[Doug]

re: “all you can hear on the live stream is the TD-27 output, not EZD3”

On the TD-27,  did you set “Local Control” to “OFF” in the MIDI controls?

That would disable the sounds generated by the module, so you should only hear EZD3 sounds triggered by MIDI.

 

/doug

[Doug]

Use the topology shootie recommended (PC at the center of all USB connections).

Be sure to install any drivers/config tools recommended by the audio interface manufacturer.  That’ll allow you to modify the interface’s buffer size to trade off latency for audio quality. (Rule of thumb is use smallest buffer size and increase incrementally if pops or other noise shows up.)

It does seem counterintuitive that your can pay a lot for a high end laptop or desktop rig and it’ll still have lame audio processing hardware inside.  Another advantage of going to an external audio interface is that it gets the analog portion of your signals OUTSIDE of the RF hellscape that is the interior of a computer case… 😉

 

Good luck!

[Doug]

Best solution for you would be to just buy an audio interface.

I have 2 separate setups with EZD from my laptop:  One that uses my MOTU M2 2×2 USB audio interface and my ‘practice/backup’ rig that uses an even *cheaper* Behringer UMC202HD USB Audio Interface.  Either one works fine for reducing latency.    (The MOTU unit has MIDI also, but I don’t use it)

The MOTU is great (I like the metering and MIDI) but either of the above should work fine for you.   The behringer can be had for like $USD 69 or less.

Also note: even when you’re routing EZD thru your audio interface you can still ALSO route your TD27 audio into one of the *analog* inputs on either of the above-mentioned interfaces.  I do precisely that so that I have a backup when I’m gigging with EZD.  My default is to use EZD3 live, with my module volume at zero. But if anything goes amiss w/my PC host,  I just turn up the audio signal from my module and I’m still good to go.

Good luck!

 

Operating system: Windows 10

[Doug]

Maybe check:

1. are you using the latest firmware and device driver for the audio interface ? (if not, upgrade)
   The yamaha/steinberg device should have it’s own ‘external’ control UI outside of EZB3 that you can interact with.
2. Is there more-specific audio device type than”ASIO” in that top dropdown?

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[Doug]

Glomming onto this thread…

I’m running EZDrummer3 and cannot get my ATV cymbals (on an ad5) to choke.

Was the SD3 fix from this thread propagated into the EZD3 codebase?

If not, what are my options

[Doug]

I did get a follow-up from someone in support a couple of weeks back and they did provide a solution/workaround.
(It’s a 2-step process, so a little clunky, and might be prone to automation timing issues. Hopefully they’ll clean this to a single PC in a future release.)

The workaround:

1.  Use Bank Select (cc0) to select the value *one* greater than your current # of libraries. (This explicitly tells EZD3 to select your “User Presets” library.
2.  Use MIDI Program Change to indicate the index of your desired User Preset.

I was finally able to make this work fairly reliably with OnSong song changes invoking the correct kit. (There were some ‘ignored’ changes, but I’m not sure it if was an intermitten OnSong or MIDI timing issue.)

 

For Example:

In my EZD3 config I have 5 EZX libraries and 3 user presets (“foo”, “foo2”, “foo3′).

MSB xxx (0-127) -> maps to the list of Libraries in my system like this

• 000=”EZdrummer 2 Modern”,
• 001=”EZdrummer 2 Vintage”
• 002=”EZ drummer 3 Bright Room”,
• 003=”EZdrummer 3 Main Room”
• 004=”EZdrummer3 Tight Room”

This is what the MIDI automation line in my OnSong meta data section files looks like to call up kit “foo”:

MIDI: CC0:5-0, 6:0

For a song that calls up kit foo3:

MIDI: CC0:5-0, 6:2

 

I hope this helps anyone else who sees this issue.

And I hope that Toontracks will make this a one-step process in the next release.

Reply To: EZdrummer 3: How to change kit via MIDI? version: 3.0.6
Operating system: Windows 11

[Doug]

Just for anyone else following on this topic:

I did drop a line to the support group.  They said that “yes, this  seems like it could be a bug,” with no workaround that they could identity. They also said they had reported it to development.

At this point, I don’t know where this sits in their release priority. However, I’m really hoping it’ll get fixed in the next EZD3 update, as I want to use this as part of my live rig, and I really need to use MIDI to switch between my *User* presets — not just the system presets.

/doug

Reply To: EZdrummer 3: How to change kit via MIDI? version: 3.0.6
Operating system: Windows 11

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[Doug]

Thanks, John.
What you described is exactly how my EZD3 install behaved, with one problematic exception:  Once I incremented PC to the last Library, it never incremented to anything in my User Presets library.

Is EZD3 not finding or just not checking for my user presets location ?  If it’s the former, then I can experiment my moving my Presets library to another folder/drive.  If the latter then I don’t see there’s anything else I can try.

Regards

/doug

Reply To: EZdrummer 3: How to change kit via MIDI? version: 3.0.6
Operating system: Windows 11

[Doug]

Thanks Mick & Brad.

I really don’t want to add a DAW to my rig (at least I don’t see a any other reason to).

I did make some progress, though:
Once I located the toggle for “Allow MIDI PC”, I was able to poke & prod my EZD3 from my DTX until I sussed out how it was reacting to the PC messages.

I managed to figure out that EZD3 responds to MIDI Program Changes like this:

PCxxx -(1-127) > maps to the list of Library Presets for the current Library
This list varies, depending on the Library selected (see MSB)

MSB xxx (0-127) -> maps to the list of Libraries in my system like this

• 000=”EZdrummer 2 Modern”,
• 001=”EZdrummer 2 Vintage”
• 002=”EZ drummer 3 Bright Room”,
• 003=”EZdrummer 3 Main Room”
• 004=”EZdrummer3 Tight Room”

What I *still* cannot figure out is

1. How to access my *user presets* via MIDI PC
2. What affect (if any) LSB xxx has in that process.

Any idea how to access my User Presets?

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