I don't know about EZ, but BFD2 will do all that and a lot more besides.

I was looking at something for under one hundred pounds!

http://www.google.co.uk/p...Q&ved=0CIcBEPMCMAM

I use EZD or Superior in almost every project.  even when I am lucky enough to have a drummer, so far the drummers I've recorded were using MIDI drums and I still output the MIDI to EZD and/or Superior.

the only exceptions to using EZD or Superior were when I couldn't get a drum track together like I wanted and ended up using Band in a Box Real Drum tracks.

One issue some people run into when triggering drum sounds from a keyboard is the lack of feel.

In the case of Jazz and R&B, the feel of the drum part is more important than the sounds themselves.  In my opinion, you can create some very nice drum tracks using EZD, Battery, or a number of other tools if you are able to give your MIDI track that "real drummer" feel.  If you are unable to get the groove you want from the keyboard, you may want to either utilize a product like Band In A Box or collaborate with a drummer to record your tracks.

If you've already addressed this point elsewhere, forgive me for bringing it up.  Hope that helps.

EZD Drummer sounds good I will find myself at Digital village to have a look and see if I can pick it up.

I also want the proteus pack to give me a different direction to what Cake have although cake pack it in when it comes to there intstruments and synths.

Remember: EZDrummer only comes with a Pop/Rock Kit and a Cocktail kit. You'll need additional packs for the genre you want to cover.

Always best to watch for sales on the packs.

Thanks for the advice Bapu. sounds like it is better to get superior or BFD in that case?

I prefer Superior to BFD, but that's largely a matter of preference.  Superior will give you a huge amount of excellent samples recorded dry so you can process them the way you want them.  There's a bit of a learning curve, but it's not bad.

I know other people who prefer BFD.

Listen to some previews, make sure you know exactly what's included in each module/expansion pack/etc., and enjoy...

BFD2 comes with 10 kits, all recorded totally dry with NO processing.

It also has a large number of presets which have been tweaked in BFD's mixer, adding EQ, Compression, Distortion, Saturation etc.

IMHO, at £99 you cannot go wrong.

And it's now 64 bit (has been for a while)