I’m moving my music production from a Windows PC to a Mac and I have a question

[G Lover]

Here’s the thing. I have a lot of  drum parts for songs in EZDrummer 3 on my Windows PC and I will need to have both computers on and EZDrummer 3 open on both computers so I can create the drum parts in my new Mac Mini Pro M2.

Is that OK to do?

EZdrummer version: 3.0.6

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[Brad]

I am guessing it’s this section of the EULA you may be referring to;

1. INSTALLATION. You (one user) may download, install and use a Product on one computer or on more than one computer only if these computers form a single production unit or constitute separate workstations necessary for the task at hand and belong to the same owner. The number of concurrent installations of a Product is limited by the provisions or authorization process on the Toontrack Music website or the copy protection system included in a Product. If the Product does not have a copy protection system, no more than two concurrent installations are permitted. The number of permitted concurrent installations are subject to change without notice.

but to be honest, not sure what your asking, or what ultimately you are doing that requires 2 instance’s running on separate machines. If all you need is to copy sample and/or MIDI libraries from PC to Mac, you don’t need EZDrummer running. Either use an intermediary USB drive/stick or mount the PC disk to the Mac and copy.
I could be totally confused (just stepped off a plane)

EZdrummer version: 3.0.6
Operating system: macOS Ventura (13)

Mac Studio M1 Max, RAM 64 GB, 1TB Drive, OSX 12.x/13.x and Windows 10 (VM)
DAW: Studio One Pro (always up to date)
DTX Express III (Extreme triggers), Nektar LX88
OWC Thunderbay Mini (4 X 1TB Sata SSD), Express 4M2 (4 X 2TB M.2 SSD), Envoy Express (1TB M.2 SSD)
Presonus Quantum, Faderport & Faderport 8
Black Lion Sparrow Mk2 A/D, FMR-RNP-RNC, MIDI Xpress 128, BM5A, KRK VXT4, Equator D5
2020 Macbook Pro 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD Audio(mobile rig)

[G Lover]

Brad wrote:

I am guessing it’s this section of the EULA you may be referring to;

1. INSTALLATION. You (one user) may download, install and use a Product on one computer or on more than one computer only if these computers form a single production unit or constitute separate workstations necessary for the task at hand and belong to the same owner. The number of concurrent installations of a Product is limited by the provisions or authorization process on the Toontrack Music website or the copy protection system included in a Product. If the Product does not have a copy protection system, no more than two concurrent installations are permitted. The number of permitted concurrent installations are subject to change without notice.

but to be honest, not sure what your asking, or what ultimately you are doing that requires 2 instance’s running on separate machines. If all you need is to copy sample and/or MIDI libraries from PC to Mac, you don’t need EZDrummer running. Either use an intermediary USB drive/stick or mount the PC disk to the Mac and copy.
I could be totally confused (just stepped off a plane)

EZdrummer version: 3.0.6
Operating system: macOS Ventura (13)

I currently have EXDrummer 3 on a PC. I am buying a Mac Mini Pro M2 and I will need EZDrummer 3 on the Mac.

I need to get all my drum parts on the PC to be on my new Mac. I can’t simply transfer them, but I can open EZDrummer on the PC and on the Mac and find each part on the PC to look them up on EXDrummer on the Mac.

Does that make sense?

[Brad]

G Lover wrote:

Brad wrote:

I am guessing it’s this section of the EULA you may be referring to;

1. INSTALLATION. You (one user) may download, install and use a Product on one computer or on more than one computer only if these computers form a single production unit or constitute separate workstations necessary for the task at hand and belong to the same owner. The number of concurrent installations of a Product is limited by the provisions or authorization process on the Toontrack Music website or the copy protection system included in a Product. If the Product does not have a copy protection system, no more than two concurrent installations are permitted. The number of permitted concurrent installations are subject to change without notice.

but to be honest, not sure what your asking, or what ultimately you are doing that requires 2 instance’s running on separate machines. If all you need is to copy sample and/or MIDI libraries from PC to Mac, you don’t need EZDrummer running. Either use an intermediary USB drive/stick or mount the PC disk to the Mac and copy.
I could be totally confused (just stepped off a plane)

EZdrummer version: 3.0.6
Operating system: macOS Ventura (13)

I currently have EXDrummer 3 on a PC. I am buying a Mac Mini Pro M2 and I will need EZDrummer 3 on the Mac.

I need to get all my drum parts on the PC to be on my new Mac. I can’t simply transfer them, but I can open EZDrummer on the PC and on the Mac and find each part on the PC to look them up on EXDrummer on the Mac.

Does that make sense?

How do they get on the Mac for you to look up?

Are we talking about user MIDI or something else?

Would you be able to walk me through what you’re going to do? I am sure it’s ok to do what you are planning on doing. It just seems, to me, unnecessarily time consuming. (At my age time is a valuable resource)

EZdrummer version: 3.0.6
Operating system: macOS Ventura (13)

Mac Studio M1 Max, RAM 64 GB, 1TB Drive, OSX 12.x/13.x and Windows 10 (VM)
DAW: Studio One Pro (always up to date)
DTX Express III (Extreme triggers), Nektar LX88
OWC Thunderbay Mini (4 X 1TB Sata SSD), Express 4M2 (4 X 2TB M.2 SSD), Envoy Express (1TB M.2 SSD)
Presonus Quantum, Faderport & Faderport 8
Black Lion Sparrow Mk2 A/D, FMR-RNP-RNC, MIDI Xpress 128, BM5A, KRK VXT4, Equator D5
2020 Macbook Pro 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD Audio(mobile rig)

• The post has been modified 2 times, last modified 1 year, 8 months ago by Brad.

[Glenn Stanton]

my thought is: you need to install your products on the Mac. then if you’re sharing the project files – either use cloud storage to readily share them, or SMB connection to the PC from the Mac. i use cloud storage for sharing projects across my machines (not Toontrack though – but if i did i would install the products on all of them, in accordance with whatever license is approved).

EZdrummer version: 3.0.6
Operating system: Windows 11

Glenn

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[G Lover]

Brad wrote:

G Lover wrote:

Brad wrote:

I am guessing it’s this section of the EULA you may be referring to;

1. INSTALLATION. You (one user) may download, install and use a Product on one computer or on more than one computer only if these computers form a single production unit or constitute separate workstations necessary for the task at hand and belong to the same owner. The number of concurrent installations of a Product is limited by the provisions or authorization process on the Toontrack Music website or the copy protection system included in a Product. If the Product does not have a copy protection system, no more than two concurrent installations are permitted. The number of permitted concurrent installations are subject to change without notice.

but to be honest, not sure what your asking, or what ultimately you are doing that requires 2 instance’s running on separate machines. If all you need is to copy sample and/or MIDI libraries from PC to Mac, you don’t need EZDrummer running. Either use an intermediary USB drive/stick or mount the PC disk to the Mac and copy.
I could be totally confused (just stepped off a plane)

EZdrummer version: 3.0.6
Operating system: macOS Ventura (13)

I currently have EXDrummer 3 on a PC. I am buying a Mac Mini Pro M2 and I will need EZDrummer 3 on the Mac.

I need to get all my drum parts on the PC to be on my new Mac. I can’t simply transfer them, but I can open EZDrummer on the PC and on the Mac and find each part on the PC to look them up on EXDrummer on the Mac.

Does that make sense?

How do they get on the Mac for you to look up?

Are we talking about user MIDI or something else?

Would you be able to walk me through what you’re going to do? I am sure it’s ok to do what you are planning on doing. It just seems, to me, unnecessarily time consuming. (At my age time is a valuable resource)

EZdrummer version: 3.0.6
Operating system: macOS Ventura (13)

• The post has been modified 1 year, 8 months ago by Brad"> 2 times, last modified 1 year, 8 months ago by Brad.

If I have my drum parts in EXDrummer 3, I can right-click on any of them and find the exact folder the drum part came from.
Since I can’t move all of the drum parts I have selected for a song from my Windows PC to my new Mac, I want to have EZDrummer open on both the PC and the Mac so I can right-click the drum parts on the PC and then find those same drum parts in EZDrummer on the Mac.
My question is: Can I have both EZDrummers open at the same time? Yes or No

[G Lover]

Glenn Stanton wrote:

my thought is: you need to install your products on the Mac. then if you’re sharing the project files – either use cloud storage to readily share them, or SMB connection to the PC from the Mac. i use cloud storage for sharing projects across my machines (not Toontrack though – but if i did i would install the products on all of them, in accordance with whatever license is approved).

EZdrummer version: 3.0.6
Operating system: Windows 11

If I have my drum parts in EXDrummer 3, I can right-click on any of them and find the exact folder the drum part came from.
Since I can’t move all of the drum parts I have selected for a song from my Windows PC to my new Mac, I want to have EZDrummer open on both the PC and the Mac so I can right-click the drum parts on the PC and then find those same drum parts in EZDrummer on the Mac.
My question is: Can I have both EZDrummers open at the same time? Yes or No

[Brad]

Sure, but… I’ll say it would much easier to open EZDrummer on your PC, Open your sessions up and File > Save-As…. this will save them as EZD project files. Copy the project files over to your Mac, and they will have everything from those session/tracks without having to look for anything, including your mixer settings interchanged drum kit pieces, etc….

EZdrummer version: 3.0.6
Operating system: macOS Ventura (13)

Mac Studio M1 Max, RAM 64 GB, 1TB Drive, OSX 12.x/13.x and Windows 10 (VM)
DAW: Studio One Pro (always up to date)
DTX Express III (Extreme triggers), Nektar LX88
OWC Thunderbay Mini (4 X 1TB Sata SSD), Express 4M2 (4 X 2TB M.2 SSD), Envoy Express (1TB M.2 SSD)
Presonus Quantum, Faderport & Faderport 8
Black Lion Sparrow Mk2 A/D, FMR-RNP-RNC, MIDI Xpress 128, BM5A, KRK VXT4, Equator D5
2020 Macbook Pro 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD Audio(mobile rig)

• This post was modified 1 year, 8 months ago by Brad.

[G Lover]

Brad wrote:

Sure, but… I’ll say it would much easier to open EZDrummer on your PC, Open your sessions up and File > Save-As…. this will save them as EZD project files. Copy the project files over to your Mac, and they will have everything from those session/tracks without having to look for anything, including your mixer settings interchanged drum kit pieces, etc….

EZdrummer version: 3.0.6
Operating system: macOS Ventura (13)

• This post was modified 1 year, 8 months ago by Brad.

Are you serious? It’s that easy? So If I do what you said I can paste the file from my PC into EZDrummer 3 on my new Mac and it will work OK?

[Brad]

G Lover wrote:

Brad wrote:

Sure, but… I’ll say it would much easier to open EZDrummer on your PC, Open your sessions up and File > Save-As…. this will save them as EZD project files. Copy the project files over to your Mac, and they will have everything from those session/tracks without having to look for anything, including your mixer settings interchanged drum kit pieces, etc….

EZdrummer version: 3.0.6
Operating system: macOS Ventura (13)

• This post was modified 1 year, 8 months ago by Brad.

Are you serious? It’s that easy? So If I do what you said I can paste the file from my PC into EZDrummer 3 on my new Mac and it will work OK?

That’s after you do the basic install of the software and the samples.

EZdrummer version: 3.0.6
Operating system: macOS Ventura (13)

Mac Studio M1 Max, RAM 64 GB, 1TB Drive, OSX 12.x/13.x and Windows 10 (VM)
DAW: Studio One Pro (always up to date)
DTX Express III (Extreme triggers), Nektar LX88
OWC Thunderbay Mini (4 X 1TB Sata SSD), Express 4M2 (4 X 2TB M.2 SSD), Envoy Express (1TB M.2 SSD)
Presonus Quantum, Faderport & Faderport 8
Black Lion Sparrow Mk2 A/D, FMR-RNP-RNC, MIDI Xpress 128, BM5A, KRK VXT4, Equator D5
2020 Macbook Pro 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD Audio(mobile rig)

[G Lover]

Brad wrote:

G Lover wrote:

Brad wrote:

Sure, but… I’ll say it would much easier to open EZDrummer on your PC, Open your sessions up and File > Save-As…. this will save them as EZD project files. Copy the project files over to your Mac, and they will have everything from those session/tracks without having to look for anything, including your mixer settings interchanged drum kit pieces, etc….

EZdrummer version: 3.0.6
Operating system: macOS Ventura (13)

• This post was modified 1 year, 8 months ago by Brad.

Are you serious? It’s that easy? So If I do what you said I can paste the file from my PC into EZDrummer 3 on my new Mac and it will work OK?

That’s after you do the basic install of the software and the samples.

EZdrummer version: 3.0.6
Operating system: macOS Ventura (13)

OK cool.

Thank you for your help. I appreciate you.

• The post has been modified 2 times, last modified 1 year, 8 months ago by G Lover.

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