No, I’m using the plugins. The issue is in how Toontrack is subdividing the bar. For example, if you use this groove:
EZDrummer 2 Modern-Vintage/Midtempo/Straight 6-8/Oldies Rock 106BPM/Verse/Variation 01

Playing it at its original tempo, it SAYS it is 106 bpm. But that tempo is based on groupings of two eighth notes. If you listen to the groove, to where the main kick and snare beats fall, they are happening every THREE notes. So to the listener, the actual tempo of the song is not 106; it’s more like 70.666 (2/3 of 106). I’ve tested this with a clicktrack, so I know I’m not hallucinating. 🙂

So any midi I write in other software, or any wav files generated by other instruments, would need to be set at 70.66 bpm, and in practice, are VERY difficult to synch with a Toontrack file set at 106.

If you’re basing your track entirely on Toontrack tools, and just recording live tracks for everything else, it’s no problem. But if you’re using other software that determines the tempo of 6/8 or 12/8 tracks in groupings of THREE eighth notes (which is the most common way it is usually phrased), it’s hard to get them to play nicely together.

So what I’m asking is: is there a way to take the groove in the example above, and convert how ToonTrack sees the tempo, basing it on three-note groupings instead of two-note groupings? This would mean that a 6/8 song with a tempo of 60bpm using 2-note groupings would display as a tempo of 40bpm using 3-note groupings.

I know, it’s a lot of confusing math, but I’m surprised this issue hasn’t come up before. Maybe I’m just articulating it badly, and searching on the wrong terms.

Thanks again.

John, THANK YOU!

That solves the issue, at least in EZDrummer. I used the 3/2x setting and it set the drum tempo at the correct setting to match the project. Yay!

However, I don’t see a similar option in EZKeys. It only offers half-time or double-time.

Any ideas for addressing this in EZKeys? Thanks for your help – it’s really appreciated!