Obviously because they were talking about the Superior Drummer samples, the difference Mattias was referring to was not going to be so much to do with processing on top of already processed drums (since Superior is much less pre-processed than EZdrummer).
Neil Dorfsman asked him if there was a noticeable difference in sound quality between the 16-bit and 24-bit bit files and Mattias said something along the lines of “sure if you start processing them you’ll hear a difference”. The only reason I asked about processing the 16-bit samples producing a noticeable difference in sound quality is that Mattias talked about it in the Superior Drummer tutorial videos that are up on the Toontrack site. Where appropriate I do switch to the Superior equivalent (Nashville to Music City most frequently, but recently MetalHeads to Metal Foundry) but that’s usually to render tracks for someone else to mix. For me, EZX-s in Superior are the best solution most of the time. So, IMO, while there is no question that the raw to mildly produced sounds of SDX-s, extended sample pool (or rather full/original), and extra microphones (and extra articulations) are a Superior tool (pun intended) in the right hands, if your mixing skills are not up to scratch then an EZX can come in very handy without compromising much.Īnyway there are no single answer to your question, each individual is different. For all these methods but the very first, the reduced pool is more than adequate. EZX-s are ‘out-of-the-box’ sound sets made by professionals and the 16/24 bit aspect is 100% irrelevant if you are content with the outboard processing that has been done (or at least like the ‘ballpark’ territory).Īs to the sample pool reduction it depends on how you program your drums, there is a ‘lazy’ way which consists of drawing notes all at the same velocity and another which is to either use the provided grooves (with ad-hoc edits), program carefully your parts, or play them in. EZX-s can most definitely be used in professional productions, and are on a common basis (particularly in music to film).
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