EZD2 drag and drop in cubase elements 9.5 play wrong rythm

[stephane mathis]

Hello,

I’m using Ezdrummer 2 with cubase elements 9.5
when i drag and drop a midi file and start palying cubase, cubase play another rythm…

ez drummer version: 2.1.8
cubase elemnts 9.5
focusrite Scarlett 2i2
Windows 10

thanks for your help

Stephane, France

EZdrummer version: 2.1.8
Operating system: Windows 10

• This post was modified 6 years, 6 months ago by stephane mathis.

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[Henrik Ekblom]

stephane mathis wrote:

when i drag and drop a midi file and start palying cubase, cubase play another rythm…

In EZd2: have you checked that you have disabled Follow Host or removed the MIDI from the EZd2 song track when playing MIDI from the host?

Or else you might end up playing MIDI from both the host and EZd2 song track at the same time – which doesn’t sound good 🙂

Henrik Ekblom - User Experience Designer
Toontrack

• This post was modified 6 years, 6 months ago by Henrik Ekblom.

[stephane mathis]

Thanks for reply !

i “drag and drop” the midi file directly from the browser of EZd2.
“follow host” is disabled and there’s no midi file in the sound track of EZd2.
when i’m listening the sound from the browser of EZd2, it’s good.
But when i “drag and drop” the midi file from the browser in the “instrument track” (with EZd2 VST), it’s like the host change the contents of the midi file. it affects the rythm, not the instruments: if the midi file play kick and snare, i heard kick and snare but the rythm is not the same than the midi file read in the browser of EZd2.

perhaps the “elements” version of cubase is not compatible with “drag and drop”
but, in the UNSUPPORTED HOSTS list, only the “LE” version is not compatible with “drag and drop”, not the “elements” version.

i check my all cubase configuration, i find Nothing wrong…

i hope it’s clear !

EZdrummer version: 2.1.8
Operating system: Windows 10

[Henrik Ekblom]

Well, also check that you don’t have any MIDI In mapping enabled (in the Menu). This will alter the incoming MIDI notes.

Also try to drag the groove to the song track of EZd2, and enable Follow Host. This should cause the MIDI to be played back correctly.

Henrik Ekblom - User Experience Designer
Toontrack

[stephane mathis]

excuse me but i didn’t find what you explain in the first proposition:
“also check that you don’t have any MIDI In mapping enabled (in the Menu). ”
do you mean in EZd2 Menu ? there’s nothing called “mapping” in the menu of EZd2.
can you détail a little more, please ?

the second option (try to drag the groove to the song track of EZd2, and enable Follow Host) do not change anything.

this is a more specific example:
when i drag and drop a cymbal stuff (crescendo) of the modern vintage library, the host play just one hit on the cymbal, not the crescendo.
when i double click on the midi file to open the rhythm editor in the host, the crecsendo seems to be taken into account but only one hit is playing on the cymbal.

EZdrummer version: 2.1.8
Operating system: Windows 10

[Henrik Ekblom]

stephane mathis wrote:

do you mean in EZd2 Menu ? there’s nothing called “mapping” in the menu of EZd2.

Sorry, I was a bit unclear. I meant Settings > E-Drums. In there, you can set MIDI Mapping to match e-drums of different kinds, and if this isn’t set to None the MIDI notes that goes into EZdrummer 2 will be transformed.

However, it doesn’t sound like that’s what causing the problem.

stephane mathis wrote:

the second option (try to drag the groove to the song track of EZd2, and enable Follow Host) do not change anything.

So when you preview a groove in the Search (or Browser) tab, the MIDI plays back correctly, but when you drag it to the song track of EZdrummer 2 and hit play it doesn’t play back correctly?

I would suggest that you try Cakewalk by Bandlab as a DAW, since it’s free. I think it’s a better option than using the LE version of Cubase…

Henrik Ekblom - User Experience Designer
Toontrack

• The post has been modified 2 times, last modified 6 years, 6 months ago by Henrik Ekblom.

[stephane mathis]

I have not solved the problem yet…

the e-drums setting is set to “none”

and i’m using ELEMENTS 9.5 versison of cubase, not the LE

 

“So when you preview a groove in the Search (or Browser) tab, the MIDI plays back correctly,

but when you drag it to the song track of EZdrummer 2 and hit play it doesn’t play back correctly?”

==> the midi palys back correctly in EZd2 when i’m reading from SEARCH, BROWSER and in the SONG TRACK when “follow host” is disabled 

but, if “follow host” is enabled and i hit the “play” button of the host, the song track don’t read the midi file but start to read at bar 2863 in the SONG TRACK of EZd2 (while the midi file is set at bar 1 in the song track).

i don’t know if there’s a link but, the TRACK LENGHT of EZd2 is set to 2863378, and if i try to change the TRACK LENGHT for a smaller number (5 for exemple), EZD2 always start reading at bar 2863 when i hit the “play” button of the host and the TRACK LENGHT return to 2863378.

the trouble comes when i want to read the midi file in the host, when the midi file is in the the SONG TRACK and “follow host” is enabled OR when i drag and drop the midi file in an instrument track of the host.

to sum up, there’s 2 problems:

1- when i want to read the drag and drop midi file in the host, the midi file is not corrctly paly

2- when i want to read the midi file set in the song track (at bar 1), with “follow host” enabled, EZd2 start reading at bar 2863, not bar 1

 

 

EZdrummer version: 2.1.8
Operating system: Windows 10

[stephane mathis]

BEST ANSWER

Hello,

the problem comes from the audio interface.

i reinstalled the driver and everything is working properly !

thanks for your help !

EZdrummer version: 2.1.8
Operating system: Windows 10

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