Hi,
you have the option to create/edit an Input MIDI Mapping and save as your own User Preset. This mapping can then be applied to a folder with your BFD grooves. Perhaps not the easiest thing to start with if you are learning how to operate EZdrummer 3 😉
To elaborate: Input mapping Presets are something mainly used for E-drumming or external controllers where a different mapping is used than the Toontrack Extended GM mapping. The Presets makes it possible to have an Input transforming happen, which lets you use the external mapping on your controller while still being able to use your Toontrack MIDI. Should you alter the actual MIDI notes on the ‘Drums’ page, you will lose compatibility with the Toontrack grooves libraries.
The Input MIDI Mapping Presets can also be applied to folders in the User MIDI Folder. As an example; if you have a folder with your BFD MIDI, you can add this folder (with sub folders) to your User MIDI folder. Scroll down to find it on the ‘Grooves’ page, right-click and ‘Open in Explorer’. Copy/Move your BFD MIDI here and then right-click the User MIDI folder in EZD3 again and ‘Sync File Changes’.
Now your added folder should show up in the ‘Grooves’ browser. If you right-click this folder (or click the small drop-down arrow to open the menu), you see the option to select an Input MIDI Mapping.
A while ago, I started on a BFD MIDI Preset for another user but I am unsure of how well it went, since I don’t have BFD, only prints of the mapping.
You can try it out as a starting point and then edit it and save as your own if you want to.
To try it out, download the ‘BFD_3.zip’ attached to this post.
Next, click the small “hamburger” menu in the bottom right corner of EZD3, right next to ‘MIDI’ to open ‘Edit Mapping in E-Drums/MIDI In’.
Click the Preset drop-down at the top of the page and then ‘Manage in Explorer’. This will open up an Explorer window for the location of User Presets.
Un-zip the ‘BFD_3.zip’ and put the extracted file in this folder.
Click the Preset drop-down again in EZD3 and ‘Rescan User Presets’.
Now this MIDI Preset should be in your User Presets list and can be applied to your BFD3 MIDI folder inside your User MIDI folder.
This means that (if the MIDI Preset is correctly mapped) you can audition and then drag those MIDI files to your Song Track and mix-n-match them with MIDI you create inside EZD3 or MIDI from your Toontrack libraries.
All of this is can be further read about in the manual: https://www.toontrack.com/manual/ezdrummer-3/
BR,
John
John Rammelt - Toontrack
Technical Advisor
