When I drag a midi chord sequence to the bandmate feature in EZK2 the new matched part changes key when added to the timeline. How do I prevent that and keep the new file with the same key as the original one?
EZkeys version: 2.0.0 Operating system: Windows 10
This topic was modified 2 years ago by Darryl Brooks.
I am going to take a guess, based on a quick paythrough. So I may be wrong.
When you drag the midi file into “chords” Bandmate, it will assign a key and interprete the chords. It will take your midi file and put that in “Source”. Then it will attempt to find the best match midi groove and put that in “Keys”. If the Key assignment was incorrect you can change it – upper left under Key. The groove will change based on the key, but the chords do not change. So any thing you now pull down to the timeline should maintain the Key you have assigned and the original chords Bandmate assigned.
At least, that is what I am seeing.
EZkeys version: 2.0.0 Operating system: Windows 11
Hey, thanks. I will check out your advice. I think part of my issue stems from using EZBass, and EZDrummer3. The way EZB is set up, if I have 8 bars of midi keys that I drag over and drop it in keys and drums, the chord structure stays in the same key when I drag the bass notes generated to the timeline of EZB. Then the grooves audition in the correct key and stay correct if I replace the original midi bass notes with the new groove. In EZK2, the midi dropped into bandmate is the correct key for the example timeline, and when auditioning the different grooves it generates but when I drag it down to the track it changes to whatever key the default of the software is. I then have to set the correct key by hand. Just seems like an extra step that other EZ programs don’t do.
EZkeys version: 2.0.0 Operating system: Windows 10
As far as I understand, you want to drag and drop MIDI/chords from Bandmate to the Song Track (timeline) without transposing the MIDI/chords, right? To achieve this you have to do one of the following:
Make sure the Key Signature in Bandmate matches the Key Signature of the Song Track, or
Make sure the Song Track is empty before you drag and drop MIDI from Bandmate.
If the Song Track (timeline) is empty when you drag MIDI there, the Song Track will adjust to the key of the MIDI.
If the Song Track is already populated when you drag MIDI there, the key of the Song Track won’t change. Instead the MIDI that you drag to the Song Track will be transposed to match the key of the Song Track.
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