Superior Drummer 2.4.0 update available.

FYI
 
I found an SD 2.4.0 update in my ToonTrack account this morning. Have not installed it yet so I'm not sure what changed.
 
Kind regards,
Rick

Probably EZ2 compatability. So it can use the EZ2 kits and updated EZXs

does it work for XP?

I don't know for sure because my ears are tired from tracking today but it seems as if there is more headroom in 2.4. Someone else, clue us in.

Sidroe
Well, I bit the bullet and did the upgrades on the EZD kits. All seems well, right now. Some of the midi libraries have gotten a lot bigger. More choices and it seems to be more useable patterns have been added. Sounding good!

Intresting.
 
But if you upgrade an EZX, does it still work in EZDrummer 1?

Sidroe
I don't know for sure because my ears are tired from tracking today but it seems as if there is more headroom in 2.4. Someone else, clue us in.

I don't think there is any thing in the update to support that.

I didn't get that email. Maybe they know I'm running XP...
 

I would presume not. Windows XP has been officially discontinued, as it is 13 years old now. Hence new software doesn't support it anymore.

I am a software developer, and my products install and run on XP just fine. Vista, too. That's because I make a point of maintaining compatibility across many Windows versions.
 
Because my applications interact with Microsoft Office, I also have to maintain compatibility with multiple versions of Office, and let me tell you that's a royal PIA! But I do it because the alternative is telling a customer I can no longer take his money.
 
Seriously, losing XP-compatibility usually has one of two causes: the developer is too lazy and/or too cheap to keep an XP machine around for testing, or they are coerced by Microsoft in order to keep their Windows logo certification. 
 
In the business world, XP still has a huge user base, many times bigger than Windows 8. Advice to periodically replace the O/S with a newer version usually comes from users who have no non-trivial applications they depend on. If they did, they'd know that upgrading the O/S can be vastly more complicated than just sticking in a DVD.

They had to pry my XP computer from my wrinkled old hands! I loved it so! I never had Vista because everyone said it was a dog. I made the jump to Windows 7 with a new rig. I have to say after learning my way around that it felt very much like XP. I now have a laptop with Windows 8.1 setup to boot to the classic desktop. I'm not quite sure what my impressions are of it yet. I do miss XP!

I still have not found anything else about it.
 
It does state on the ToonTrack website that SD2 is supported in XP but it does not state whether the 2.4.0 update changes that. It's the EZD2 that requires (stated in system specs) win 7 or higher.
 
If you're running XP I would want to hear directly from ToonTrack whether the SD2 2.4.0 update will work or provide any value.

bitflipper
I didn't get that email. Maybe they know I'm running XP...
 
In the business world, XP still has a huge user base, many times bigger than Windows 8. Advice to periodically replace the O/S with a newer version usually comes from users who have no non-trivial applications they depend on. If they did, they'd know that upgrading the O/S can be vastly more complicated than just sticking in a DVD.

The thing is, it is out of support. No security patches. That is reason enough not to run it. I do IT support professionally and we are leaning on people hard to get off XP. There are other reasons to use a newer OS, they've made many other improvements, but that it is EOL is reason enough. It is going to become an increasing security liability, and increasing support headache (it is already a good bit more difficult to support than newer OSes).
 
MS has a pretty reasonable lifecycle: 10 years from the date of release, minimum. That's on par with RHEL and stuff like that. So like I said, you need to be ready to upgrade at least once a decade, which is not unreasonable. You probably need a new computer at least once a decade as PSUs/HDDs are seriously pushing it at that age.
 
XP is 13 years old, they extended support 3 years, so it really isn't unreasonable to make the switch to something newer. I can fully understand devs that aren't going to support XP when Microsoft themselves has discontinued XP support.

re-installed EZD2...as it got corrupted with the update.  All is working now...except that I have to update everything that is EZD2 related... expansion packs and midi files.
Superior seems OK and sees all libraries....and kits from both programs
My EZplayer now disappeared, but that's ok as I use Toontrack solo if I need a stand alone.