Copy And Paste in EZdrummer2- its slow and cumbersome or is it me that is slow?

[Douglas Murphy]

Hi folks, so what I do is type something in to tap to find, find a close match, put it in song creator, then drag that source file to the bottom then edit it.  So now it is different than the source file.  What I want to do is copy the new file, so at the end of 8 bard another 8 bars appears.  If I copy it it never seems to paste at all even if I use the copy paste button.  So I end up dragging another source down (and then it takes a while to paste it on to the 8th measure and if I drop it incorrectly, it covers over parts of the previous loop, if I remove it then the previous loop is damaged (or cut off at the end) so then I have to start over.  I feel like there must be an easy way to pop one file automatically next to the next loop, and to copy one or more seamlessly out rather than doing one by one and hand-dropping it…. tho I will admit I am sorta new to EZD so it might be me, somehow it seems like the sounds are killer but the usability is hard… is it me?  How do you copy one or more sections?

EZdrummer version: 2.1.8
Operating system: macOS Catalina (10.15)

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[Shootie]

*might be a double post

“What I want to do is copy the new file”

-Hold option on Mac, click and drag.
or
-Right click, select copy, right click “immediately” after your block, right click, select “paste all”.

“and if I drop it incorrectly, it covers over parts of the previous loop”
-Zoom out (with your mouse wheel or with the zoom tools) so there are less Hash Marks in the Songtrack Ruler. Midi blocks snap to hash marks. (this goes with pasting a file as well, the file will paste to the closest hash mark which is why you might be overwriting your previous file in the Songtrack)

“if I remove it then the previous loop is damaged”
-Mouse over the end that got destroyed, your cursor will change, drag the destroyed portion of your midi files back to it’s original length.

“How do you copy one or more sections”

Drag a marque around your section. Then see your first questions answers.

You’re a perfect candidate for my videos, which I rarely pitch here. Look in my signature (or read the manual throughout) and consider watching my Recording/Editing, and Songtrack videos.

I hope this helps and welcome to EZD2. You’ll get the hang of it and you’ll be psyched.

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