Some of the audio demos sound quite good. 'drum set' perspective, in the sense that they focused more on recording top drummers than putting the emphasis on the kit itself or the room (as near as I can gather from reviews and product lit).

One more to consider, depending on work style, might be the KitCore series (and its variants, which have different levels of features). And especially it would be unwise to spend so much money as a primary drum offering, given the equivalent price of the rather excellent drum-dedicated programs on offer these days. I doubt many people will bite on the Ministry of Rock near-full-price 'upgrade offer'. Needless to say, East/West has disappointed with their drum offerings overall, except for the specialty library SD2 (which is primarily 'unusual percussion'). Yet many of the newer Sonic Reality offerings are truly excellent. This is where I've been hoping to use Kontakt-based libraries to 'fill the gaps', so to speak, but as I mentioned earlier, the Kontakt interface isn't ideal for working QUICKLY with drum sets and customizing the kit pieces. Whereas Superior 2 might be a no-brainer for the metal or country crowd, simply due to the available expansion packs.

But I definitely recommend BFD2 over Superior 2 for those more inclined towards world music, latin, jazz, etc., simply because the available expansion packs for BFD2 better cover that material. In a sense, you can't go wrong with any of them.

It's harder for first-timers, because the top programs are on fairly equal footing in many respects at this point, and even the workflow isn't as different as it once was. Right - for me, the main point of buying another drum program would be to extend the drum library to include stuff not covered by BFD2.

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