In a happy surprise, I have a few bucks to blow at Amazon, who happen to fulfill Audiodeluxe orders on Toontrack products. I definitely don't need any more drums, but as I'm moving out of the USA, I literally have to order SOMEthing in the next day or so. I already have the NY-Vol II SDX, which is really quite wonderful. I am considering adding either the Roots sticks SDX or the Music City SDX. With that said, I already have the Americana and Nashville EZXs - is it at all redundant to add one of the 'overlapping' SDXs? I'm into pretty standard classic rock/country/blues sort of stuff. Of course, I could just order a pair of shoes, but thought I'd see if anyone had any thoughts. TIA

I bought Roots SDX (both volumes) and love it.  I have NY Studios 2 SDX and I do not see them to be that similar or overlapping except in that they are both nice acoustic sets.  I do not own Music City, but would guess that it would be closer to a (very) enhanced version your Nashville EZX which you already own.  I know you will check both out, but definitely view the video on the making of Roots on the Toontrack site.  Roots has 36 gigs of sample and comes with large number of components (snares, Kicks, toms, cymbals, mics) and has some nice midi grooves; the mixer presets are also useful.  Right now Roots is my default SDX.  I doubt you would be disappointed with it.  

I find the Music City to be very different than the Nashville, it's not reduntant at all. The Chuck Ainlay presets with Music City are great, but you need plenty of ram to load them. They load on my 8 gig machine, but not my 4 gig (my 4 gig is XP 32 bit, so that could also play a big factor). I'm not a big fan of the midi files with Music City (just not for what I do), so I mostly use the Nashville and Americana midi's with it.

I don't have Roots so I can't comment on that one. Would love to get it though!

Roots Mallets and Brushes is a great and different set of tools to have.  That said, if you don't need drums, you might look at EZMix2 or the new EZKeys.

yorolpal

Roots Mallets and Brushes is a great and different set of tools to have.  That said, if you don't need drums, you might look at EZMix2 or the new EZKeys.

Absolutely agree with our'olpal.  In my post above I should have said that Roots Mallots & Brushes is my favorite.  EZKeys is nice if you are not a pianist.

Thanks! There's some really helpful info here. From the comments, I might be better holding off until I have upgraded my system a bit. I'm not even running 64-bit Sonar yet. Very interesting to hear the love for the mallets/brushes. I hadn't even checked out that demo so I'll take a listen!

Superior's Metal Foundry is not, contrary to conventional naming wisdom, just a "metal" kit. It's probably the most versatile SDX of them all, IMO. Not to say that it can cover every genre but for over all Rock it covers a lot.

bapu


Superior's Metal Foundry is not, contrary to conventional naming wisdom, just a "metal" kit. It's probably the most versatile SDX of them all, IMO. Not to say that it can cover every genre but for over all Rock it covers a lot.

+1 Unlike, the DKFH EZX it is far more than just metal. Its great for almost any rock genre.