Sliding two notes at once problem

[tux]

I haven’t yet figured out how to do this. Say, if I wanted the bass to hit the 12th fret on the D and G strings simultaneously, then slide to a new position (9th fret or wherever, sort of like a bar chord slide, etc) and then hold those notes for a bit, how would I do this?

EZbass version: 1.0.6
Operating system: Windows 7

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[James]

If you try to draw in the slides on adjacent notes like that EZBass freaks out – you have to draw the slides on the D string first, then later in the MIDI track draw them onto your G string and then use the move tool to move those higher / lower notes back in line with the notes on the D string.

If you try to add a slide onto the MIDI grid where there are two options (two notes) EZBass isn’t clever enough yet to know which one you want it to slide to – even if you have it selected. It just throws it up or down an octave. But build it as a single note track and then move the power chord 5ths back in line with the roots and it works fine.

EZbass version: 1.0.6
Operating system: macOS Catalina (10.15)

[tux]

Thanks for the reply. I’m still having trouble accomplishing that, though.

[James]

tux wrote:

Thanks for the reply. I’m still having trouble accomplishing that, though.

Having trouble understanding what I wrote – or moving the notes?

[tux]

I’ve tried writing a slide and then writing another slide after it, transposed into harmony notes. Whenever I grab the harmony notes and move them into position directly above the first slide, it still messes up during the playback.

[Todd West]

I’d love an answer to this as well because I’m having the exact same problem.  I create a slide that works/sounds perfect.  Then I create the harmony to that slide and drag those notes in the MIDI editor/grid of EZ Bass to line up perfectly with the main notes that were already there, and it ends up playing just the top notes.

[Jeff N]

I’ve had the same problem.  4 years later and still no answer or fix.  I guess I’ll have to go back to using Scarbee Rickenbacker.

EZbass version: 1.2.0
Operating system: Windows 11

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