Hello, I like the sounds of the EZ Drummer kits I have but none of the MIDI packs I’ve bought from Toontrack work for me (not technically but musically). Instead I like to use it as an instrument and control with a keyboard or pad controller (I’m too lazy to program anything). My question is whether or not my method is the best for my situation.
Currently (in Logic Pro) I create a new instrument track using EZ drummer and choose the multi output so each “mic” can be processed separately in the auxes. I manually play the kick, snare, hihat and ride with my fingers on one pass (track), deleting the aux channels dedicated to the other mics I’m not using. Then I create, respectively, individual stereo instrument tracks for toms and for cymbals and play each of those over separate passes. Basically, I’m creating the whole kit from 3 instances of EZ Drummer and can control EQ and dynamics for everything separately to my liking.
Is having multiple instances a problem? I’m certainly not overtaxing my machine at all, but could this create other problems I’m unaware of? This is probably even stupider but if I leave the stereo OH or room mics on should I leave them on in all three instances or will one capture the sounds played before or after it (on other tracks)? Hope that makes sense, I can be dense!
Thanks all,
Mark
