Hi.
I know this has been touched on before and while I’ve searched the forum and found queries that were close, I still can’t find the answer I’m looking for, so forgive me if I’m rep[repeating things…
I’m using Logic Pro X (10.0.7) with the latest EZD2 and would like too know tthe exact steps to get multi-channel output so I can control each section of the given EZD2 kit’s mixer in Logic. I did watch the video at:
http://www.toontrack.com/faq/how-do-i-set-up-ezdrummer-for-multichannel-operation-in-logic/
but because it features Logic 9, the controls are different and I couldn’t find the equivalent in Pro X.
Could you please tell me the steps needed to set up EZD in LPX for multi-channel output as if (to quote Denzel Washington) I’m a three year old? 
Thanks very much!
@Ames Alch said:
Another chapter…
After successfully getting multi-channel operation in Logic Pro X, I now want to push the boundaries a bit. I typically use two instances of EZD2, one for drums and then another using the Latin EZX for percussion (I’m a percussion freak).
Can I use the second instance of EZD Latin in multi-channel IN ADDITION to the multi-channel use of the basic drums?
If so, is there a specific order to go about this so as not to conflict channel assignment?
Thanks!
Well, I think I can answer this for myself. The answer is… no.
Logic was all set to accept as many new channels as I wanted, but EZD2 can only assign channel numbers that are linked to the number of channels in a given drum set’s mixer. In other words, the Latin EZX, for example, has 16 channels, and even though that many channels were already in use by my first use of EZD in my main drum track, the Latin EZX mixer didn’t see that and would only allow for channel assignments for 1-16 and not anything higher, regardless of the fact that I needed it to *start* at channel 17.
To TT support, is there any way around this? Can I somehow manually override this by typing in a channel number or will each instance of EZD only start at channel 1?
If this is the case, the only other work around I can think of is to splice up each essential part of my percussion grooves into *its own* EZD instance and run A LOT of EZD plugins. Methinks that may be too much work for the payload, but I may still try it.
Would love it of there is a legit way to do this.
Hi,
I think you have misunderstood some part of the setting up (or I didn’t understand your question correctly).
Each EZdrummer 2 instance can have 16 stereo outputs. You assign mic faders freely to outputs in the EZdrummer 2 mixer and you add outputs from the plugin to the Logic Pro X mixer by clicking the ‘+’ sign on the Instrument Track in the Logic Pro X mixer.
The 16 available outputs are hard wired to each instance, so you cannot route sounds from one instance to the output of another.
Instrument and Aux faders in the Logic Pro X mixer can be named and deleted.
So… I fail to see a problem here.
Is there still one?
John Rammelt - Toontrack
Technical Advisor
@John said:
Hi,
I think you have misunderstood some part of the setting up (or I didn’t understand your question correctly).
Each EZdrummer 2 instance can have 16 stereo outputs. You assign mic faders freely to outputs in the EZdrummer 2 mixer and you add outputs from the plugin to the Logic Pro X mixer by clicking the ‘+’ sign on the Instrument Track in the Logic Pro X mixer.
The 16 available outputs are hard wired to each instance, so you cannot route sounds from one instance to the output of another.
Instrument and Aux faders in the Logic Pro X mixer can be named and deleted.
So… I fail to see a problem here.
Is there still one?
John,
thanks! You set me straight. It was the internal channel assignments in the EZD mixer vs. the numbers in Logic’s mixer that threw me, but you are, indeed, correct! I just ignored the numbers and found that the second instance of EZD did, in fact, allow me to assign the individual channels of the Latin EZX to its own channels in Logic! Now I have 32 tracks of EZD, which is dizzying, but I get full control over my percussion, just as I do with my drums.
I’m thrilled with this! So glad you piped in with “the truth!”
Folks, you gotta try this. It’s worth the extra time and the extra control will allow your mix to pop and you won’t have to compromise and lose any distinction in your dense percussion grooves.
Love me my EZD!
I know how to do this and have been doing it since I bought ezd3 (which has transformed my work). I am using logic pro 11. (Intel version). However, sometimes the multichannel set-up just doesn’t work. I will go through all the steps but the + and – signs don’t work. I.e. They don’t create more channels. You can see on the screenshot that the + sign is greyed out. ( I tried a screenshot of the whole page setup but your site said it was too big.)
Also there has never been an indicator arrow that shows we are on multichannel, rather than stereo, output, whereas there is one for ‘audience or drummer perspective’. Is this part of the problem?
Thanks AJW
