Cubase and EZDrummer 2 – repost from DAW forum

[Greg Johnson]

I posted this earlier in the DAW forum but now realize that that was the wrong forum for getting help from Toontrack (I think).

I just bought EZD2 and I’m loving the results I’m getting. I have a couple of issues. First, how can you get the transport in Cubase and EZD2 to sync? It would be nice if you could start and stop playback and set loop points from the EZD2 interface (like you can in Reason). It’s kind of a pain to have to constantly switch back to the Cubase screen to do this. Second, I tried to copy and paste just the hihat pattern from a pattern in the browser to a clip in the song creation window and it wouldn’t overwrite the existing pattern. I tried it with kick drum and it worked just fine. Any ideas?

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[Erik Phersson]

To sync EZdrummer Song Track with your DAW, just click the button between the tempo and Song Creator button. I don’t remember the name of it right now and I don’t have any DAW on this computer so I can’t check. In Stand-Alone the button is named ‘Click’ but it changes name when opening in a DAW.

Pasting onto a MIDI block in the Song Track will only replace if the same Instrument already exist, If it doesn’t then it will Merge with the pattern. However, the Hihat is a bit special since we treat the Hihat Pedal as a separate “instrument” So if you have a Pedal going and paste another Hihat articulation it will Merge and not Replace. If you open the MIDI block in Edit Play Style you can right-click the Hihat and remove the MIDI before pasting (or after)

Erik Phersson - Toontrack
Head Of Development

[Greg Johnson]

Thanks Erik! The “Follow Host” button allows EZD2 to follow Cubase’s transport controls but it doesn’t work the other way around. If you’ve ever worked with Reason in Rewire mode, the communication is two-way. It’s really convenient when building tracks to audio you’ve already recorded in Cubase. Maybe it’s something you guys could consider in future upgrades.
Thanks for explaining the midi pasting to me. It makes sense now. Take care.

[Christoffer]

Very interesting, we’ll look into that!

Christoffer Lindmark - Toontrack
Coder

[Randy Fitz]

You Don’t have to switch screens if you use the keypad on your keyboard to start and stop the Cubase transport bar. Ezdrummer will follow.

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