Hi again.
I’m trying to develop a workflow where beats I program on my laptop sync to a Google Drive folder which I can pull down onto to my DAW computer.. thing is I would kind of like it to work both ways, so that if I make edits in the DAW, I can push those up as well, then pull them down onto the laptop. I imagine this rules out any sort of automatic sync since there isn’t a singular “source of truth”, but am hoping for as little dragging and dropping as possible. I installed the Google Drive desktop app on my laptop and am still sort of learning.
Is anyone here doing anything like this? Just interested in how you set it up and what your workflow is like.
If it matters, the laptop is a Macbook Pro and my DAW is Reaper in Windows 11. Thanks!
Once upon a time, (on Windows PCs) you could configure your Google Drive as a mapped drive (i.e.; drive G:).
I don’t know if that functionality still exists with Google Drive.
If it does, you could link a USER MIDI folder within EZD to one on the G: drive
Hi Erik,
That’s exactly what I do. I have Google Drive designated on each of my Windows computers (oh, and I use Reaper too). Syncing is a breeze. I strongly recommend you close the project files or EZ drummer groove files before switching computers. It may take a few minutes too. I used to use a Mac running Windows (and Reaper) but abandoned that after Apple released a software “upgrade” that disabled several of my USB ports.
My workflow is that I develop the grooves before I start working with Reaper. I find it easier to work with EZ Drummer as a solo program. I may develop 3 or 4 versions (or more) before I settle on the groove. When I get very close, I create a Reaper project.
My biggest complaint with EZ Drummer is that I can’t figure out how to make my Google Drive the default folder for my grooves.
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