Humanize Function and Midi Out

[Scott Hannon]

First Using Pro Tools 11 and EZDrummer 2.
So I know the humanize function is on all the time but I was wondering does it affect both any midi being sent to EZdrummer as in on the instrument track or sent from a midi track? Or is this only for midi tracks within EZDrummer. Also if I wanted to record the midi out from EZDrummer to a Midi track is this humanized and how would I go about it. I can send the misi but I am not getting any midi notes once I hit record…only while the midi track is armed and in play mode.

Any ideas?

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[Henrik]

The Humanize function is a legacy from EZdrummer 1 and it is only changing the way that the drums sound – it doesn’t alter any MIDI.
By turning it completely off, as an example – hits with the same velocity will always use the exact same audio, making the drum sound artificial with the “machine gun effect” as a result.

Henrik Ekblom - User Experience Designer
Toontrack

[Michael Dimoulas]

Hi Guys, Good topic…
May I ask which setting is best & how do they differ? EZX optimized (Default) or ON (Humanize is always on for all drums?

P.S.
I read the info in the manual, and thought I would get some more insight on this.

Thanks in advance!
Micdim

[Olof Westman]

For many EZXs ‘Optimized’ is the same as ‘On’ but for some EZXs we have
found that it is better to turn some humanization off for a few instruments.
So, ‘Optimized’ is the EZX default as it loads in EZ2, S2 and possibly EZ1
and the way we suggest you run it.

Olof Westman - Toontrack
Coder

[Michael Dimoulas]

Thanks for clearing that up for me Olle! I appreciate it!

Micdim

[Josh Cohen]

I find that when choosing grooves through EZ Drummer 2, they always sound fantastic, but when I bring them into Protools, the lose that human feel. My process is this…

First I find the grooves I like,

I import them in to Protools,

Completely the whole song with various grooves etc…

I then go into the midi editor and adjust the velocity and even randomize the quantization on each drum to make the timing a little less perfect.

Then I save all the drums to wave files and import the wave files to individual stereo tracks.

I suppose this is a lot more work than I need to do, but I am really trying to have the feel of a rock n roll band.

Is there anything else you recommend that I can do?

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