Auditioned grooves don’t play in multichannel mode?

[soundsgood]

I completed a song using EZdrummer 2 in multichannel mode. Each channel was assigned and passes audio in my DAW.

Now I need to do a variation. I return to the groove browser, select a groove, hit play—but I only hear kick. On the mixer page, numerous sounds are playing (there’s activity on many meters). But all sounds except the kick are *silent*.

So, once we’ve gone through the painstaking process of setting up a multichannel session, we can’t then audition grooves in that mode? WTF? Please say it isn’t so.

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[John]

Hi,

which version number is displayed in your EZdrummer 2 plugin interface?
Which host and version are you using?
I can’t reproduce your problem in Logic Pro X.
You are sure the Kick Fader isn’t solo’ed?

John Rammelt - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

[soundsgood]

Thanks for the reply. I’m running v2.1.1.

I’m 100% certain that the kick fader wasn’t soloed. I checked for that before posting. As I mentioned, each channel was assigned and was correctly passing audio to my DAW (DP9) when viewing the Mixer or Drums tab. But when I switched to the Browser tab and started auditioning grooves, all audio went suddenly silent, except for the kick (channel 1). I was careful to check and double-check all “obvious” possibilities before posting here. And ultimately, in order to keep working, I had to switch EZdrummer 2 back to stereo mode. (That was a temporary workaround, and I left EZD2 in stereo mode for the rest of the session.)

That was yesterday. Today, however, is another story:

I just checked again, and unlike yesterday, I’m now correctly getting multiple outputs when auditioning grooves in the Browser window. I did have to restart the computer yesterday (for an unrelated reason). So, I wonder if, by restarting, something got reset. Believe me, I’m meticulous and wouldn’t have posted here without what seemed to be good reason at the time.

I’m relieved that it’s working properly today. Thanks!

[John]

OK,

please report back here should the problem arise again. It may be related to the DP Audio Engine. Did you try just restarting DP9 before you rebooted?

John Rammelt - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

[soundsgood]

@John said:

OK,

please report back here should the problem arise again. It may be related to the DP Audio Engine. Did you try just restarting DP9 before you rebooted?

No, I didn’t, because DP was working perfectly well at the time (as far as I could tell). But an unrelated software update required a restart.

After that, I continued working with EZD2 in stereo mode. But the next day, before replying here, I switched back to multi mode and discovered that grooves were then playing properly.

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