Matching Fills to Verses

[washy21]

Can someone help?

When I find say a verse part I like what I am finding is that the fills provided under the same heading don’t really match the verses. This is not just in terms of velocity but purely stylistically.

An example is using drums on a ballad. So say I want a nice subtle fill after a nice verse I simply cannot find one because they are all too heavy handed to match the verse.

EZdrummer version: 2.1.8
Operating system: macOS Catalina (10.15)

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[Shootie]

I’ll throw a few workflows at you, hopefully one will inspire or solve your issue.

Do you use Song Creator? If not, try it. Here is a detailed video if you don’t know how to use it. It will look through the fills of you entire midi collection, not just the song folder you’re working in. https://youtu.be/TYGFExJq2_w

Do you use the velocity features in EZD2? If not, take a look at the top of the Browser or Search Tab and adjust the Velocity Slider  ‘before’ dragging the Midi File to the Song Track. That may address your second comment.

Do you use the Edit Play Styles Tab? If not right click and select Edit Play Style on any file ‘already’ in your Song Track. Here you can adjust Velocity on individual instruments, not the entire beat at once as mentioned above with the Velocity Slider. You could also select a specific instrument (toms for example) and turn the amount knob down to rewrite the toms to be less busy. In other words, only finding aggressive fills for your ballad?… try playing with this amount knob in the Edit Playstyle Feature to help tame these fills.

This is how you can alter EZD2 beats within the program. You could also buy more EZD2 Midi Packs based on fills to get more options. Lastly, you will need a DAW or an upgrade to Superior to get more control over manually manipulating EZD2 midi files otherwise.

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[washy21]

Thanks very much for this detailed reply — lots to explore.

I am new to EZ Drummer but I have become quite familiar with its function although your suggestions have revealed a few things I certainly didn’t know, for example edit style.

I bought some add on files such as the ballads product but certainly up until now I personally have found that the matching of parts is somewhat frustrating as what I plan and hear in my head is just not available. However, it’s early days and perhaps there’s more, much more, to discover.

I will try the song creator tomorrow. So far I’ve just been dropping samples into the timeline.

[Shootie]

EZ Drummer can be taken to an advanced level, try to be patient with yourself and you will learn that on your own.

My own opinion here… Try to think of the included files as rough or solid ideas that you will produce into your own custom beats when you’re done tweaking them. As you start to get use to all of the features, after your drag and drop honeymoon phase, you will start hearing these included (or bought) midi files as a foundation that you have yet to build on.

When you get to the point where EZ Drummer can not finish a beat idea for you after exhausting all of it’s features, then it’s time to bring your midi into a DAW for editing. But at that point, you’ll be ready for that next step.

Have fun, good luck.

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[washy21]

Again thank you.

I have just been looking at the midi in my Daw, Studio One Professional and I totally get what you say. Obviously at the moment it looks quite daunting but I reckon I will end up editing these fills in the DAW to realise what I hear in my head.

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