EZD3: export song track as audio does not follow tempo changes

[fcarosone]

EZD3 as a VST with “Follow Host” active does follow tempo changes in the host DAW. I have a project with many slight tempo changes to follow real players. I’m in the end of the composition, the song track in EZD3 fully populated and when I press play in the daw, EZD3 follows those tempo changes nicely, with rallentando and accelerando around an average tempo. Yet, when I export the song track as audio file (via the Track menu option) to start mixing, the audio file does not follow the tempo changes. Should I export the tempo map from the DAW and insert it explicitly in EZD3? Is there a simpler way? Since EZD3 followed the tempo changes as VST, I was illuded…

Is there something I should know?

EZdrummer version: 3.0.6
Operating system: Windows 10

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[Shootie]

I believe there’s two solutions.

Drag you midi from EZ to your DAW and export from your DAW.

If you want to export from EZ, you must add the Tempo changes in EZ as well. Follow Host excludes tempo changes in DAW. Upper Menu> Track> Tempo Editor.

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Thanked by: fcarosone

[fcarosone]

Thanks a lot for replying immediately.

I didn’t mention in the first post, but there is one complication. In many bars I changed the patterns via Edit Play Style to give continuous variations. I recall that someone wrote or said in a youtube video, some time back, that these Edit Play Style edits are performed real time by EZD and not printed in the song track midi patterns, so the midi drag from the song track to the host does not capture these continuous variations (I didn’t verify if the midi export works on this particular feature).

As for tonight, I found a workaround.

In settings, I checked the MIDI Out option. Then in the DAW I created a MIDI track, set the input to EZD output, and put it into record mode. During the recording, I heard EZD performs all the edit play styles and prints them to midi in the DAW. After that, I move the midi file to the EZdrummer track and DISABLE “Follow Host” in EZD. Now EZD plays the midi file in the DAW with all the Edit Play Style variations and I can render the audio in the DAW as I do with all synths and samplers. After bouncing the audio, I go back to EZD settings and uncheck the midi out option, archive the midi track with the midi file, and remove the EZD VST instrument (my mix phase is done with audio only, I saved the project in case I need to return to the drums)

I consider the midi out as a workaround, in my opinion the export audio should work properly at least for tempo changes. If anybody has a faster solution is welcome

[Shootie]

Edit Play Style does not work like that so no need to worry.

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Thanked by: Brad

[Bear-Faced Cow]

Did you import the tempo map from your DAW into EZD3. EZD3 can’t export any audio with tempo changes without the map.

Your “workaround” is really just another way of getting the same result. There are many ways to do this.

jord

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[John]

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Hi,

you have already received the answer above but I just want to mention that the easy way to do this is to export a MIDI file from your DAW, it doesn’t matter what’s in it, then go to EZdrummer 3 > Track > Import Tempo from MIDI file and select this MIDI file. This will only import the Tempo + changes from the MIDI file. If you have Time Signature changes, the same thing applies.

‘Follow Host’ does what it says but while you Export the Song Track in EZD3 to Audio, the host is not running the Timeline so when Enabled and Exporting, EZD3 just follows the Tempo at the current timeline position.

BR,
John

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Thanked by: fcarosone, Bear-Faced Cow and Shootie

[fcarosone]

So the info in the youtube was not correct.. I will check as soon as I have the software in front of me, thank you much again

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