Follow Host Position & Random Layers

[mcarter1a]

New EZ Player Pro owner here.  When I have “Follow Host Position” enabled for a track, playback no longer steps through layers or plays them back randomly (depending on which is selected).  Only the clip in the main playback lane is played.  Is that the way things work or am I missing something?

Thanks

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[John]

Hi,

 

I’m certain that’s the way it is working. If you follow the host position EZplayer Pro can ‘Play all’ Layers, simultaneously right? Setting the Layer handling to step through or randomise the layers would not work, since those modes need to have a loop on the track for EZplayer Pro to know when to go to another layer, which doesn’t have anything to do with the host’s timeline position.

Follow host play/stop and randomise layers vs Follow host position and Play All makes sense then, or?

BR,

John

John Rammelt - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

[mcarter1a]

Thanks for the response, John.  Your logic makes sense and I assumed it probably was as you described.  In my case, I was woking on a piece where I was looping the DAW timeline as I built up other parts, so some randomization in the drums helps creatively.  I can still use random layers if Host Position is off… it just means starting playback from a specific spot in the timeline each time.  No big deal.

Very useful plugin.  Wish I had discovered it years ago.

Best

[mark geha]

Hi, new to EZplayer pro as well. I got it set up but I can’t figure out how to make it play along with the song (playback, time map, bar 1,2,3,etc) in pro tools 9.0. The tempo sync works and I can drag/drop/audition the grooves but it won’t follow the pro tools conductor, Like in EZdrummers song creator. Am I missing a basic button or function?

• This post was modified 7 years, 1 month ago by mark geha.

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