Can I create my own groove – in like 6/8 or 9/12 – in EZdr2 ?

[Riffboy]

I want to be able to make a song in a different time signature (than the usual 4/4 or 3/4 etc…)

If I upgrade to EZdrummer 2….
1 – How do I create my own grooves, in a free time signature that I choose myself?
2 – Is it up to me to do that
…OR do I need to buy a Midi pack to find such time signature groove, and THEN edit it?
3 – Can I save my own gooves and find them later in the groove browser?

Thanks,

Riffboy

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[Scott]

I will assume you are using the EZD2 Standalone.
1. You can play your MIDI controller and record your results on the Song Track. Or, you can mouse click the parts in. You can the Quantize the parts also. You can select the time signature and tempo and turn on/off the click as you play.

Then, it’s nice to open the groove you just played in the Edit Play Style feature and you can use the Amount and Velocity knobs to tweak your performance.

2. You can buy MIDI packs also.

3. Yes. Once you create your own grooves in the Song Track, you can drag them to the User MIDI section of the Browser. Rename them. Add folders.

Scott Sibley - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

[Alexander Rojas]

Change the tempo and time signature in different parts of a song? How to do that?

[John]

@Alexander.Corrales said:

Change the tempo and time signature in different parts of a song? How to do that?

The change of Tempo and Time signature is performed in your host. There is currently no way to do this on the EZdrummer 2 Song Track.

John Rammelt - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

[Riffboy]

@Scott said:
Or, you can mouse click the parts in. You can the Quantize the parts also.

You can select the time signature and tempo and turn on/off the click as you play.

Thanks!

But WHERE, exacly, do I “click the parts in”…?

And again where do I select time signature?

[My host is Presonus “Studio One 2”]

[Scott]

@Riffboy said:

@Scott said:
Or, you can mouse click the parts in. You can the Quantize the parts also.

You can select the time signature and tempo and turn on/off the click as you play.

Thanks!

But WHERE, exacly, do I “click the parts in”…?

And again where do I select time signature?

[My host is Presonus “Studio One 2”]

You click the drums on the ezd2 interface.

If you are in standalone, the time signature is next to the Play/stop/record buttons under the Song Track.

If you’re in a DAW, EZD 2 will match tempo and time sig of your DAW.

Scott Sibley - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

[Henrik Ekblom]

Actually, you have to set the time signature manually even if you are in a host, since the only thing the host can “tell” EZdrummer is the tempo (so unfortunately we can’t automatically set it for you).

Henrik Ekblom - User Experience Designer
Toontrack

[Riffboy]

Thanks, I’ll try that!

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