So the answer implies that you need additional instances of EZKeys (EXBass, EZDrums etc) in your DAW if you want multiple different grooves playing at the same time. My use case is (for example) using the Latin Percussion set and adding Conga, Timbales, Shakers. For this, I need three instances of EZDrummer (one with a Conga track, one with a Timbales track, and one with a Shakers track) to add these individual grooves to a production?
Then what is the use-case for Track 1″ vs “Track 2” etc? Why would I need these? Why add additional tracks (using the + button in the right-lower section of the UI)? Are these merely independent scratch pads that can be switched between (since they don’t play simultaneously)?
I’ve looked at a lot of YouTube videos but nobody explains what adding tracks is useful for. I could see a use if, say, you could switch from Track 1 to Track 2 with a MIDI program change from your DAW. Then you could use Track 2 as an alternate take for a chorus for instance. Is this the intent? If so, how do you switch between tracks from your DAW?
“So the answer implies that you need additional instances of EZKeys (EXBass, EZDrums etc) in your DAW if you want multiple different grooves playing at the same time. My use case is (for example) using the Latin Percussion set and adding Conga, Timbales, Shakers. For this, I need three instances of EZDrummer (one with a Conga track, one with a Timbales track, and one with a Shakers track) to add these individual grooves to a production?”
If Latin has all three of those instruments, you do not need 3 instances of EZdrummer. You need one. You program all three instruments on the Grid Editor for example.
“I’ve looked at a lot of YouTube videos but nobody explains what adding tracks is useful for. I could see a use if, say, you could switch from Track 1 to Track 2 with a MIDI program change from your DAW. Then you could use Track 2 as an alternate take for a chorus for instance. Is this the intent? If so, how do you switch between tracks from your DAW?”
It’s simply for organization. These tracks do not play simultaneously or switch in real-time.
