BFD2 can use all the addons/xpansions from BFD 1.0. Superior can use all the add on sounds from EZ drummer and Superior 1.0. Now the value comes back to the amount of sounds/addons you can get and how good the effects within the player sound.įrom what I've heard in demos and using them briefly. After additctive drums, BFD2 came out with effects built in and now Superior 2.0 has effects built in. The samples are dry, as are the original Superior and the original BFD. This gave the plugin an ENORMOUS amount of sounds while only coming with 3 drumsets and a few additional kicks and snares.ĮZ Drummer has no effects built in. The thing that was great about addictive drums was that it was one of the first drumset sample players to include a vast array of plugins and has a set of 'channel strip' type effects for each channel in the plugin including distortion, compression, EQ, etc.

Not too concerned about price as I have some store credit to burn through. I DO however have Jamstix, so that could be a rough substitute for the loops. People seem to like SSD a lot, but I don't think it comes with loops. However, I'm not above using the loops in the final product if the shoe fits.įrom what I've read these two programs seem to make the most sense for me, but there's no demo for Superior 2.0, so I'm asking for opinions. I don't think EZ Drummer is what I'm looking for). I'll probably end up tapping in beats on a trigger pad/rough quantize/midi edit to finish the drums though, so I don't necessarily want to most pre-done plugin (i.e.

Basically just use it as a click track with a bit more character. I'd like the program to come with some loops and decent presets, for easiness off the get go, when I don't want to program the drums first thing. I'm looking for something middle of the road in terms of complexity, I think and I narrowed it down to these two choices.

Hobby level user here, mainly a bass player, but also guitar, like to record reasonably diverse stuff.

Addictive drums vs superior drummer 2.0