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[--- UPDATED: 2017-12-21 ---]
IMPORTANT: the current version is EZdrummer 2.1.5
Known issues with version 2.1.5
- There are no known issues at this time
Known issues with hosts
- Digital Performer: outputs may become mono when the plugin window is closed in pre-rendering mode
- Logic 8/9: key commands may interfere with typing Authorization code (use standalone host instead)
- Traktion: host may lock up on drag and drop when 'Real Time Property' is ON
Fixes:
- EZdrummer 2 is now compatible with GarageBand on macOS High Sierra.
- Some song blocks that were saved to User MIDI became empty when dragged back to a song track.
- Tap2Find should no longer crash when recording external MIDI.
- Browsing for EZdrummer sounds and selecting a folder without EZXs could cause a crash.
- Changing tempo modifier while playing a groove in Search could cause a crash.
- The browser could get the wrong height when switching EZX.
- Time signature and tempo were not always written to MIDI files dragged out from EZdrummer.
- Star marks on grooves could get lost if you synced file changes.
- Keyboard arrow input did not work in some cases in the 64-bit Mac standalone.
- Third-party and user MIDI libraries that are missing on disk are now possible to remove from Search.
- Lots of smaller bug fixes.
Improved in version 2.1.5:
- Updated Overloud effect library.
- Updated network and audio device support.
Version History
- version 2.1.0 or above is required for Mac OS 10.10 and Windows 10 compatibility
- version 2.0.2 or above is required for Mac OS 10.9.5 and Windows 8.1 compatibility
- version 2.0.1 or above is required for Mac OS 10.9 and Windows 8 compatibility
Version 2.1.4
Fixes:
- The internal AU name has been changed back from "EZdrummer 2" to "EZdrummer", which it was in 2.1.1 and earlier, to restore save file compatibility in some hosts.
- In Drumkit from Hell, if a sound from another expansion was loaded on an instrument, clicking on that instrument could lead to a crash in some cases.
- Clicking the tempo button under the song track in Toontrack solo could lead to a crash.
- If the User MIDI folder could not be accessed or created, the plug-in crashed when instantiated.
- Dragging across articulation lists in Edit Play Style did not preview any sound.
- Dragging from the Browser had wrong y coordinate.
- The red translucent block that marks the current recording sometimes became too long when a loop endpoint was reached, and it no longer overlaps itself in a loop.
- The following is now disabled while recording: moving the playhead or loop area, Undo/Redo, song track context menus, loop toggling and a few more things.
- Up/down arrow keys in the Browser should work in more hosts on Mac now.
Version 2.1.3
Fixes:
- recording MIDI to the Song Track caused a crash
- loading a hihat without trig articulation onto a hihat with trig articulation lead to crash when re-building the graphical user interface (GUI)
- the wrong note was recorded sometimes on hi-hats loaded from other libraries when clicking on the hi-hat
- the opening hit sign in 'Edit Play Style' could be missing on blocks with no opening hit
Version 2.1.2
Improvements:
- pasting onto an empty track sets the time signature to that of the pasted loop
- the host will be defaulted to using Windows scaling factor on 4k and high DPI monitors
- drumkit preset menu signals if the selected preset does not represent current state
- it is now possible to mute blocks in the song track by right clicking and selecting "Mute"
- selected preset is now shown below the selected EZX.
- presets that get changed from their original setting will have an indicator next to the preset name to show it has been tweaked.
- sorting algorithm in search browser has been changed to sort as humans tend to do instead of how computers want to do it.
- possible to change the starting bar number of song track time line between 0 and 1.
- new standalone channel routing system which handles unlimited number of outputs on the sound card
- standalone sample rate is no longer fixed at 44.1k
- improved crash dump dialogs on Windows. Tries to write in three different locations before giving up. Also reports if it fails writing the dump file
Fixes:
- various crash fixes
- having no internet connection and going into Online MIDI mode didnt show the "Connection failed." error message.
- loading a project containing a tap2find loop always caused search tab to be visible, regardless of which tab was used upon saving.
- toggling favorites while in online midi mode did not properly keep favorite state when entering offline mode again (and vice versa)
- loading a project or selecting "new" in standalone did not properly reset the tap2find loop, which in worst case scenario caused a crash.
- when using back/forward buttons reset the quantize value both on block and in tap2find
- dragging from favorites to somewhere and then back to favorites appended an extra .mid on the name
- metronome volume fix in stand alone
- now possible to drag from tap2find to favourites
Version 2.1.1
Fixes:
- the database interface was not closed properly and could cause crashes when restarting the plug.
Version 2.1.0
Improvements:
- progress and error messages for MIDI database operations have been improved
- incompatible EZXs can be detected and stopped from being accessed
- a Settings dialog was added, replacing several menu entries
- the Library Preset menu now has a dropdown arrow to more clearly indicate that it's a menu
Fixes:
- the track length dialog showed the number of bars in 4/4 instead of in current time signature
- enabling Show Web Shop MIDI can now be retried if connection fails
- switching EZXs did not properly update the powerhand and instruments filter columns
- the dialog for selecting number of outputs for EZdrummer in SONAR is now forced to be the top-most window
- tap tempo now reacts to mouse-down instead of mouse-up
- Song Structures were sometimes not read properly, resulting in an empty list in Song Creator
- undo/redo didn't preserve power hand, velocity and intensity
- it wasn't possible to add different User Libraries with the same name
- choosing 'New' in the standalone did not reset Humanize to "EZX Optimized"
- Cmd-click (Mac) / Ctrl-click (Win) on the Tempo knob in Tap2Find did not reset the tempo to default (only graphically)
- copying quantized Tap2Find MIDI from the drop zone copied unquantized notes
- various Edit Play Style bug fixes
Version 2.0.2
Improvements:
- Tap2find now syncs with the host
- the context menu is now available on percussion pads in Edit Play Style
- multiple selection on percussion pads in Edit Play Style is now achievable
- e-drum tranformations are only applied to incoming midi
- improved e-drum transforms for Yamaha and Alesis modules
- many other improvements
Fixes:
- EZdrummer 1 user kit presets are now available as intended
- when loading EZdrummer 1 projects, percussion channels are now featured correctly
- MIDI out no longer stops when closing the interface
- fixed lag when adjusting the velocity and amount controls on long MIDI files
- fixed an occasional crash when clicking favourites
- metronome volume correctly affects Tap 2 Find metronome volume
- quantize now works on percussion pads
- fixes of percussion when cut to special time signature
- many other bug fixes
Version 2.0.1
Improvements:
- the leading instrument is analyzed with higher penalty for instruments with lower priority
- MIDI learn menus open in better places over sliders
- when using the amount control with the Latin Percussion EZX results should be more predictable
- kicks from the Number 1 Hits EZX can now be loaded in the regular kick drum position
- selecting with the lasso at the edges of the Song Track no longer leads to unwanted scrolling
- after tapping only 1 bar, only 1 bar is displayed in the tap2find area
- suggestions can be aborted before the process has completed
- Edit Play Style changes are now applied upon quantizing
- after quantizing in Edit Play Style pads are no longer deselected
- new menu arrow button on the song part labels
Fixes:
- crash fix for multi-out routing change when a sample rate other than 44.1K was used
- EZXs with no sounds in mics declared as Close no longer causes the engine to crash
- source files with a block type that cannot be determined should no longer cause a crash
- potential crash fix when trying to open database that doesnt exist
- occassional crash when switching Sound Library
- removing an instrument assigned as Powerhand no longer causes issues
- on certain systems preview for the percussion pieces was silent
- velocity values 1 did not count as hits when using the amount control
- the engine didn't apply amount correctly if multiple instruments were selected
- Intensity in searches was not drawn correctly
- ‘Show in Browser’ now works with user mount points even if a User Libraries header is present
- slashes in file names should be treated more adequately
- metronome preview in standalone mode didn’t work
- stand alone no longer asks for path every time if PlugPath exist but is invalid
- when creating a Toontrack account the dialog no longer states that the user should check their mail and verify the account as that is no longer needed
- the ‘connection failed’ message now properly appears if failing to login to web shop MIDI
- other Online midi fixes
- some Copy from browser bug fixes
- some User MIDI folder fixes
- memory leaks should no longer occur