traynor_garnetHi,
I recently upgraded to EZD3. Loving it but my user kits are not saving properly. As soon as I exit the program, the drums I have assigned to each pad are not the same and my module (TD-17) is no longer the default. Any help? I saw another post like this here, but it was in the Superior drummer section and apparently I am not allowed to read it.
Thanks in advance
ShootieTo save the ekit mapping you go to the Edrums menu, top center of screen menu, and save a use preset for mapping.
As for your sounds, you’re not saying at all what you’ve tried. Hence Mick’s question. Multiple ways to save via Project or Kit.
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Bear-Faced CowThat being said, saving a user kit does not save your drum mapping. Create a default project with your drum map and you should be able to go through all of your user kits with the drum map from your default project (unless of course you change the map and save a project with it).
jord
ROBERTSame thing happens to me, saving it as mentioned above, it tends to work about 50% of the time.
Cymbal problems, hi hat problems, im about to just uninstall it and forget about it. Its great software, but its not anywhere near Awesome.
I cant get volumes to save on toms, i cant get most things to save at all, but then sometimes it does, doing it the same way as mentioned above, however, default kit? No idea
what that is..
Ive remapped volumes and mixer like 5 times on all my kits, save, save a project, save at that other save area, i mean there is so many save areas….
But i do them all and the next day….. one kits screaming loud, the next is queit, though i spent hours on this, it just keeps happening. (fail ware).
Not impressed as i once was like this new customer, after a few months, with little to no support at all on any questions being answered here, its about useless because there is little to no manual either.
ROBERTTop center i see mixer and grid editor, not sure what you mean here, but under settings on the very left… is the edrum did menu.
I do save from user presets area, like the name of the drum kit there is a drop down window there. (studio basic kit) Top right.
Click this and then save user preset is in there, almost never actually records the save.
So i save a project and other stuff, still doesnt seem to save my volumes per kit or per tom once the program (FL studio) reboots.
Seems like most of the time, most of my work is lost to where i just give up.
There seems to be no real help on this site or anywhere, its just software thats like a bucket with a small hole in it. Slowly its not really a bucket, it just looks like one.
Mick AvoidantTop center i see mixer and grid editor, not sure what you mean here, but under settings on the very left… is the edrum did menu.
I do save from user presets area, like the name of the drum kit there is a drop down window there. (studio basic kit) Top right.
Click this and then save user preset is in there, almost never actually records the save.
So i save a project and other stuff, still doesnt seem to save my volumes per kit or per tom once the program (FL studio) reboots.
Seems like most of the time, most of my work is lost to where i just give up.
There seems to be no real help on this site or anywhere, its just software thats like a bucket with a small hole in it. Slowly its not really a bucket, it just looks like one.
Have you tried File > Save Current as Default Project?
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Thanked by: ROBERTROBERTSo if you have 5 projects and 5 kits, you want to save as default?
How does this work for 5 kits though? I switch kits per song sometimes.
Ive saved this way, but only load from where i mentioned because thats the user presets area..
But yea, ive saved projects like you mention, its a default project, not really kit, right? Is this what i am reading?
So on the right top area, the kit name like gospel or studio basic is there, and then next to it is the name of the preset on that kit in this project. I use that
drop down menu to save the preset of the kit i have made.
Then you say, i should set as default (like maybe the 1 kit thats on the most songs?) yea?
Then what, when we need to switch, i use that preset window on the right to load them.
Then they seem to forget some, of what ive done, but not all, thats the strange part, then there is one tom
so far, no matter what, its been like 60 times now, it just resets and gets loud if i save or not, seems like a few of these triggers do that.
Mick AvoidantSo if you have 5 projects and 5 kits, you want to save as default?
How does this work for 5 kits though? I switch kits per song sometimes.
Ive saved this way, but only load from where i mentioned because thats the user presets area..
But yea, ive saved projects like you mention, its a default project, not really kit, right? Is this what i am reading?
So on the right top area, the kit name like gospel or studio basic is there, and then next to it is the name of the preset on that kit in this project. I use that
drop down menu to save the preset of the kit i have made.
Then you say, i should set as default (like maybe the 1 kit thats on the most songs?) yea?
Then what, when we need to switch, i use that preset window on the right to load them.
Then they seem to forget some, of what ive done, but not all, thats the strange part, then there is one tom
so far, no matter what, its been like 60 times now, it just resets and gets loud if i save or not, seems like a few of these triggers do that.
- This post was modified 9 months, 2 weeks ago by ROBERT.
Default projects have a kit in them, whichever is saved with it. Saving a user preset won’t save your ekit. That’s not what presets are for. Save your projects and their kits in the File menu. Load each one from the File menu.
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Thanked by: ROBERTShootieSettings>Edrums>TopCenterMenu to save your mapping.
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ROBERTThanks man, I will…
Next problem is that i have two modules, roland kv17 x2.
I tried putting the e drum midi thing to (roland) it does not help though, just using the toontrack standard.
So my cymbals only crash, no choke is working on all cymbals… and adjusting the hi hat at all for any reason, nothing happens when i adjust it in the program (foot tap settings for pedal) etc.
The slider sensitivity seems to not work for me, on a few modes. Wish it did, the cymbals are tough to make sound real as it is, haha.
But cymbals dont work right, hi hats do not also.
I guess i could ask others with only one module, do the cymbal chokes/i called it cups. Do the cymbal chokes work and the hi hats sizzle or nay?
traynor_garnetI looked into this morning. I don’t understand the relationship of “projects” and “drum kits.”
My e-kit is a Roland Roland TD-17KVXS: 5 drums (snare, two rack toms, one floor tom, kick) and 4 cymbals (hi-hat, two crashes, ride). When I cycle through the presets it gets annoying because each kit seems mapped differently. For example, when I play the basic pop/rock kit everything is mapped perfectly. When I switch over to the classic rock kit (John Bonham kit), however, the drums don’t match up. Both my ekit’s rack toms trigger the classic rock kit’s loan rack tom. One of the two floor toms isn’t triggered by anything.
I can remedy this by remapping. I use the “learn” feature to make sure each of my edrums is assigned to a different drum. Now my first rack tom triggers the classsic kit’s only rack tom, my second rack tom triggers the classic rock kit’s first floor tom, my floor tom trigger the classic rock kit’s second floor tom. Viola! All my edrums trigger a different drum. For fun I switch the snare to another sound, and make my hi-hat foot pedal trigger a hi-hat tambourine. Finally, I have John Bohnam’s kit all set up. Now the tricky part: do i save this as a project or as a kit (I have mapped and changed sounds)?
If I save it as a project, then change the drum kit, the mapping is all off on other kits (if the kits consist of a different drum configuration: three rack toms and one floor tom for example). If I save it as a drum kit, the next time a load this user kit the mapping is gone!
So my first question is: what is the relationship of projects and kits?
To me it seems that all the pretty graphics of drum sets lead to unnecessary problems (both my rack toms trigger the same tom in one kit for example). It also seems that calling things “projects” makes sense if you are song writing in ez drummer, but makes no sense when you are just using the program to trigger sounds (as I am).
I wish the configuration of the drum set stayed the same but the sounds could switch as I change drums sets. In other words, every kit, be it jazz, metal, pop, or classic rock, would use the same (configuration, two rack toms and a floor tom in my case) but obviously the kits would sound different.
As it stands, I see no reason to save a user drum kit: every kit needs to me married to its own unique “project” or else the match between my physical edrums and the virtual kit is broken.
TG
traynor_garnetThe problem is that the “default project“ is married to a particular set of drums. If my default project uses a drum set that consists of two rack toms and a floor tom snare and base, the mapping doesn’t translate if I switch to a drum set that has one rack tom and two floor toms.
it seems that I have to save a number of projects that are married to a specific kit rather than having one default mapping that translates out perfectly to the various available drum kits.
TG
Bear-Faced CowProjects are more than just songwriting. They are containers for all your configurations that you are using at the time. The user kits are one of them and drum mapping is another. The mapping that you assigned will be saved to the project. Different projects can have different mappings (I use various drum maps, especially when I am using session players in Logic Pro 11). The fact that you are experiencing some inconsistencies with a kit could be more of a mapping translation issue within the EZX and someone like John or Rikard would have to check it out (I have the SDX containing the John Bonham kit and everything maps properly there… however, I do not have the EZX).
As for having 5 different project, that’s different than a default project. A default project is the project that loads when either starting up EZ Drummer or creating a new project. As long as this has the desired drum mapping, you won’t need to set it each time you create a new project or start EZ Drummer. As long as your other 5 projects contain your drum mapping, you’re good.
jord
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Thanked by: ROBERTBear-Faced CowThe problem is that the “default project“ is married to a particular set of drums. If my default project uses a drum set that consists of two rack toms and a floor tom snare and base, the mapping doesn’t translate if I switch to a drum set that has one rack tom and two floor toms.
it seems that I have to save a number of projects that are married to a specific kit rather than having one default mapping that translates out perfectly to the various available drum kits.
TG
This all depends. The rack toms and floor toms should have their own unique MIDI assignments. Changing between them shouldn’t affect the mapping you’re using. If they do, either the mapping or translation needs adjusting.
jord
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Thanked by: ROBERTMick AvoidantA project is a drum kit, it’s settings, presets and any grooves put into it. Save it as a project.
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