RIMSHOTwhat you experienced, is similar to my own....
i still like to hard EQ the snare and kick, but for the most part, i thought the sonics of the 24 bit capture in the triggered samples sounded so good, they needed no eq, or limiting, or compression.
makeshiftgood argument for upgrading to superior.
that's what i did, started with EZ, but once i got superior, i quit using ez altogether.
starisenone of the other drum programs that i've used (acid, bfd, studio) work or sound like superior.
so it's really not a good comparison.....
the idea of mixing thru 'program-specific' internal mixers, is a good one on paper...
but to my ears, cutting to the chase, getting the 'raw' samples at 24 bit provided in superior (with their exceptional captures), seems to free the sonics up quite a bit...
and it is more intuitive for me to mix them that way.
there is additional 'math' that is going on to run drum samples thru internal mixers, and then on to the 'main' sonar mixer.....
oh yea, as far as comments on my drum tracks, i mean, obviously purists, and myself included, would always rather use live drums......
but you are right, my tracks are pretty kicking, and some folks would argue the case just for the sport of it.
that's ok.
i know very few drummers that can play up to the standard i want, so i'll deal with programming the best drums i can.