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[Jfry]

I often import drums from one ezx to another. IE, indie folk toms into kicks & snares. Then I save the user kit and its always there. I’ve noticed with indie Folk I can import them but cannot save them. WHY? Or is this just something to do with the most recent update? Thanks

EZdrummer version: 2.2.0
Operating system: Windows 10

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[Shootie]

There’s one rule here which you may already know. For example, if you save a User Kit with the Indie Folk EZX, you can only access that user kit when you are using the Indie Folk EZX, regardless of how many kit pieces you’ve brought in from other EZXs. In other words, if you save this custom user kit while using Idie Folk, you will not be able to access it when using the Kick & Snares EZX… and visa versa.

I don’t have those EZXs to recreate your issue.

If that’s not a rule you’ve overlooked, then it’s a bug. I recommend reporting it so it will be fixed sooner than later.

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[Jfry]

I realize you cant create an ezx in say indie folk and access it in say classic rock. That’s not the issue, until recently I could create a user kit with drums from any ezx, save it and go back to it at any time and all drums were present exactly as I saved them. Since the most recent update it will not save drums, or cymbals for that matter from a different ezx than the one you are saving it in. It saves the file but when i go back to it, any drum that isnt from that particular ezx is just blank. I also downloaded and installed ezdrummer and all my ezxs to my deskktop just to see if i had an error or corrupt file on my laptop. It is the same so I know the issue isnt on my end. I hope it isn’t something toontrack has purposely taken away from me, if that’s the case ill be done with ezdrummer. Thanks for your suggestion though!

EZdrummer version: 2.2.0
Operating system: Windows 10

[Brad]

Are you saving it as a User Preset, for example I opened Indie Folk > Basic Gretsch and then loaded a User Preset that was based on that kit but I replaced the snare with Ludwig Black Beauty from the Classic Rock Kit and Ride Cymbal with the Bosphorus King Ping from the Custom Shop EZX.

When you try that the snare and cymbal would be blank, yes?

EZdrummer version: 2.2.0
Operating system: macOS Catalina (10.15)

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 4 years, 5 months ago by Brad.

[Jfry]

Correct on everything except I save them as a user kit, not a preset. It worked flawlessly until recently. Thanks!

EZdrummer version: 2.2.0
Operating system: Windows 10

[Jfry]

This photo is after I went back to it. The cymbals are present because they are from the rock solid ezx that I’m in. The snare, toms and kick were all from indie folk & Classic rock, and no longer there. Thanks for any help!!

EZdrummer version: 2.2.0
Operating system: Windows 10

• This post was modified 4 years, 5 months ago by Jfry.

[Brad]

Jfry wrote:

Correct on everything except I save them as a user kit, not a preset. It worked flawlessly until recently. Thanks!

EZdrummer version: 2.2.0
Operating system: Windows 10

Sorry, yes, user kit, I was working on SD3 presets earlier and it stuck in my head.

I will try the same on my Windows install and see if I have the same result as you, on Mac it’s working OK.

EZdrummer version: 2.2.0
Operating system: macOS Catalina (10.15)

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)

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[Brad]

Brad wrote:

Jfry wrote:

Correct on everything except I save them as a user kit, not a preset. It worked flawlessly until recently. Thanks!

EZdrummer version: 2.2.0
Operating system: Windows 10

Sorry, yes, user kit, I was working on SD3 presets earlier and it stuck in my head.

I will try the same on my Windows install and see if I have the same result as you, on Mac it’s working OK.

EZdrummer version: 2.2.0
Operating system: macOS Catalina (10.15)

So I replicated your results using the User Kits. However as a workaround can you try saving as a preset, does that work for you?

EZdrummer version: 2.2.0
Operating system: macOS Catalina (10.15)

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)

[Jfry]

It does save that way and that is better than not at all, but as you know it also saves the mixer settings. I only use ezdrummer to trigger roland vdrums and often times when I create a kit I like to run it through several presets to get as close to the sound im looking for and then adjust minimally. Also sometimes I come up with some pretty good stuff by accident lol. Thank you! I appreciate your help a lot!!

EZdrummer version: 2.2.0
Operating system: Windows 10

[Brad]

Jfry wrote:

It does save that way and that is better than not at all, but as you know it also saves the mixer settings. I only use ezdrummer to trigger roland vdrums and often times when I create a kit I like to run it through several presets to get as close to the sound im looking for and then adjust minimally. Also sometimes I come up with some pretty good stuff by accident lol. Thank you! I appreciate your help a lot!!

EZdrummer version: 2.2.0
Operating system: Windows 10

Have you tried saving as a project file (File > Save As), I know it recalls OK, but since I am remotely taking over my rig I can’t tell if it messes with the mixer settings.

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)

[Jfry]

See response from toontrack, I had success by going into add/remove programs in windows 10, uninstalled ezdrummer2 update and ezdrummer2, I then went into Product Manager, downloaded and installed 2.1.8 and the sound and midi updates from a long time ago, nothing else. It works great  did not delete any prior user kits or presets I had made before the 2.2 update.

Toontrack Support (Toontrack)
Jan 6, 2021, 11:59 AM CST

Hi John,

Thanks for your email and sorry for the delay. This is a new bug that was discovered in EZdrummer 2.2.0.

In this instance we recommend going back to EZdrummer 2.1.8.

To enable installing version 2.1.8, open Terminal in Applications > Utilities and copy/paste the following line to the Terminal window:
echo au vst aax app ezdline | xargs -I {} -n1 sudo pkgutil –forget “com.toontrack.ezdrummer.{}.pkg”
Then press Return. You’ll be prompted for a password, so then type your computer/admin password and press Return again. Note that the password characters that you type will be invisible.

Then you can open Toontrack Product Manager, click “Show Details” for EZdrummer 2. Download the software update version 2.1.8, then select “Install” from the menu to the right of it. It is important that after the download completes, you use the small menu to the right of the download and select “Install” from this menu.

EZdrummer version: 2.1.8
Operating system: Windows 10

• This post was modified 4 years, 5 months ago by Jfry.

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