Highcastle_of_Tone
Power User
Depends on your workflow if you ask me. If you can make SD work for what you want there is no arguing that it's a more powerful product. But if you are like me and it isn't a matter of mixing as much as it is just getting something going then I think that EZD2 is really invaluable.
One of the selling points to EZD2 is that it's not an either/or deal with SD. They are two separate products with two different applications and the cool thing is that you can take anything you create in EZD2 and use the MIDI in SD to use it's feature set. I'd actually think that EZD2 is the idea creation tool and SD is the production side if you want more control.
As a long time Logic and NI Komplete user, I always felt I had enough options in the midi drummer/sampled kits department. I always suspected EZDrummer would be a better creative adjunct, and after taking the plunge and using it for just a few minutes I can already see how it enhances creative workflow. I'm not sure how good the original program was, but this new version is excellent. I'll be using it not only to create rough drafts that I can tweak in Logic or all the various sampled kits in Komplete, but I also think it will be great learning tool for my Roland VDrums. Thanks to everyone who recommended it.