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(More customer reviews)I've been taking advantage of the promo that Toontrack has been running (see their site, if it's still August 2009 when you're reading this), and picked up the Funkmasters EZX as well as the Nashville EZX recently. I own EZDrummer and Superior, and also the Jazz EZX.
Superior lives up to its name again, with the Nashville EZX. I'm a drummer, so I'm not that interested in the MIDIs that come with the EZXs. I'm not all that into country, but the way I look at it this is a just another beautifully sampled drum kit that happened to be recorded in a Nashville studio. The sticked drums sound great, and in addition to sticks, you have brush and hand sounds to boot. Plus, there's a snare with the snares off, and matching tom samples, which makes a really nice-sounding "jungle" kit. There are two sticked cymbal types for each cymbal position, as well (in addition to the alternative strike samples). Due to all of this, the Nashville EZX provides a lot of value.
I think these samples can be used in a huge variety of settings, from the obvious country, to pop and rock. There are two types of ambience, which allow you to get everything from a very dry, to a very "big" sound. If you dry the sound out, I've think the samples are suitable even for Steely Dan type stuff (I'm trying to learn the Purdie shuffle, and this kit sounds good even as I struggle).
If you have EZDrummer, it's a no-brainer to add this EZX, as it improves upon the kit supplied with EZDrummer and offers so many additional sounds. I highly recommend it.
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