Using EZ as standalone drum machine <– MIDI sync from looper

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  • Olof Westman
    Forum Crew

    >…whether EZ has this capability, i.e. to receive MIDI clock

    No, EZdrummer will not sync to a MIDI clock.

    >…start/stop signals from another MIDI device.

    Maybe. That is totally untested as far as I know. Those signals
    usually don’t make it as far as EZdrummer when it runs in a host.

    Start and Stop can also be controlled via CC and MidiLearn.

    There is a 10 day demo for EZdrummer 2. Maybe you should try that.

    Olof Westman - Toontrack
    Coder

    MikeAnblips
    Participant

    Hi Olof,

    thank you for your reply and yes, I am using EZ’s trial version to test my ideas out.

    I cannot really understand your answer, probably because I am too noob to all this. When I ask and you reply:

    >>…whether EZ has this capability, i.e. to receive MIDI clock
    > No, EZdrummer will not sync to a MIDI clock.
    >>…start/stop signals from another MIDI device.
    >Maybe. That is totally untested as far as I know. Those signals
    >usually don’t make it as far as EZdrummer when it runs in a host.

    I am a bit puzzled, because *when EZ runs in a host*, to me, means “when EZ is used as a VST plugin, in a DAW”.
    Now, I am not totally sure my interpretation is correct, but if it is, then I would say that *for sure* EZ receives bpm, sync and what not *from the host*.
    Any other plugin, our looper for instance, *when working as VST* inside a DAW, *is* totally and fully in sync with whatever other plugin is present as module managed by the DAW.

    So I am not clear as to what you mean when you say that “those [MIDI sync/start/stop] signals don’t make it as far as EZdrummer when it runs in a host”.

    I hope you are patient enough to explain this noob. 🙂

    Cheers,

    Michele

    What I said at the beginning is that for my purpose I do *not* want, nor need, to switch a full DAW on just to run a coupla loops with nice grooves.

    Olof Westman
    Forum Crew

    >*when EZ runs in a host*, to me, means “when EZ is used as a VST plugin, in a DAW”.

    Yes.

    >Any other plugin, our looper for instance, *when working as VST* inside a DAW, *is*
    > totally and fully in sync with whatever other plugin is present as module managed by the DAW.

    Yes, our plug-ins included, of course.

    >So I am not clear as to what you mean when you say that “those [MIDI sync/start/stop]
    >signals don’t make it as far as EZdrummer when it runs in a host”.

    If you hook up a MIDI controller of some sort and send a MIDI start/stop with it
    then that will be picked up by the DAW and possibly start/stop it. I have never
    seen those MIDI messages coming in to our plug-ins. Then again maybe my
    MIDI controllers don’t send MIDI start/stop. EZdrummer 2 will react to them
    if they do reach it. ( in some way…)

    There is something called MIDI Clock messages that devices can send
    to sync to each other. Our plug-ins do not handle these. The hosting
    DAW might and we follow it in turn. When running EZdrummer 2 stand alone
    the start of a bar is arbitrary and the tempo is a fixed user conrollable value
    ultimately under the control of the soundcards clock.

    Olof Westman - Toontrack
    Coder

    MikeAnblips
    Participant

    Hi Olof

    OK thanks. I think the main message is: use EZ and looper as VST under a DAW if you want to have them synchronized.

    I’ll try that route 🙂

    Cheers,

    /M

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