A way to edit an existing groove track back from the DAW

[jerry234]

From what I read and see in tutorials, It appears...

From what I read and see in tutorials, It appears that most EZD2 and SD customers start with a groove and then add bass, accompanyment, melody, etc. But my mind starts with the melody or the hook and I then flesh out the song from there. As a result, I add the drums later in the song. And when devloping a song, I often find that I want to drag the existing groove from my DAW back into EZD2 so I can let it find other variations, often just wanting to turn the Amount up to add more hits, for example.

I’ve tried to do this, but EZD2 won’t let me, so I’m recommending that the ability to drag a MIDI track from a DAW back into EZD2 would definitely be of value to at least some of us. Please consider it. Thanks!

From what I read and see in tutorials, It appears that most EZD2 and SD customers start with a groove and then add bass, accompanyment, melody, etc. But my mind starts with the melody or the hook and I then flesh out the song from there. As a result, I add the drums later in the song. And when devloping a song, I often find that I want to drag the existing groove from my DAW back into EZD2 so I can let it find other variations, often just wanting to turn the Amount up to add more hits, for example.

I’ve tried to do this, but EZD2 won’t let me, so I’m recommending that the ability to drag a MIDI track from a DAW back into EZD2 would definitely be of value to at least some of us. Please consider it. Thanks!

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[Scott]

@DickDixon said:

@Damian Blunt said:

EZdrummer 2 does support dragging MIDI files from the DAW however only certain DAW’s allow this behaviour.

Hi, so is dragging my MIDI groves form the DAW into the Toontrack’s “MY MIDIFILES” folder allowed with Cubase? Or do I have to export them and manually place them into the “MY MIDIFILES” folder? This is a very important feature; it would save a lot of time. I am sad that you will not allow the user to mix drum kits, but even more sad that the user can not use their own samples.

What version of Cubase are you using?

And yes, you can mix and match kit pieces from different EZX kits in EZD 2.

Scott Sibley - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

[Dick Dixon]

@Scott said:

@DickDixon said:

@Damian Blunt said:

EZdrummer 2 does support dragging MIDI files from the DAW however only certain DAW’s allow this behaviour.

Hi, so is dragging my MIDI groves form the DAW into the Toontrack’s “MY MIDIFILES” folder allowed with Cubase? Or do I have to export them and manually place them into the “MY MIDIFILES” folder? This is a very important feature; it would save a lot of time. I am sad that you will not allow the user to mix drum kits, but even more sad that the user can not use their own samples.

What version of Cubase are you using?

And yes, you can mix and match kit pieces from different EZX kits in EZD 2.

I am using Version 5, but I have all versions even the latest. Yes, sorry, I noticed the dropdown arrows on the kit view just after I wrote that comment. Thank you for correcting my mistake.

[jspangler1]

Hi
Just had this same problem. Im using Studio One professional and EZ Drummer2. I had a groove that I liked, but it was just one part, and I wanted to use the song creator function in EZD to work on it. I couldn’t figure out how to get the midi back IN to EZD from the DAW, until I read someone’s suggestion about exporting it to the desktop and then dragging it back into EZD. Worked GREAT. Was able to drag it into the MIDI Drop Zone and not only match up the beat perfectly (100%), but use the song creation tool to expand on the idea.
Neat trick!!

John

[John]

You can also record the MIDI from your DAW directly to the Song Track, then Edit Play Style.

John Rammelt - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

[saxopiano]

Along the same lines (I think) as the Question Owner, I’m a Jazz musician and compose melody first. Is it possible to record my playing a few bars of melody/chords on piano (enough to describe the groove of the composition) in a DAW and import said playing into the Tap 2 Find function? If so, kindly describe the steps to do this sequentially. Thanks….

[Author]

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