Topic: Toontrack Solo playback of grooves?

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Replied January 10, 2013 at 08:22 #1963115

John
Moderator

Well, if you’re not the drummer playing the groove yourself, I guess that description refers to the EZplayer Pro plugin that has been included with Superior 2 and seamlessly integrated in Toontrack solo.
In your case, I guess it gets old quick with just being able to loop one groove at a time while playing guitar.
I recommend checking out a few free host alternatives like e.g. Reaper.

BR,
John

John Rammelt - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

Replied January 11, 2013 at 00:34 #1963126

Jeekem
Participant

There is also a really good free DAW called Audacity which has a built-in midi sequencer. You can drag any number of loops over and have them play in order.
You can also google .mid +files and find thousands of free midi versions of thousands of songs. I used to download a bunch of these and edit out everything but the drums. Edit a bunch of songs that you like and then play them through Solo.

You can also play them through General MIDI using Media player if your soundcard supports General Midi. (Most of them do.) If you have a midi keyboard they’ll sound better.

They won’t sound as good as through Solo with some decent monitors though.

Edit out everything but drums and bass and put together a practice play list using Audacity? I used to do a lot of that.

JeeKem

Replied January 11, 2013 at 00:36 #1963127

Jeekem
Participant

Better yet- get EZPlayer! It’s a great program and very easy to use.

JeeKem

Replied January 11, 2013 at 18:27 #1963149

JN999
Participant

I already have and use Reaper extensively but I thought the whole point of Solo was to NOT have to launch a DAW and host a plugin there.

Replied January 12, 2013 at 01:12 #1963164

Nathan
Participant

…and REAPER is NOT free!!

If you have REAPER, I’d do it that way, it’s the easiest way by far.

TT Solo’s main feature is low latency for live playing with a drum kit, there is no advantage over REAPER for what you want to do with it AFAIK, unless you’re jamming along with a live drummer.

If you’re adventurous, try using Jamstix to generate the MIDI to play EZD. It”ll ramp up and down the playing intensity according to your playing volume

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Replied January 18, 2013 at 12:40 #1963250

Elaine Hartigan
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sounds interesting, Im learning a lot here , make my own backing tracks,
Thanks
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Toontrack Solo playback of grooves?

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