How to add dong ending EZdrumer Pop/rock?? Newbie needy helpy

[Chris Kohler]

I just gettin used to this EZDrummer thing…i like er so far. Just about half way through my first 2 songs using the drag n drop method cause i dunno otherwize. Thats good nuf fer me….add grooves, shuffle em around, add fills, etc… (I use Protools LE…also new).

BUT! Even thou i see all the “fills” that could lead to that big smash ending, i see no loops that are in fact “endings”. I must be wrong…please tell me i’m wrong as this would just be a criminal case; to have all but endings….hey…i bought this cause i aint no drummer and even if i was it takes ferever to record em.

I suppose i could use a “fill” and try to jerry-rig a smash ending …but im sure it’ll suck

Additional edit: i should of asked….since i be new…and dont no how to surf da forums so good…if anyone can direct me a thread or rope or whaever kinda fishing line on this topic that’d aslo be luvely, tanks

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[Martin]

Well, endings can be very different from song to song. I would suggest you look into learning the MIDI editing features of Pro Tools, rather than going through the whole MIDI library in EZdrummer. Sometimes adding a crash after a fill could do the trick, otherwise you might need to edit the MIDI yourself from scratch.

Martin Kristoffersson
Sound Designer

[Chris Kohler]

Thanks Martin…yea i got enuf understanding of protools now to do that…i’ve had it now for about 6 months. So i guess this edition of EZDrummer doesnt have any endings….thats strange….where all the other parts are there….well, i supose intros are technically not there either but thats easier ….hmmmmmm, in fact now that i think, i think i already did what you said for the intro….just deleting a few hits….yea i got a yamaha keyboard here in China a few months ago too so i can add cymbal hits easy nuf

Ok…

[ronnieg]

http://www.toontrack.com/forum/showProfile.aspx?memid=230245

AS you’ve dicovered. Endings and Starts are abit “exclusive” to the song you’re composing.
The great thing with the midi is that is a great starting point for you to chop and change  (mainly cut last 3 beats of the bar to accomodate the ending you’re after.
Also You will find some of the fills are OTT and if you had a drummer who kicked off like that before each chorus you’d shoot him lol!!!
So what i do is just drag the bar into the song over where i want it and grab the handles on the bar and shorten it…either way.  it gets a lot ore realistic that way.  (and you keep the drummer!!)  there are 1 bar fills and 2 bar fills so all you need to decide is what bit of the fill you like. SNap the bar to Quantise (to grid) helps as you can move it around and it all stays in time.

Hope that helps a little.

Ronnie

http://www.songramp.com/homepage.php?userid=16509

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