Moving drums track from protools to EZ back to Protools!

[Al.]

Peace there everyone,

Me again, just getting used to EZ drummer, GOD willing!

I am using an edrum kit to record the drum beat I want into protools.

I am recording the midi from protools into EZdrummer (as previously suggested) and editing the beat in EZdrummer

Once I complete my editing, how do I relay the drum track back to protools?

Do just drag and drop? do I even need to export it ?

thank you again everyone 🙂

EZdrummer version: 3.0.6
Operating system: Windows 11

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[Shootie]

Everyone does things differently. Sometimes for great reasons, and often because that’s all they know.

Try this. With EZD loaded in Pro Tools, hit record in EZD instead. Now you’ve recorded in EZ which is the same place you edit. One step saved. And then ask yourself why you need the midi back in Pro Tools. If you don’t have a valid answer, leave the midi in EZD. Done and super simple.

If you find yourself…
1. needing to use the Pro Tools Piano Roll instead of EZDrummer’s Grid Editor
2. Needing to Freeze Tracks

Drag the midi from EZDrummer 3’s Song Track into the EZDrummer Instrument Track in Pro Tools.
Select all midi in EZD’s Song Track, right click and select Mute.
Now your midi is in Pro Tools.
If you need to make another edit, Unmute the midi in EZD, rinse and repeat.

…though unless you have a valid reason, you could have just left the midi in EZD in the first place and not have to do this back and forth stuff.

If one has a healthy enough computer. I personally always leave the midi in EZ. And if the mixing engineers needs audio files, I would wait until the project requires no more editing before exporting from midi to audio files.

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Thanked by: Scott Eshleman, Al. and Brad

[Mick Avoidant]

I always edit my drum tracks in my DAW

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[Brad]

@shootie and @Mick Avoidant have good advice. I too prefer to edit in EZDrummer simply because I will most likely be moving between several DAWs.
As said previously, you can drag your MIDI from EZD into PT, but it is 1 way street. So as @shootie indicated keep the track in EZD and either mute it or deselect “Follow Host” in EZD, or my favourite, just create a new blank MIDI track in EZD.

EZdrummer version: 3.0.6
Operating system: macOS Sonoma (14)

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
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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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Thanked by: Scott Eshleman and Al.

[Al.]

Thank you! Praise GOD, I really appreciate all your answers 🙂

Shootie, love your videos! I subscribed by GOD’s Grace 🙂

[Bear-Faced Cow]

I would agree with Brad and Shootie: unless you have a real need to have the MIDI inside your DAW, I would keep it in EZ Drummer.

Although my workflow often consists of starting off with my drum MIDI inside my DAW (Logic Pro 11 in my case), it is typically for arrangement purposes as I can move around entire sections of audio and MIDI at once until I have the song structure I was looking for. However, once everything is all set up and I am ready to go into the editing phase on my songwriting workflow, I will then put the drum MIDI into EZ Drummer and leave it there. I might not switch between DAWs like Brad, but keeping the MIDI in EZ Drummer gives me the ability to edit my drums in standalone (I will save an EZ Drummer project alongside my Logic project).

jord

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Jordan L. Chilcott

Web Site: https://jordanchilcottmusic.com/

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Thanked by: Al.

[Al.]

Thank you Jordan 🙂 May GOD bless you all

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