It starts with the most closely aligned to what I tapped to the least.You'll also find open hat.closed hat.ride cymbal.fills, etc. I then press search and it will list say 40 loops that are close. I then tap the kick drum where I want it. What I do is go to Search and Tap to Find.You can then hit the Tap2Find and a metronome taps out a click for two measures and I ad a stare where I want it. I am using EZ2.It's very easy to use and very easy to get started. Whichever one helps you find the parts you need most easily is going to be the least frustrating to use. For me that's where the whole creative process can get bogged down and frustrate me.Įveryone's brain is different and some people will find what they're looking for more quickly in one program or the other. To me the main differentiator should be how quickly you're able to home in on the loop you need for your project. It's much easier for you to simplify a part than to jazz it up, so they provide the jazzed-up version and you can cut out the stuff that is too much for your track. Usually the included loops in a program like this will tend toward the busy side, but that's intentional.

The loops will be similar in quality too. Slate probably compares more directly to Toontrack's Superior Drummer product w/r/t features and tweakability, but EZ D has a lot of that too. I think they both sound good and give you a lot of control over the sounds. They're both available to demo for free I think, though with limited content libraries.

Superior drummer 2