Can someone help me get this thing installed?

[redddog]

I’ve used EZD 1 and liked it.

It came time to do a SSD install for my OS/programs drive and I opted to reinstall the OS and programs clean vs just cloning a bloated OS drive. I also decided to upgrade to EZD 2 at the same time as it is a pretty big step forward.

I’m all back except for EZD2

I remember reading that EZD had to be installed in a particular way or the upgrade path would be difficult so I installed that first. Then the update to EZD1. Then EZD 2 and all the EZ packs.

Standalone EZD2 works. That’s it. Have not been able to bring EZD2 into my DAW. At first I could only get EZD1 but there were no sound files. No matter how I installed. I know that you can custom install EZD to your VSTi plug-in folder but that just flat-out didn’t work. Saw nothing. So I uninstalled every known file of EZD and let it install whatever way it wanted and then I would just load all my other VSTi’s to that folder. Sill loaded a broken version of EZD 1.

EZD 1 loaded to my C:program/vsti folder. EZD 2 loaded to my C:X86 program file. After screwing around with this crap for HOURS I said screw it and manually moved the EZD 2 .dll folder from C: x86 program folder to the regular C”/program folder. Now finally, EZD1 works with the EZpacks I’ve bought. None with the ones it came with. And absolutely still no sign of EZD 2.

This is BS, guys. Anyone have any ideas? I have a lot of capital invested in this and despite reasonable computer savy, this crap won’t install. I’m pissed.

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[Scott]

When you say, ‘EZD 1 loaded to my C:program/vsti folder. EZD 2 loaded to my C:X86 program file’, do you mean the sounds or the plugin .dll?

Did you run the 32-bit installer or the 64-bit installer?

If the original EZD 1 plugin wasn’t moved after install, the EZD 2 plugin should have replaced it so there shouldn’t be an EZD 1 and an EZD 2 plugin on the same system.

If you’re installing from scratch, you run the EZD 2 installer for your system (32-bit or 64-bit) then install the Pop/Rock EZX from your Toontrack account. If your system already has EZD 1 installed, you can just run the 32-bit of 64-bit EZD 2 installer to replace the EZD 1 plugin bit retain EZD 1 Pop/Rock kit that was already installed.

How does EZD 2 in standalone work? All EZXs and MIDI available?

Scott Sibley - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

[redddog]

Stand alone works fine. Sounds and .dll files were all DL’ed the same way – I didn’t do a custom install.

The only reason why I bothered installing the original EZD was because I wasn’t sure if EZD 2 needed to see that to upgrade. At any rate, either should have worked. But neither did.

Do you recommend uninstalling everything again?

And what bits SHOULD I use? My system is 7 x64 but so far, I havent had any luck with 64 bit installs it seems?

Thanks for the help.

[Scott]

It depends on what host you are running. If your host is 64-bit and your OS is 64-bit, you can install the 64-bit version only. I installed the 64-bit version on both a Windows 7 and Windows 8 machines with no problems.

If you search your system for the ezdrummer.dll, are there more than one? Delete both if the are and run the latest EZD 2 update 2.0.2.

Scott Sibley - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

[redddog]

Thanks Scott. I’ll give it a try and report back.

[redddog]

Got it. Went 32 and it’s showing up.

I did have to physically move the .dll to my VSTi file, which apparently does something bad for future updates but since I’ve used EZD, I’ve never avoided installation headaches so I don’t feel like I’m really risking much.

Thanks so much for your responsiveness. You saved me.

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