Is there a way to import a wav or mp3 drum track into EZ Drummer 3

[Todd West]

Here’s what I’m trying to do; I have a wav file of a drum track. It’s my drummer playing on one of our songs. In EZ Drummer 3, we want to recreate exactly what he played. Normally, I sit there and manually input each note (copying and pasting where possible). But I’m wondering, is there any way that I could import that wav (or mp3) file into EZ Drummer 3 and have it recognize the drums for me? Or, is there some other way that’d help me save time over drawing out each drum hit in EZ Drummer 3? I know how to have him record his electronic kit directly into EZ Drummer 3, but in this case, it’s not possible. All I have is the wav of his studio track.

EZdrummer version: 3.1.0
Operating system: macOS Sequoia (15)

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[Mick Avoidant]

Bandmate can sometimes do what you’re asking.

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[Todd West]

I’ve never tried the Bandmate feature. Doesn’t that just suggest what it thinks is a drum part that will work with the rest of the instruments? I’m looking for a way to recreate as close as possible a drum track that is already done.

[Bear-Faced Cow]

Bandmate isn’t made for what you want to do. What you are wanting to do is part of the Tracker feature in Superior Drummer 3.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

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[RoloRock]

May be it works with Logic Pro X using the “convert Audio to Midi”-function. I did this with a Kick-Drum Audio WAV signal converted to Midi. It generates automatically another track with software instrument e.g. EZD 3 and you can select a Kickdrum from there.   I can mix now the Original Kick drum with EZD 3 Kickdrum to get a nice sound.

Operating system: macOS Sequoia (15)

• This post was modified 1 month, 3 weeks ago by RoloRock.

[Scott Eshleman]

RoloRock wrote:

May be it works with Logic Pro X using the “convert Audio to Midi”-function. I did this with a Kick-Drum Audio WAV signal converted to Midi. It generates automatically another track with software instrument e.g. EZD 3 and you can select a Kickdrum from there.   I can mix now the Original Kick drum with EZD 3 Kickdrum to get a nice sound.

Operating system: macOS Sequoia (15)

• This post was modified 1 month, 3 weeks ago by RoloRock.

Sure; if you have close-mic’d multi-tracks, an Audio-to-MIDI conversion could be the way to go…
but I think that the OP was referencing a full drum kit recording.

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[Bear-Faced Cow]

You could probably separate the stereo kit with the advanced editors in Melodyne with a bit of tweaking and export to MIDI and see if that works as well.

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

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