you want and that's good, but ... Live
Once the installation is completed in good and due form, the grip is childish view, simplistic (in the negative sense). Simplistic because in the end, EZDrummer is neither more nor less than a kind of tote grooves, albeit organized in a coherent and logical manner, but without any form of ergonomics which requires actually looking LE groove needed in a listing of the most indigestible. Fortunately, it sounds good, because side functionality related to the immediacy of use, it is unfortunately VERY far from the criteria previously imposed by Fire Groove Agent Steinberg, whose various three drafts have certainly taken the lead in the wing side sound quality, but the ergonomics was a success in terms of real-time game. And this is where my problem facing EZDrummer. Too accustomed as I was to this ease of use to actually play in real time with Groove Agent, I expected a system, if not identical, at least in the m ^ m mind. But not at all.
To understand what I mean, I need to develop a little about me.
With Groove Agent, it was possible to use a master keyboard to control almost everything in the interface of the app. Note that I am not talking to trigger samples with a kick to C, Hi-Hat on F #, DC on D, etc. .. Yes, of course, this mode of control is present in both GA in EZD . No, I'm talking about control levels of complexity grooves, fills, trigger different functions like "half-time feel" (of retaining the flow and phrasing of HH while the sentence Kick / DC is divided by 2) or a whole bunch of other funny things that make GA a joy to fly direct to build our song.
With EZD, nothing like that. M ^ m merely start or stop playback of the active groove in sync with the host does not exist. The tempo sync, of course, but stopping the host translates continuity reading EZD. Not exactly what you're doing more practice ...
A great thing Groove Agent was in fact transfer an instrument (eg, kick or CC) in the groove in progress, while allowing the user to play live to the master keyboard over the rest of groove playing. Huge advantage in a single pass, you could then choose a style, cut the kick with his left hand, change the complexity of live style or trigger different fills, however with the right hand, you could record live our own phrase kick on a MIDI track.
We can obviously reach the m ^ m with EZDrummer result, but not without a heavy combination of drag and drop a MIDI track grooves followed by a publishing rule to delete the row Kick, etc ... For the Suddenly, the immediacy takes a slap ... Farewell rapid implementation so important in case of sudden inspiration in the middle of the night ...
This is obviously not the only differences that I regret, but this little paragraph is normally sufficient to explain how EZD is very different from GA.
You can tell me that I may be misinformed before buying EZD, but the logic of GA seemed so obvious that I really struggle to understand that competition did not ultimately opted for m ^ m implementation.

Nevertheless, the organization of the library is perfectly logical grooves in EZD which still allows a fairly logical and intuitive work, but not as instantaneous.

SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE

My laptop from September 2013 I decided to take one that is relatively powerful for the margin over time. I currently running on an ASUS G750J the Republic Of Gammer series animated by a i74700HQ (i7 4th generation) with 8GB DDR Windows 8.1. I spend most often by RME BabyFace or sometimes directly by the sound interface my Roland VG-99 function. My main host is Cubase 7.5, and I occasionally use Live 8. In any case, no worries, it purrs ...
I'm not very consumer VSTi plugins, but when I use m ^ m quite VSTfx.

OVERALL OPINION

Purchased and installed only from a groin 15 days after the announcement of the free upgrade to EZD2 for recent EZD1 owners. Video AF test me with envy especially given functions announced in EZD2 and also pushed out by Steinberg that no longer supports Groove Agent 3 become partially incompatible with the 64Bit (GA3 can still rotate, but its MIDI outputs can not be recorded directly in Cubase which was one of the most important functions of the app), I am quite interested also BFD3 I plan to buy also additional EZD2 will be available in 3 days. BFD does not at all in the sense m ^ m "composer" qu'EZD, but rather in the logic "sound engineer", I intend to take advantage of both.
The "Ingé-its" EZD being, it must be admitted, largely forgotten. The EZD logic is rather no-brainer to mix settings, everything must be integrated live sound without taking cum in the mix in progress, this side is me certainly useful during of components. But phase mix, I stay on my hunger. Unable eg route toms separately in the console on their own respective tranche. We must sort the toms on a single stereo bracket. It may be suitable for least developed among us, but for total control, it will return ...
Originally, the number of grooves is proposed interesting, but quickly falls short of novelty. The number of drum kits is also frustrating compared to Groove Agent (yeah, I know it well to be used for almost 10 years), the price was nevertheless very similar. With EZD, if other banks of sounds you want, you must go through the box drawer. The app is already not quite given (there is obviously much worse, but when m ^ m ...), it is a factor to be taken into account for small budgets.

In short, with experience, I do not regret having bought EZD1 in optical EZD2 obtain more promising. But if I had to content myself with EZD for several years, I would have when m ^ m frankly had bad. Insofar EZD2 will definitely replace EZD, this review will no longer intended to guide you in a possible purchase as soon EZD1 available. But the promises of EZD2, including its function Tap To Find, are clearly indicative of a widely assumed evolution of Toontrack. Visit the OPINION of EZD2 therefore, a few days section.

The installation is done it without problems?
Yes ... and not, go on the net to check if your computer is not connected (this is a deliberate choice).

The general configuration is easy?
Minimalist (that is why it're EZ (easy))

Have you experienced any incompatibilities?
Little - it works as a stand-alone

The manual is clear and sufficient?
The interface is so good that the manual is almost acessoire

SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE

PC, Laptop and Mac, dual and quad core, 4gb ram, external and internal hard drives.
Everything works and hair cell is stable.

OVERALL OPINION

Used for three years
I used BFD but hey, a little factory.

I love the ergonomics is ideal to help the composition. then I am less a fan of the business model that offers the acquisition of additional pack.
This is also is that it reads the MIDI tracks from elsewhere and is already comes with a good package.
Top to compose and make models.

What struck me the most is the least unlocking via a code on the site because I can not connect my dedicated to muusique machines.

The Q / P ratio is excellent, it is not expensive. Developments are pushing au crime in spending.

simple installation if you have an internet connection on the machine computer music, fast and simple config, no conflict for me, I never needed the manual. 6 only because of the internet.

SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE

I have a very good PC, configured and assembled only for computer music. Stable config. ez drummer works fine without pulling the machine performance, low fuel consumption software (normal, it is also an inefficient software), no crash or problem for more than a year of use. I put that right, because it is still the minimum a basic software works correctly.

OVERALL OPINION

I need a software allowing me to quickly set a draft workable rhythm track through composting or remix. use for this mission is almost filled, if you buy extensions for MIDI because MIDI files supplied as standard with the software, and although you can program yourself without any difficulty. if you want something a little more realistic and usable you must go through the buying noon pack which had relatively well damn (intro, verse, chorus, bridge ...), and probably played by real drummers . on the other hand of that one advance in understanding, it appears that the drum kit supplied as standard or even those you buy are more difficult (or impossible) to mix, they take up too much space with a dynamic reduced. So you say "okay, I have a midi track, I'll put it another VST with better sound (kontakt in my case.) and it goes bad, because the drum map and specific ez drummer and at first you will repeat your entire midi track to reallocate good notes to sound good ... then the second problem, the management of velocities ... As there is little layer velocities in ez drummer (3 four by I think, no more), the velocities are either very high or very low, with no shade ... and therefore publishing all velocities for a result that begins to be really usable and beyond the draft stage sound ... As I use Cubase and I'm a fan of the logic editor, these phases can go relatively quickly for me, but with another DAW I think it must be a sacred galley. ..
Overall, the purchase price mentioned above understand buying ez drummer, two additional kit and eight packs noon. € 486 it's a little expensive for a software that allows to drafts with his very average and requires a very great deal of editing to achieve a just usable result.
So sad and average product trade policy ... I continue to use it because I get all the same to have an acceptable worckflow with, but only because of the advanced features cubase MIDI and because long ago I learned to program a drum track.
Needless to say I will never do it again this choice, and I do not buy anything from Toontrack. I always look for a replacement groove agent 1 and 2 (the older versions) that I loved. otherwise in a purely electronic register you have the Arturia Spark, huge grooves and sounds terrible ...

Installing a bit risky and not sufficiently detailed in the brochure.

SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE

AMD Athlon 3Ghz 4 cores.
RAM = 4 ° G
64-bit Windows 7

EZ Drummer works perfectly in this configuration.

OVERALL OPINION

I just wanted to react to the article by
endless_nameles the 16/12/2012 about EZ Drummer.
It noted that there is only one track for Toms and cymbals ...
what is right!
This is a stereo track mixer and EZ Drummer allows "Pan-Poter" elements normally.
On the other hand, it is possible and even recommended to split the battery as many tracks there are elements.
This allows a very precise management of each of the elements of the battery
(Level, EQ, effects, etc ...)
Be careful to avoid consuming machine resources for each track creates, it will be necessary to disengage unused items to free up RAM.

This drum pack works on MAC , Windows Xp and 7. No issued found while using it on different platforms like Xp , 7 and Vista.

The manual provided by Toontrack shares a lot of important information regarding the program and its features and effects in a very effective manner that allow the user to get right to work.

The general configuration is quite easy but it requires some time doe to the high size of the product that is sample based.

The typical functions are easy to access , very pleasant design , amateur friendly.

SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE

The software works good in its configuration , the level of stability isn't a problem.

I'm getting great performances in creating different grooves , beats and syncopations in my songs using this product.

I've been using it for about two years now.

OVERALL OPINION

What I really love about this product is the multiple microphone control which gives a better and more advanced perception in space for the listener , the stereo and multi-track routing is also a huge helper.

The fact that this library is based around real samples recorded in New York makes a huge difference due to its quality and real sounding drums.

You can also add your own midi files to the software or use some of the midi files provided with the product.

The humanizer function allows the user to create higher quality drum patterns that only a real drummer could.

My opinion about the value for the price is great , a very advanced drum tool that incorporates a very cool sound with different time features.

Precision and quality of the sound is extremely great , very good sounding kicks , snares and toms , love them.

Knowing what I know , I would buy this product if I'll need a drum pack.

The installation is an obstacle course, as always with Toontrack.

I had suffered from the lack of ergonomics DFH, first name, now that I suffered EZ DRUMMER.

Initially we realize that we have the DVD is useless, and it is necessary to download the software on the Toontrack site.

I said that realizes ALONE, since there is no manual seriously. First error message, you are looking on the net. It directs you to Toontrack, which obviously forces you to create an account at the con, registering your products, then the download.

You download a zip file, then click install. This is still not good, the second error message. You seek and you find out for yourself that it is mandatory to click "extract files here".

Ok then your router must sequencer to the dll file. EZ DRUMMER, then open your VST from the sequencer, then allow your software online ...

SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE

No problem with stability or performance.

OVERALL OPINION

I just acquired. I used DFHS before, it was laborious, no more, no less.

After a few minutes of use, I realize that there is no function "learn" on EZ drummer.ça worth mentioning!

Let me explain: when you make your drum tracks, you can not tell your sequencer: I want such a note as active element of the battery.
You will have to use the notes assigned by the manufacturer, which can be particularly annoying because not ergonomic.

it has been pointed out on forums, but Toontrack blandly responds "you only have to buy superior drummer." As if to change the assignments of notes was a professional function ... lamentable.

I'm not surprised, because I also DFHS, and move to the SD crossgrade cost 70 euros. All at once, this crossgrade has disappeared, and was replaced by another costing twice ... Toontrack thank you. I will think of the competition next time.

I'll update my opinion.

EZ Drummer is a sample-playback engine for drums. It can be used as a plug-in inside a DAW, or as a stand-alone application. Toontrack offers a ton of expansion packs that run inside EZ Drummer (or Superior Drummer 2.0), if you want different sounds. There are some pretty good deals offered throughout the year, so I definitely suggest watching the price for a bit if you are looking to purchase it.

Toontrack's installation process is straight-forward (no iLok). Everything about this product really is 'EZ'.

Once installed, the drum samples can be triggered from e-drums, a midi keyboard, or even from the internal midi library of midi drum performances. I think the midi files included in toontrack's products are the easiest to use compared to other products (BFD2, Addictive Drums, NI Studio Drummer, SSD4, etc.). The midi files can be easily dragged into the host DAW for sequencing.

SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE

The samples that come with the base EZ Drummer package are pretty stale in my opinion. The expansion packs have much more usable sounds, and I would recommend looking into the many options to find the pack that fits the style of music you are interested in.

There is one specific (but not completely intuitive) reason I would recommend EZ Drummer. Although the samples included in EZ Drummer aren't great for a final song mix, it is a perfect software package to use during tracking if you are using e-drums or a keyboard to record a drum performance. EZ Drummer is super light on the CPU, which means you can run it at low latency without problems. I always use EZD to track drums because I can use a 32 sample buffer setting to achieve almost no delay while recording. Other software that is heavy on the CPU cannot be run at such a lower buffer setting. That software can just be substituted during mixing when the latency of higher buffer settings (1024 samples) isn't an issue.

OVERALL OPINION

If you don't have access to really nice drums, a nice drum room, nice studio equipment, and a drummer that never makes a mistake, drum samplers are the way to go for recording. There are a lot better sounding drum libraries worth considering if you want to achieve 'semi-professional' sounding drums on your tracks. Toontrack offers some great expansion packs that need to run inside of EZ Drummer, so that is one reason to buy it. It is also a great tool by itself to use during tracking for low latency.

I have used a bunch of different plug –ins for real natural authentic drums and there are a few of them that stick out to me. ToonTrack EZdrummer is one of them that will always be a part of my set up. The best part about it outside of the drum sounds is that it only cost 80 dollars. Or you can purchase the download only version that cost a little more than the boxed version. The Toontrack EZdrummer comes with over 8 thousand MIDI files. It has an internal mixer and you can edit each individual drum patch right in the program if you choose, that means you will not have to do any external EQ or effects when using the ToonTrack EZdrummer because you can do it all right in this plug-in. I have used the Toontrack EZdrummer in Cubase and FL Studio and it has worked flawlessly in both of those programs.

SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE

Setting it up was easy, it does take a while to install and load all of those sounds and patches but it is well worth the wait. The interface of the Toontrack EZdrummer is easy to work with, changing and editing drums are simple. You can also use this multiple times without slowing down your system. I have songs that I have done that have up to 7 different channels of Toontrack EZdrummer going at the same time and it has never stopped working on me.

OVERALL OPINION

If you are in need of a live drumming application VST, then look no further. The Toontrack EZdrummer is simple to use and it has professional real sounding drums that were recorded and sampled in a real studio. Forgot about all of the other programs and plug-ins that claim that they have the best sounding drum VST, because they don’t! The Toontrack EZdrummer has all of them beaten, and they also beat the competitors’ price as well. You cannot go wrong with this VST.

The Toontrack DFH EZ Drummer is a drum sampler with several type of samples.
There weren't any kind of compatibility issues, it works great on Windows XP, Windows 7, Vista, or MAC OS X.


SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE

The software work correctly in this configuration
THe gear is pretty stable, I haven't found any problems regarding the program.
I've been using this now, for about a month.

OVERALL OPINION

What I really like about it, are the kits, it has plenty of kits that allow to create unique drum patterns.
Some of the kits provided with the program:
Toontrack EZdrummer EZX Vintage Rock
Toontrack EZdrummer EZX Electronic and many other useful packs that can be incorporated in many genres.

Another great aspect of this product it's that it's very well designed and compact so it saves the music producers a lot of time in their process. However this product has a couple of issues, one of it, is the sound and the limited amount of effects available for sculpting the sounds and the eq provided by the program.

I like the humanize feature that allows to get away from the robotic feel of a certain pattern, the swing options works also as a great advantage.

However the quality of the sounds can't match Addictive Drums or BFD that's why I would suggest getting those products if you own the money for them.

However analyzing the balance between price and quality, the price is amazingly great for all those features and midi packages included in it.

I've tried several models and this one works great if you don't have or don't want to spend much money and still get some variety, but you should consider some higher quality drum samples if you're really serious about it and want to get a more deeper sound, but if you know how to make some good sounding parallel compression you can get away with it.

Installation: this is a bit laborious. It must indeed download all the software on the site Toontrack using the serial number, then receive an email with an activation key. It's long and it leaves PALNER doubt: do I not planted, is it that I can perform the installation on a PC not connected to internet (So, the answer is yes).

But with a little perseverance (and time since the operation must be repeated for each add-on), it is feasible. No bug, no other difficulties.

SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE

Use with FL Studio 10 on a PC with 4GB RAM and Vista, no problems of stability.

OVERALL OPINION

Use for 6 months.

And therefore: EZ is not the panacea, it's not very professional, but for the price, that's exactly what I wanted: what to call the model cheap.
So wise choice in my opinion if the claims are not too high.

The ToonTrack EZ drummer is a drum set simulated plug in that can be used in most DAW’s. I cant remember if you can use this as a stand alone application though (don’t know why you would want to anyways). Toon Track EZ Drummer Is often compared to Addictive Drums by NI. ToonTrack EZ Drummer is an affordable plug in if you are looking for those real drum sounds to add to your music. These types of softwares are really starting to push the live drummer of recorded music in today’s world because with programs like this you can do in midi what a real drummer can not do. You can just add all types of hits and drums when and wherever you want and that is virtual impossible for a real drummer to do.


SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE

The kits that come with Toontrack EZ drummer are pretty good kits, but I feel like it lacks in some areas. I really don’t like the Jazz kits at all I feel they could be better and this is where I feel like Addictive Drums excels better than Toontrack EZ Drummer.


OVERALL OPINION

Setting it up was easy, no different than any other standard plug in that you may use and the interface is right in front of you not a lot of menu’s and sub menu’s. Very easy to work through, I almost wish it was more indepth and a little more difficult to understand just so it felt like you could do more. The Manual wasn’t needed I have never opened it to know if it is clear or not which is a good thing because that means you wont need the manual.

Overall, if you like Toon Track EZ Drummer wait till you try Addictive Drums. All I can say is you don’t know what you are missing if you have tried Addictive Drums. If you havent purchased EZ Drummer then go right for Addictive Drums. You will see a Major difference and be way more satisfied with the abilities of Addictive Drums and the kits that come with it.

Easy installation, it was an upgrade from version LITE

Purchased online at Toontrack, the update is performed smoothly and the software is integrated with Pro Tools RTAS plug-in like butter!

No manual needed, the upgrade is done prtir site after product registration

SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE

Computer: HP Pavilion p6-2031fr

configuration:

AMD-3400 A4
4 GB RAM installed
Hard Drive 750 GB
Graphics Card Radeon HD 6350

no problem, everything works, coupled with an electronic drum kit Alesis DM7

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for more than a year before I was on the LITE version which is to flee as it is useless ... (Supplied with electronic drums)

After one year I did nothing wrong, I invested in banks noon to expand the available loops. I also take an extension like Metal Machine or Metalheads for new sounds

Simple implementation, using a PC and a Mac, Cubase Essential 5 and Garageband. No installation issues.

SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE

I was using a laptop with Core Duo 2007 with Cubase Essential 5, now with a 2010 Macbook Pro and Garageband. The important thing is to have an ASIO compatible sound card (using the driver ASIO4ALL) to avoid some problems.

I use it in a fairly simple setup: a drum track, tracks 3-4 guitar, a bass track. Under these conditions the computer is not overloaded, there is no problem.

The trouble performance for loading samples, which may take some time depending on the speed of the hard drive, and a lot of RAM.

OVERALL OPINION

I use EZDrummer in an amateur context, and from this point of view it works very well. Ca in the mix is ​​not "software", except perhaps the side a bit mechanical. It is very far from the sound point of view of sound kits noon.

The kits provided are very useful, but in my context the additional kits dedicated to metal me are necessary.

The overall result was an upgrade from an OEM version, the quality / price ratio is good. For a more pro, Superior Drummer will certainly be more adequate, however.

The installation is done it without problem?
On the Mac I have not had any trouble ...

Have you encountered any incompatibilities?
Works great with Ableton Live
The general configuration is easy?
Yes ... but see below
The manual is clear and sufficient? ...

There's a manual??

SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE

What is the configuration of your computer?
Mac Book Pro Dual Core
The software runs he correctly on this configuration?
Without a care
What are its performance?
Ben it grooves, simply
This hardware + software is stable?
Absolutely ...
I know I lack originality, but a Mac and music = the perfect pair ... Macs have only one default ... they are expensive ... But they do what is asked of them. Run software to make music ... and not, like on the PC, configure stuff that foirent miles before making music ... Everyone has different priorities ...

OVERALL OPINION

How long you use it?
Few hours, and I'm having
What is so special that you love the most, least?
Very simple ... well designed. on the other hand I do not like the interface ... What I have to f ... to have an image of a battery that wanderlust ... The main functions - the selection of samples - are not directly visible ... The "pretty" picture of the battery takes up the whole window ...
Did you tried many other models before buying it?
I try BFD ... and I did not like ... I did not have the punch and the ease of drag dragged into Live ...
How would you rate the quality / price?
Okay ... but to have fun though, will have to buy additional sound banks which will, ultimately the software quite expensive ... For the record Live intro cost me € 99 and € 119 in the plug ...
With experience, you do again this choice? ...
Yeah! Obviously

CONCLUSION
Well, this app should be taken for what it was designed ... Playing with pre-recorded samples of batteries in many different style ... It will never replace a real drummer (egg of course) ...

on the other hand for good demos, provided some attention, we will have better sound quality if you do not have the means to properly store a battery ... In short, we must choose between his samples in nickel and mixable but a little "school" / "classic" ... and an imperfect but with his life ... For EZDrummer will pil against hair in rhythm ... difficult thing to get any non-professional drummer ...

Luckily, I have in my group a great drummer ...