Minimal bleed control, just setting the bleed into the OH and Room, not the amazing bleed control of SD. There are not built in effects (reverb, dist, comps, EQ, etc). You can add buses to the mixer, but it appears they can only be used to group tracks together (multiple Kicks, Toms, etc) for a single output, which wouldn't be much different from assigning them all to the same out, as I don't see how you can apply any processing to the bus. You just load a kit piece and it is assigned to a channel in the mixer and then you can set the output of that channel (mono or stereo outs are available). SSD4 does not have the tweak-ability of SD in that you have access to the separate mics to edit in the plug-in (like AD & SD) or to output like in SD. Regarding the print of the drums, it was very similar to the SD approach (set and output for each piece, pan if necessary, set a track's input to that plug-ins out). This was fairly straight forward to load and assign MIDI notes, etc. In frustration, I ended up "creating" new kit pieces rather than adjusting the ones that were in the kit. I did what I thought he was doing in the demo to add/change sounds, but I ended up adding/changing a different kit piece then I though I was working with. I loaded a kit and then was attempting to switch some of the sounds. I used it to add some K & S augment tracks.
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I too watched the video and it seemed easy to adjust (and maybe it is-the whole manual thing), but my first experience was a bit frustrating. SSD4: I have the least experience with this and I obviously need to read the manual.
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I like how you can setup and adjust the kit and it's sounds, but again, if you're a tweakhead (like me) then SD still wins. Very nice and easy, but again not as "tweak-able" as SD. I have never printed tracks out of AD, but I was just looking at the capabilities and it is by far the easiest to turn on and make work and turn off. I like how you can easily drag them (SD) to the host, but have never liked the EZDrummer approach. Not as "tweak-able" as the SD grooves, but much easier to use.
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It does include a decent set of MIDI files if that is your thing (not really mine) and in my opinion (based on numbers) is the best of the three. The AD packs are generally small too (from 300-600mb), which is similar to the EZx packs. Although, to be fair I have only had AD and SSD3.5 (and just a couple days ago v4) for a short time now.ĪD: by far the smallest of the 3 at just over 1GB for the basic (no ADpacks). I have always loved that I could print the drums and have them in the mix in the format that I would have recorded them in the first place (the individual mics). I have all the SDX packs (except the new sticks/brushes-so maybe my GAS is not too bad). I have had SD the longest (since it was DFH). You'd think maybe I would be smart enough to see a doctor. I've got all 3 (SD, AD, & SSD4), and yes I definitely have a bad case of GAS, and have since the late 80's.