Shaker Problem – Not able to create the pattern I Want EZD2

[L Nyman]

Hello,

So, I’ve got a song on the go. I open up EZD2 and am clicking the shaker with my mouse, & find a nice simple part I want to add. This turns out to be impossible, it seems.

The pattern is on [2 &] and [4]. Very simple. I discover that I can’t play it in realtime with a MIDI controller, even though it shows D-2 as the MIDI trigger, in the shaker details box. I tried painting the noted into a midi track, but again no dice. EZD2 just doesn’t allow it.

With further search, I understand it’s due to the nature of the sounds starting to make noise before the main “beat” part happens. (I read it here – http://www.toontrack.com/faq/how-do-i-trigger-the-ezdrummer-2-percussion/), but it would be nice to have the option to at least have a sound I can play/record, as well as this fantastic “futurehit” technology.

The article suggests to use a premade groove, so I went searching, but found nothing like the very simple groove I wanted.

It’s frustrating to be able to play it with my mouse, but not trigger it via midi, or even paint it in a midi track, & have it play of that.

Further I think this software is great, but this particular percussion bit just doesn’t work for me. I hope there can be an update that makes this more accessable – unless I’m missing some way of making this happen, of course.

Anyone else have any thoughts or experience with the percussion (shaker & tambourine specifically).

p.s. – I do have the Percussion addon so I’m going to try that instead, although staring at the shaker not being able to use it is annoying.
cheers,
Luke

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[John]

Hi,

I would go about it in either of 2 ways:

1) hit record on the Song Track and click the Shaker One Shot Pad on “2” and “4” and Quantize if needed.

2) select a groove on the Song Track, enter Edit Play Style and Enable the Shaker Pad. With the Shaker Pad selected, hit “-” on Amount until it only plays “2” and “4”.

John Rammelt - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

[L Nyman]

thanks for your reply, John.
I assume you are talking about the Song Track from within EZD2. I will try this that way then. btw the pattern was 2& + 4, not just 2 & 4. (Not easy to describe such an easy pattern this way.) I guess it should work for this slightly more complex pattern [!] too.
I’ll let you know how I get on.

[Henrik Ekblom]

You can, besides recording on the EZdrummer 2 song track, record what you play on the interface directly into your DAW. What you need to do to accomplish that is to enable “MIDI out” in the settings for EZdrummer 2. Record arm your daw and when you click on a drum on EZdrummer 2’s interface the MIDI note will be recorded in your DAW.

Henrik Ekblom - User Experience Designer
Toontrack

[Shootie]

@Lukeman said:

Hello,

So, I’ve got a song on the go. I open up EZD2 and am clicking the shaker with my mouse, & find a nice simple part I want to add. This turns out to be impossible, it seems.

The pattern is on [2 &] and [4]. Very simple. I discover that I can’t play it in realtime with a MIDI controller, even though it shows D-2 as the MIDI trigger, in the shaker details box. I tried painting the noted into a midi track, but again no dice. EZD2 just doesn’t allow it.

With further search, I understand it’s due to the nature of the sounds starting to make noise before the main “beat” part happens. (I read it here – http://www.toontrack.com/faq/how-do-i-trigger-the-ezdrummer-2-percussion/), but it would be nice to have the option to at least have a sound I can play/record, as well as this fantastic “futurehit” technology.

The article suggests to use a premade groove, so I went searching, but found nothing like the very simple groove I wanted.

It’s frustrating to be able to play it with my mouse, but not trigger it via midi, or even paint it in a midi track, & have it play of that.

Further I think this software is great, but this particular percussion bit just doesn’t work for me. I hope there can be an update that makes this more accessable – unless I’m missing some way of making this happen, of course.

Anyone else have any thoughts or experience with the percussion (shaker & tambourine specifically).

p.s. – I do have the Percussion addon so I’m going to try that instead, although staring at the shaker not being able to use it is annoying.
cheers,
Luke

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