How to (Really) Disable ALL Autoscroll, Follow, etc.?

[zenwarlord]

I think this pertains to EZ Bass and EZ Drummer 3.  When I set the auto-scroll to off, (that form of auto-scroll is sometimes referred to as “follow”) apparently the thought is that I still want to autoscroll anyway, especially when the notes being played go off the screen.

Combined with the inability to quickly manage zooming, I have yet to figure out (its only been about 2 hours) how to avoid this interrupting my workflow.  Let me explain – I usually let a track play, or at least let a looped portion of it play, when working on things.

Since EZ Keys and EZ Bass and EZ Drums don’t particularly want to loop using the same loop range, it is sometimes necessary to loop the entire sequence.  Whereupon it is difficult to zoom in close enough to make edits, whereupon this autoscroll thing kicks in (that apparently can’t be disabled with the autoscroll set to off).

So what I think the purpose of this was, was to keep the  user from “missing the part of the  track playing back”.  But when I edit, as a user, I don’t want the grid editor to jump to some place far away from where I am about to make an edit.  Just a moment ago I accidentally deleted a note, only to have the grid editor jump to the end of the song.  Not a big deal, but it does mean I had to remember exactly where that note was, and stop the playback, and navigate back to that  spot.

(Incidentally, and completely unrelated to the above, there is  a little plus button to add a new drum track (which apparently deletes the drum track one is working on, which can’t be undone.) I wish this icon didn’t look like a plus sign, since it is right below the plus/minus signs that zoom in and out horizontally. )

Superior Drummer 3, EZ Drummer 3 and EZ Bass are excellent besides a few workflow deals, so thank you for your fine work!

EZdrummer version: 3.0.2
Operating system: Windows 10

EZdrummer version: 3.0.2
Operating system: Windows 10

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[Brad]

“(Incidentally, and completely unrelated to the above, there is  a little plus button to add a new drum track (which apparently deletes the drum track one is working on, which can’t be undone.) I wish this icon didn’t look like a plus sign, since it is right below the plus/minus signs that zoom in and out horizontally. )”

Are you referring to “Add A Song Track”? This doesn’t delete the current song track, it just makes a new active song track, but you can click on the previous song tracks to make one of them active…. unless I am misunderstanding what you are referring to.

EZdrummer version: 3.0.2
Operating system: macOS Monterey (12)

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• This post was modified 3 years ago by Brad.

[zenwarlord]

I did see that that was what it was called, so I assumed it probably was supposed to add a track.  At least at first.  Then I looked hard at the interface, and did not see my original track, and nothing was playing back.  I’m not sure how things look when this is going on, so I’ll need to try looking closer at the lane/s and see how or if the initial track was actually deleted (somehow).   Thank you for pointing out what is supposed to happen. 😀

[John]

Hi,

please check out the Keyboard Shortcuts, they are your friend 😉

On Windows, it should be Ctrl+Plus/Minus for horizontal zoom and Shift+Plus/Minus for vertical zoom.
Shift+Spacebar can start and stop just the EZD3 Song Track, if you are using a DAW. Shift+G toggles Loop on/off.

The Song Track and the Grid Editor have separate Auto Scroll on/off settings, so if you have disabled Auto-scroll in the Track Menu, it still Auto-scrolls in the Grid Editor and vice versa.

BR,
John

John Rammelt - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

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