Re: ezdrummer drum software is $80 on sale, you dont need a drummer to record
You can do that.
It also has conversion maps from all the other drum packages etc too and a massive library of midi that rather than being programmed are actually played on midi kits so they have all the natural dynamics in.
I actually find the Humanizer or whatever they call it in EZD to be very good. If the midi is played by a human, and say 4 bars long, does it also vary it from section to section? I wouldnt want 4 bars to be played EXACTLY the same as the 4 bars before, whether it is human or not.
Other than that the samples themselves are a lot more detailed and flexible you can also layer up say 8 snares to get your sound if you wish.
Not something that would interest me. I can see its advantage, but I could spend hours tuning 1 snare, much less finding 8 to layer. I usually just go with a preset
The customer support is fantastic and you can email steven slate directly with issues and he gets back to you really fast.
I use guitar pro and I couldn't figure out the mapping at all and I emailed him regarding it and he created a custom map for me and a multi out template for reaper within 2 hours.
I dont really know what this means. I remember installing EZD and then adding it to a track and dropping the beats in.
Another great thing is the software itself is always expanding. It's updated regularly with new features being added and requests from users which is a nice touch.
At the end of the day it's all personal preference but I find the samples to be a lot better and the 32/64bit cross compatability is really handy for me as my laptop is 32bit but my main pc is 64bit and everything just works once you change the plugin the the 64bit version and it matches all your settings etc to what you had in the session.
I use EZD on both 32 bit and 64 bit without any issues.
I used to be a drummer and out of everything SSD feels the most natural to me and following that BFD2.
I play drums (I am not a "drummer") and find EZD to be pretty darn good. It was also the easiest to use out of the box and get rolling for me. Would def be worth looking at if buying new, but dont see anything there that would sway me since I already own EZD. I really dont see anything that would make it "miles ahead"
I also dont see what makes EZD "massively outdated"
I do see why some people (including you) might prefer it, and at $99 looks to be a very good deal also, especially if/when EZD is back at $149
Now if it went on sale.......
Dont want you to think I am bashing ar anything, just saying that from my point of view I dont see anything that much better in SSD4
for my style I liked the way the ezdrummer kit sounded, but not so much the DFH kit but I liked the midi from DFH alot! 
