I have only recently purchased EZ Drummer 2 and I am really enjoying it. But I have a question about it or actually about MIDI drums in general.

In EZ Drummer I have several kits included and I noticed some kits have more drums (multiple floor toms, rack toms, etc.) than others. When I demoed MIDI patterns that were included with a drum kit with more drums I see the additional drums being used in the pattern. Then when I load a more basic kit and use the same pattern I see the drum parts for those additional drums have been remapped to a compatible drum. For example, a MIDI pattern that uses multiple rack toms, when played on a simpler drum kit, will change to keep playing all of the hits but now they play on a single tom. The sound is not as interesting but at least no hits are dropped out. At least, I think this is how EZ Drummer is working! laugh Anyone can confirm?

But this brings me to the rest of my question which is, what happens when I buy MIDI drum packs from Toontrack? Or from GrooveMonkee? Will those patterns simply drop out hits that are played on non-existent drums? Or do they automatically remap to use available drums in a chosen kit?

And how does this all work with drum kits like those in Kontakt such as Studio Drummer?

As you can see I know almost nothing about drums and I don't wanna usae patterns with missing parts if I don't have to! I guess I can manually remap them but that is a bit above my pay grade as well! Any general advice on effectively using MIDI drums will be greatly appreciated!