Recording Sounds From Multiple Kits

[Robert]

Greetings,
Recently picked up my first expansion packs for EZDrummer- Jazz and Latin Percussion. Love these sounds!

Can somebody please advise me regarding the best way to combine different sounds when using my DAW (Logic)?

For example, let’s say I want to have grooves playing w/ the jazz kit on one track, and a latin/conga groove on another track in the same song.

Or, lets say I want to combine several different latin grooves (conga, triangle and tamborine) within one song.

What is the best way to achieve this?

Thanks.

— Rob

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[Scott]

I can’t comment on Logic because I use Cubase but it should be similar.

I create a MIDI track and assign the MIDI Out to EZdrummer. I’ll pick the expansion pack I want and make the part. If I’m creating the basic drum part, I’ll select a drum kit. The Jazz EZX kit in your example.

If I want the then use the Latin Percussion EZX for a conga groove, I’ll load a second instance of EZdrummer and load the LP EZX. Then I’ll create a new MIDI track and assign the MIDI Out of that track to this second EZD instance (the LP EZX). I’ll then proceed to make the conga part.

Since the different kit pieces (tambourine, conga, shaker, etc) in the LP EZX are assigned to their own MIDI note(s) you can create multiple MIDI tracks (Tambourine track, conga track, shaker track, etc.) and assign them all to the same EZdrummer instance (LP EZX) and they will play their correct parts, provided you are using the proper mapping and/or the included MIDI grooves.

Scott Sibley - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

[Robert]

Thanks Scott. Will try.

— Rob

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