My top three (with the order depending on the criteria) consists of BFD, AD and SD. So, which one do I like best? I can't say for sure. But the sounds are really great, nothing to complain here. It doesn't have built-in effects and the editing options are fairly limited. That's great because the EZD plugin itself doesn't have many editing capabilities.įinally, Steven Slate Drums - the VSTi itself is still lacking compared to BFD, AD or SD. Plus you can play the EZX kits in SD to take of advantage of the mixing capabilities. Kits like Claustrophobic or Twisted Kit add some nice unique sounds, too. Those are available for quire cheap (~$30). What's really great about EZD are the expansions which offer some true gems like Americana, Funkmasters or The Classic. The default kit of EZ Drummer is basically a trimmed down version of the SD kit. I'm really looking forward to the two Roots SDX which I expect to arrive soon. Metal Foundry has a huge range of metal drums of great variety. The Vintage & Custom kit offer some really great new kits which sound more raw and unproduced. The default kit isn't my personal favorite, but it sounds good and quite production ready. OTOH you have incredible control over the microphones and the bleeding. I find it comparatively difficult to add kit pieces from different libraries and the mixer isn't as clear as the BFD mixer. The user friendlyness of the VSTi varies. BFD would benefit from more and better presets I suppose. It comes with many great onboard effects and in general the VST is very user friendly considering the complexity it has to deal with. I'd highly recommend it to anybody who loves to tweak the sound to their liking. There are some really unique expansions available, too (Decatom, Taiko, 8bit Kit). It's a great plugin to quickly fire up and get some drum sounds going in no time.īFD has very natural (as in unprocessed) drum samples, more natural than most other drum VSTs IMO. It comes with great preset that get an incredible amount of variation out of the comparatively small sample sets. But still the sounds are great and convincing. It always depends on what you want to do.Īddictive Drums doesn't have huge sample libraries and thus doesn't have the most detailed sounds. They are all great products and I would have difficulties to call one of them the best in general. The interesting point is - all products are different, with respect to usage, functionality and sound. You could say I'm fairly well covered with respect to sampled drums. I'm an absolute drums addict and I have Addictive Drums (incl Indie, Metal, Funk and Reel Machines), BFD 2 (with almost all expansions), Superior Drummer (with Custom&Vintage, Metal Foundry and soon the two Roots packs), EZ Drummer (with 6 EZX) and Steven Slate Drums 4.
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