Registered: Dec 2002
Location: Toronto, Self-proclaimed Centre of the Universe
I was a user of SD1, but haven't used SD2.
My biggest complaints about SD1 were that it was basically all loops and you had to use that POS Intakt sampler with it.
Both of these boat anchors appear to be completely gone in SD2 - they're giving you actual drum samples and MIDI grooves so you should be able to tweak to your heart's content. Given the superb quality of the samples in SD1, it's probably well worth the investment.
But as a disclaimer, I'll reiterate that I don't have hands-on experience with SD2 and there might be other problems. All I know is that they've fixed what I believed to be the only problems with the original product.
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Jun-29-2010 00:22
cryophonik
Boom shanka
Registered: Jan 2008
Location: Elk Grove, CA USA
Hey - good to know we've got EWQL staff around!
quote:
Originally posted by DigiNut
All I know is that they've fixed what I believed to be the only problems with the original product.
I was pretty put off by the PLAY engine in the early stages, but EWQL seems to have worked out the major issues and it's been rock solid on my system for many versions now. I've been using VOP, SC, RA, and the free orchestra for a while now with no problems, so I'm pretty confident that SD2 will be a solid product as well. Funny that you mention the MIDI files because that's another feature that really attracted me to SD2 - playing/sequencing ethnic and orchestral percussion parts can be a PITA to get right (for me, at least), so it will be very nice to have some starting points to work with.
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Jun-29-2010 00:34
cryophonik
Boom shanka
Registered: Jan 2008
Location: Elk Grove, CA USA
quote:
Originally posted by tehlord
edit - oh, and if you go to your Kontakt world drums library. Just play a few of them and close your eyes thinking 'what would these sound like if I made them mOar'
That'll be SD
Well, you weren't exaggerating, were you?! I got it installed last night and, holy bat$hit - SD2 sounds huge!
