[Brian Bowman]

It sounds like we are asking for a way to integrate multiple ToonTrack instruments into a single intelligent workflow making it relatively easy to compose songs using EZ Keys 2+ EZ Bass + EZ Drummer 3/Superior 3 instruments and “matching” MIDI grooves, song section transitions, etc..

BandMate provides some of this and I need to explore this more because it is already very powerful and flexible.  Yet, it seems like we are asking for  a “Grand Unifying ToonTrack View” that simplifies and reduces the time necessary to put together songs with coherent grooves and transitions when multiple virtual instruments are involved. Also, we are now in an era where AI-based technology could generate much of this.  Hopefully ToonTrack is doing R&D in this area.

• This post was modified 1 month ago by Brian Bowman.

[Brian Bowman]

Thanks ‘gp’. I really dug that pandora podcast. That’s definitely the vein I’d like to see in a set of “Groove Tutorials” -except using Superior 2 and the Toontrack (and possibly GrooveMonkee) MIDI loops for the examples.

In the meantime, I’m listening a lot to the ToonTrk/GrvMnkE MIDI Grooves (and also using EZPlayer to select various subsets of the kit pieces)- then comparing that with classic Jazz/Soul/R&B songs, etc. where I pretty much understand how the other instrument parts work.

I also plan to hook up with my former Jazz teacher who is a serious pro-level Guitarist of 30+ years for some lessons on how to craft guitar parts that fit some of the cooler funk and jazz grooves, odd-time signatures, etc.. He can cover just about any genre in the Jazz/Blues,R&B/Groove world and has played/recorded with many top players. Hopefully this will get me deeper into working with the Toontrack stuff in my own music.

Brian

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