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stompboxjon « All your drumming needs! »
Published on 01/13/13 at 22:08I have been using Superior Drummer for a long time and when 2 came out I was not sure if I wanted to upgrade or not because I thought it would be a waste of money. The options that Superior Drummer 2 gives you are almost the same as Superior Drummer 1 except it is much easier and user friendly. I love all of the built in effects that are new like the Gate, compressor, and highpass/lowpass filters. These where missing out of the first version and when they added them to version 2 it was a huge bonus. There is also a 5 band EQ! You can also easily layer your sounds to create a much “bigger” sound than ever before.
SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE
All of the drum samples where professionally recorded and play by a professional drummer live. Installing this program will take some time because it has to install a bunch of samples. You will need to have 25 GB of disc space and be running at least Windows Vista, even though it will work on XP I just don’t think XP is powerful enough to handle it properly unless your processor is very fast.
OVERALL OPINION
You can use just about any MIDI controller with this program like you would with your main DAW like Reason or Cubase. Using this as a plug in with Reason and Cubase is very easy, I have even used it with FL Studio and it worked fine. It has never crashed or frozen on any one of my sessions.
My options and effects have gotten much better since I upgraded to Superior Drummer 2, I have used many other drumming programs like EZ Drummer and Addictive Drums before, and none of them are as good as this is. I highly recommend getting this if you want realistic sounding drums and full control over how they will sound. You will not find any better sounding drums, and amazing patterns and fills.
SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE
All of the drum samples where professionally recorded and play by a professional drummer live. Installing this program will take some time because it has to install a bunch of samples. You will need to have 25 GB of disc space and be running at least Windows Vista, even though it will work on XP I just don’t think XP is powerful enough to handle it properly unless your processor is very fast.
OVERALL OPINION
You can use just about any MIDI controller with this program like you would with your main DAW like Reason or Cubase. Using this as a plug in with Reason and Cubase is very easy, I have even used it with FL Studio and it worked fine. It has never crashed or frozen on any one of my sessions.
My options and effects have gotten much better since I upgraded to Superior Drummer 2, I have used many other drumming programs like EZ Drummer and Addictive Drums before, and none of them are as good as this is. I highly recommend getting this if you want realistic sounding drums and full control over how they will sound. You will not find any better sounding drums, and amazing patterns and fills.