Topic: Drum tracks out of time with imported WAV file in Bandmate

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Replied April 12, 2024 at 14:54 #3238605

Shootie
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Here’s the best ProTools Audio to Bandmate workflow.

Here’s an entire video series on using Bandmate.

I assume your guitars were recorded well to a metronome with no effects/preamps. If so, then type in the tempo your audio files are at instead of accepting 120 when prompted.

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Replied April 12, 2024 at 14:59 #3238607

Mick Avoidant
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Adam Lovering wrote:

Hi all, I have just bought EZD3 which I got primarily for Bandmate. However, I cannot get the drums to sync with a guitar track (wav file) I have imported. I have put a stereo instrument track in Pro Tools, put on EZD 3 but I can’t drag and drop from my Desktop, so I’ve had to import my guitar track from the Select File option in EZD3 (I can import from the desktop when using EZD3 in standalone….so that’s weird). When I do that it analyses my track and then says its at 120BPM (which it is not) and then puts in drum tracks at that speed. My track is a very simple single guitar track. Any advice would be greatly appreciated as I have no idea where I’ve gone wrong

EZdrummer version: 3.0.6
Operating system: Windows 10

Is the instrument track audio or MIDI? Some DAWs won’t let you drag into Toontrack. I’ll talk as if Pro Tools is one of them, and your instrument track is MIDI . EZD doesn’t know what speed your MIDI track is. Set EZD to the same bpm as your Pro Tools song. I always drag Bandmated grooves into Studio One.

Try dragging your MIDI track onto the background of your Pro Tools. If it’s like Studio One, it will be made into audio. You can drag that into Bandmate.

Replied April 12, 2024 at 15:07 #3238609

Adam Lovering
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I recorded an acoustic guitar into Garageband (no metronome) and then sent that file to myself which I then converted to a wav. file. I then imported it into Pro Tools through the Select File option in EZD3. There are no preamps or pedals. Are you saying that I have to record using a click track in order for Bandmate to properly work? If that’s the case then I’m Ok with that as I have used click tracks a lot in the past. I don’t want to try and force Bandmate to do something it can’t. The way I work is that if I have an idea on the guitar then I record it roughly in to Garageband just so I can keep it. I was hoping I might be able to import that track into Bandmate and let Bandmate add a drum track which might then form the basis of a demo which I can refine later. But, if that’s not possible then I will use a click track

Replied April 12, 2024 at 15:15 #3238615

Adam Lovering
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Sorry Mick, I was typing when you replied.

No, my instrument track is audio and not MIDI. I think you are right in saying that Pro Tools won’t allow me to drag into EZD3

Replied April 12, 2024 at 15:17 #3238616

Mick Avoidant
Participant

Adam Lovering wrote:

Sorry Mick, I was typing when you replied.

No, my instrument track is audio and not MIDI. I think you are right in saying that Pro Tools won’t allow me to drag into EZD3

I didn’t mean ‘record to a click’. It’s a good idea to, though.

It would help to know more of what you’re doing. It seems as if you’re dragging a Pro Tools track into EZD standalone, which doesn’t know the speed of your recording. Drag the Bandmate groove into Pro Tools. Better still, set up an EZD track in your Pro Tools song and work from there.

Replied April 12, 2024 at 15:28 #3238626

Adam Lovering
Participant

I’m able to drag a Garageband track from my desktop into EZD3 when it is in standalone. However, the drum tracks that EZD3 suggest do not match up with the guitar track that I’ve imported. I’m not dragging a Pro Tools track into Bandmate.

I am not able to import that same track into EZD3 when I have set EZD3 up on a stereo audio track in Pro Tools. I am only able to import a track via the “Select File” option in Bandmate (which is fine as I think, as you said, Pro Tools won’t allow me to drag into Bandmate). However, the same thing happens with the drum track not sitting very well with the guitar track. The sBandmate suggested drum tracks are completely out of time with my guitar track

Replied April 12, 2024 at 15:41 #3238644

Bear-Faced Cow
Participant

I wouldn’t worry too much about the tempo as MIDI can be adjusted. Perhaps the transients in your guitar track aren’t clear enough. Is the beat you are looking for correct?

jord

Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

Replied April 12, 2024 at 15:47 #3238655

Adam Lovering
Participant

Jordan, I think you might be right. The beat is not really right. So, would that mean because the transients in the guitar track are clear enough that EZD3 can’t “lock on” to the timing of the guitar?

Replied April 12, 2024 at 15:50 #3238659

Bear-Faced Cow
Participant

Yeah, Bandmate can be picky that way. Did you go through the variations and combinations as well? I’ve found that sometimes what I am looking for takes a bit of fiddling.

jord

Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

Replied April 12, 2024 at 15:53 #3238664

Mick Avoidant
Participant

Have you tried more than one Bandmate groove? You said that EZD is running at 120bpm. Set it to the speed of your Pro Tools song. Is Follow Host on? It’s at the bottom of the EZD window.

Replied April 12, 2024 at 16:10 #3238679

Adam Lovering
Participant

Yes, I have it on Follow Host.

I will definitely try a few of the grooves. Some are closer to the mark than others, that’s for sure.

One thing I noticed, when I imported my guitar track into the standalone EZD3 it set the BPM at 96 (which is a lot closer to the songs BPM) but when I import the guitar into EZD3 in Pro Tools the BPM is 120
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