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[David George]

I don’t understand why you have a separate EZD track for each instrument.

I will create a track using, say Vintage Rock, in EZD, save it, and drag the midi into my DAW.

Then I will open the same track in EZD and switch to Latin Percussion. I make whatever changes I can within EZD, them drag that midi into a 2nd track in my DAW.

I now have a rock track and a Latin track and I edit those further within the DAW.

[David George]

Your view, my view. I really like having multiple instances because it gives me greater flexibility with individual tracks in each kit.

>You have to add a new instance of EZD to the DAW for every percussion instrument.

Not clear what you mean. You need a separate instance for separate kits, which I always prefer.

• This post was modified 1 year, 5 months ago by David George.

[David George]

I use EZD2 and Pro Tools Studio.

>>>I am forced to add another instance of EZD in the DAW and then move the grooves to the DAW track.

I’m not clear as to why this is an issue. I always have at least two instances of EZD in every session. I’ll create the basic track in, say Vintage Rock, then open another instance, say Latin, copy the MIDI to that instance and edit it in the DAW. I find that it’s a great way to work because I get different distinct kits.

• This post was modified 1 year, 5 months ago by David George.

[David George]

Exactly–I’ve been doing that for years and find it’s a great workflow.

[David George]

I use EZD2 and Pro Tools Studio. I always have multiple kits: usually a rock kit, a Latin kit, and a hip-hop kit.

These are all on separate track groups in PT.

Not clear what the issue is you’re having, but this has always worked out great for me.

[David George]

Expansion packs include kits; midi packs do not. For example, I’ve bought expansion packs (such as alt rock) only because I wanted a specific sound, like timpani. Having several expansion packs can be very useful.

[David George]

Drummers I played with over the years always had rotos, so I’m very familiar with the sound.

[David George]

Yes, I do use octobans in the situations where I need rotos. They’re close, but not the same.

Thanks.

[David George]

Thanks, Martin. I spent a lot of time going through all the voices for individual drums looking for them. In my view, it’s a serious omission on the Reggae EZX.

[David George]

Thanks.

I’ve haven’t done a clean install of my OS since I started using EZD2 and what you suggest is a good idea: I periodically open Toontrack Manager and once in a while it indicates an update is available.

Reply To: Reinstalling EZD2 version: 2.1.8
Operating system: Windows 10

[David George]

Thanks–that makes sense but just wanted to be sure. I have a busy installation weekend coming (Win 10 then PT 2019.12).

Reply To: Reinstalling EZD2 version: 2.1.8
Operating system: Windows 10

[David George]

Thanks–this has been driving me a bit batty for a while. I usually just trim the clip.

Reply To: Empty space at the end of my drum pattern when dragging it into ProTools version: 2.1.8
Operating system: Windows 7

[David George]

Henrik Ekblom wrote:

stephen901 wrote:

My experience has been that the OH seems to handle cymbals, is all I can figure. if you want an actual fader for just the cymbals you’ll have to use something other than EZd2 I guess.

Steve

Reply To: Separate out for toms and ride cymbal ? version: 2.1.8
Operating system: Windows 10

Or use a separate instance of EZdrummer, for just the ride. To save RAM, all other instruments can be set to None in that instance.

I do this all the time: I always use more than one instance and mute some instruments in the alternate instance clips.

Reply To: Separate out for toms and ride cymbal ? version: 2.1.8
Operating system: Windows 7

[David George]

Thanks, John.

I wasn’t aware of that preference; had never seen this before.

I’ll keep an eye out for that, though I always zoom way in when dragging clips to ensure that they’re spot on.

[David George]

Thanks so much for clarifying.

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