Yes, I’ve done some forum and online searching before posting this kind of newbie question, but everyone has different production software, setups, etc. so got buried in stuff that may or may not have been relevant to my own situation.
I have Cubase 6 on Win7 64-bit and need to use and re-edit older GM Drum files that were edited almost ten years ago in earlier versions of Cubase (SXI, SX3). I put a huge amount of work int those manually adding grace notes, etc. But the real problem is that while putting such files in the EZdrummer VST Instrument track are far fuller and louder, cymbals and other drums just don’t match up.
I’ve seen that that EZDrummer has enhanced GM (as shown in the manual image attached), I get that and appreciated it. EZDrummer’s presence is just so much fuller than just GM. BUT i still need to have the files play exact-instrument-to-exact-instrument; right now I get sidesticks instead of snares, stuff like that. Also since I didn’t have the mike-ing option in the old days, the overall default miking seems to make the track sound a bit off (probably something I can tweak once I get my intended drum elements to play right.
I’ve never used mappers, such as one I found online that converts the other way around — EZDrummer to GM. So please tell me how or what to do besides having to go in and spend a lot of time trying to figure out and move notes around (I play all instruments for my stuff so can’t spent years on just the drum tracks. I need this to be, well…. EZ. 🙂
Thank you for your a.s.a.p. assistance
PS: Also, GM Midi files are so much lower in volume that EZ Drummer or most everything else. If I have to use GM Tracks, is there a way to bump up the overall volume for these?
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