Wrong drums playinf after drag & drop to ProTools 11

[funaroa]

After I work so hard to program a song in EZDrummer 2 (accessed in ProTools 11 in the mix window plug-in), and, I am assuming that the only way to get the drum track to ProTools after writing it in EZDrummer 2, is to Drag and Drop – after the drag & drop, the track plays the wrong drums. The hi-hat part is being played by a tom-tom, the bass drum is a crash cymbol, etc. HELP! What am I doing wrong here? I am stumped and my work has come to a halt. I have deadlines. THANK YOU in advance.

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[Scott Eshleman]

Drag-n-Drop works fine if you want or need to put the MIDI in a Pro Tools instrument track, BUT…
You can actually leave the MIDI in the EZDrummer2 songtrack so long as the “Follow Host” is selected.

[funaroa]

Well, what I think I am understanding is that I can leave the SONG in EZ? I tried that and when I hit play in pro tools the drums don’t start. Could you please explain a bit more? Or maybe tell me how to do this? I am so sorry for perhaps asking you to work outside of your scope, but I tried everyone (Avid, Message Boards, Conversation threads, knowledge bases and nothing I found helped. You are my only hope Obi Wan. I am a GREAT EZDrummer 2 guy when it comes to tweaking pre-sampled grooves and feels, I even write great fills. But I know little of midi or the technical relationship of EZ 2 and PT. And, I am forced to use Pro Tools. Stupidly, I upgraded to Mac OS XX El Capitan, and due to incompatibilities, I am not able to write the song in EZ 2 and save it as a wave file, and import it into Pro Tools. I can only drag and drop, Again, am I doing something wrong?

BTW, You have perfected the greatest drum tool ever. I was using my Alesis SR 16 for 30 years (still working) and getting away with it. You changed my musical life path. Thank you so much.

[funaroa]

Correction – I upgraded pro tools to PT 12. Now I can import wav., but I need to be able to drag and drop so I can easily edit. The wrong drums are still playing when I drag and drop from EZ to PT. (Tom tom playing the hi hat part, etc.) Can you please help me? Thank you.

[funaroa]

Never mind. I should read what you wrote. “Follow Host” is the key. thanks.

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