If there's a drag and drop way to do it within the DAW, I haven't found it, but then again, it's Reaper, so I'm sure there's a way.This SDX expansion includes the full core sound library from the now discontinued Superior Drummer 2, a drum recording that has truly become an industry staple. I needed to record the guitar part, render it (so it's now a properly exported file, even though it's already a wav file in the DAW) and then drag that file onto the Bandmate dialog. I can't find a way to do all that without leaving the DAW.

It took a stock Jabo beat and moved his kicks around and added more kick to better match what I played. the bandmate feature not only detects what you played and suggests a suitable beat, it also has the option to automatically **modify** the stock beat to match the transients of your example. The Bandmate feature has a new edit window that reminds me of a sampler, like an MPC or Maschine - drop a sample on, then familiar windows to slip and snip and fine tune it. Detected the tempo correctly off a bunch of guitar chords recorded to a metronome. Bandmate- works as advertised, suggested a number of viable beats to put behind a guitar part I quick recorded. MIDI patterns are now visualized alongside with their previews, so it's easier to **see** how busy a pattern is, before even playing it. There are new categories within the MIDI libraries such as 'pickups' in addition to verse chorus fills etc.

Bunch of styles, various halftimes, fulltimes, swung beats, and there's a 12/8 in there. It includes another 30 or so groove libraries. App is a little snappier and more responsiveĮdit: OK, I'm playing with it this evening and I'll post my observations as I go.

My EZD2 kits and MIDI libs came along for the upgrade and seem to work fine It comes with three new (generic) kits - bright, tight, and main room. I can apparently browse/preview unpurchased MIDI libraries directly in the application now

Just digging into it now.my first impressions are:

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