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Wedges2
Published on 04/20/11 at 11:27
It's a very simple plugin to install and get running on your computer. There is just one disc, pop it in, install it, and then run it. It will ask you to authorize it which is easy - but for me hard. I got my copy free with an MPD24 and then didn't have my authorization code for all the expansion that came with. Their support was pretty bad so they actually forced me to get them from a torrant. (not condoning downloading warez software) Anyway other than that little hiccup I'm sure everyone else will not have a problem installing this plugin.
It's a very simple interface. One screen and then a mixer. You will learn the interface in a day.
SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE
It's actually very light on my CPU. It's surprising because of the sound quality but it's true. I've been using it for over a year with a 2.0GHz Dual core 2GB RAM Gateway that isn't even for music. So for a music computer EZdrummer will be very light. I use Windows XP. I use a midi controller with EZ Drummer and they intergrate pretty well. Sometimes I'll find that one of the sounds I can generate by clicking on the GUI of the plugin is not mapped to my 61 keyboard and there isn't a midi learn function that I know of yet so I'm just forced to record it from clicking on the GUI which is a pain.
OVERALL OPINION
I love the sound quality. This really is the best acustic drum kit simulation. Every expansion is quality. The claustrophobic kit is great for hip hop and so is the pop / rock kit. I have even found the 2 funk kits and the jazz useful. The way the sounds fit into beats is phenomenal.
Since it's such a simple plugin there isn't much room for error and that's why there aren't many. The plugin isn't perfect as I've listed some glitches above but overall it's great. I'd definatly make the choice again and I'm even looking forward to buy moring expansions for the plugin. ToonTrack really made a quality product.
It's a very simple interface. One screen and then a mixer. You will learn the interface in a day.
SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE
It's actually very light on my CPU. It's surprising because of the sound quality but it's true. I've been using it for over a year with a 2.0GHz Dual core 2GB RAM Gateway that isn't even for music. So for a music computer EZdrummer will be very light. I use Windows XP. I use a midi controller with EZ Drummer and they intergrate pretty well. Sometimes I'll find that one of the sounds I can generate by clicking on the GUI of the plugin is not mapped to my 61 keyboard and there isn't a midi learn function that I know of yet so I'm just forced to record it from clicking on the GUI which is a pain.
OVERALL OPINION
I love the sound quality. This really is the best acustic drum kit simulation. Every expansion is quality. The claustrophobic kit is great for hip hop and so is the pop / rock kit. I have even found the 2 funk kits and the jazz useful. The way the sounds fit into beats is phenomenal.
Since it's such a simple plugin there isn't much room for error and that's why there aren't many. The plugin isn't perfect as I've listed some glitches above but overall it's great. I'd definatly make the choice again and I'm even looking forward to buy moring expansions for the plugin. ToonTrack really made a quality product.