

That changed with the introduction of SD3, which offered the best of both worlds. I cut my teeth on EZ2, and had good results with it using the channel outs to individual mixer channels in S1 but hankered for additional control over the preset voices and mixing options but couldn’t bring myself to invest in SD2 because it didn’t have the ‘groove browser’ facilities, which are great. I found nothing in SSD with my initial dabbling to convince me to change my user habits from the Toontrack stable, all I have used is a few of the included midi patterns, which I ported over to SD3 and changed the midi mapping to suit. I am not a power user so my limited user knowledge should be taken into account when considering my views but here goes. I have EZD2, SD3 and SSD5 (free version). EZ2 has plenty of audio demos on their site to listen to as well as a FREE DEMO. I would download the FREE SSD5 kit and check it out. The mixer in SSD5 is more full featured, no question there The limitations are not there in EZ2 once you record down your individual parts and treat them like a regular kit. Sound preference is just that, preference. I have had Slate since before version 4 here.

construction window to piece together your track and easily beats Slate in support.

EZ2 has lots of expansions, loads of midi patterns, tap to find. SSD5 has more as far as the mixing area and the sound is diff than EZ2. SSD does not have a good history with updates and bug fixes. EZ2 is a HUGE step up from EZ1 in function and sound quality.
