importing drumtracker midi file into logic 8

[Timothy Lucas]

I have recently switched to Logic Pro 8 studio from Cubase 4. I had no problem in Cubase using drumtracker, but I’m having major difficulty in Logic.

I can get everything into drumtracker from logic just fine, but when I drag the midi file created in drumtracker back into my logic project, the midi file is not the same length as the original audio file I rendered. Therefore, it’s completely ‘unsynced’ with the original tracks.

I close mic all of my drums. The method I use to export them into drumtracker is to bounce the audio of an individual track (say the kick for instance) and then make that the input on drumtracker. I fully render the ENTIRE audio file including the usual minute of ‘dead space’ at the beginning of the audio file. I save the midi file in the same bounce folder as the original audio file. I then go back to logic and drag the just made midi file into a midi track. The same thing happens everytime (I’ve tried this at least 50 times): I get the midi notes into the project just fine, but the ‘dead space’ is not in the file and therefore I have to manually sync the midi notes with the original audio notes. This is a big waste of time and can’t be right.

Please tell me if there is a different way I should be doing this. I’m really frustrated.
Thanks,

Tim
Dual 2 Ghz PowerPC G5 mac
OSX 10.4.11

Regards, TL macbook pro 2.2GHz intel core 2 duo 4GB EZdrummer 1.2

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[Timothy Lucas]

Thanks so much toontrack for your help in this matter. I knew I should have spent a little more money and got a real drum replacement software program like drumagogue. Please enjoy the $150 I wasted on your worthless product. I will make sure to avidly advertise to all my associates to avoid this program at all costs.

Regards, TL macbook pro 2.2GHz intel core 2 duo 4GB EZdrummer 1.2

[Rogue]

Hi Timothy.
while we try to do our best to attend this forum, this is a supplemental channel for support. Have you filed a support ticket through http://www.toontrack.com/support/ already?

Anyway, your issue is strictly Logic related. How and where files are imported by drag and drop is entirely up to them, in term of how they proceed. Have you tried importing the MIDI through the Import menu entry of Logic and does it yields the same result?

Rogue Marechal - Toontrack
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[Timothy Lucas]

Its been a while, but I wanted to let you know this is totally a drumtracker issue! If I have dead space at the beginning of a wav file before the actual drum that I want to replace starts playing and if I open this file as an input into drumtracker, when it’s all finished and ready to put back into logic, drumtracker creates a midi file that is a COMPLETELY different length i.e. it doesn’t include the ‘dead space’. The only solution that I have found, and this totally works for anyone having the same issue, is as follows:
when the wav file is brought into drumtracker, make sure the cursor is at the very beginning of the file (position 00:00) and click the ‘add event’ button which is found on the top left next to ‘render’. This places a ‘ghost’ note that will cause drumtracker to convert the WHOLE file in the exact same length as the original. Obviously, when back in logic, you want to delete this midi note. This is the only way I’ve found to make it work. I have version 1.02, so you might want to look into this as a possible bug.

Regards, TL macbook pro 2.2GHz intel core 2 duo 4GB EZdrummer 1.2

[Timothy Lucas]

Correction: don’t add the event at position 00:00, but anywhere past that position i.e. 00:01. Don’t ask me why, but this is the only way to get the file back into logic in its original total length.

Regards, TL macbook pro 2.2GHz intel core 2 duo 4GB EZdrummer 1.2

[staticstudios]

This also happens in Logic 9. Sure it’s easy enough to just move the first hit into place. But it would be nice if things lined up automatically.
Im sure logic users can confirm this.

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