You can also mute various parts of kit and have that change reflected in the midi that you drag to your DAW. You can change which articulations are being triggered (change snare to sidestick, for example). You can also do the same thing for the velocity levels of each individual kit piece. You can broaden or narrow the dynamic range (that is, velocity) of the midi pattern, as well as raise or lower its overall velocity level. Midi pattern editing: AD can do quite a bit via the transform tab in the Beats window. EZD’s controls are more minimal - just a few basic controls on the mixer page, like reverb, dynamics, pitch, and mic bleed.

There are also global effects (reverb, delay, EQ) that can be applied to taste via sends for each channel. On the Edit page, there are kitpiece controls (response, pitch, tone designer, volume envelope) as well as noise, tape & shape, EQ, compression and distortion. Here are a few comparisons: Sound shaping: AD gives you quite a bit of control over each piece of the kit.

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