[grabom]

You’re definitely not crazy, and it’s annoying as hell. However, if you really like EZ drummer otherwise and want to use it, I would point out a couple of things.

1). Their tech support has said that they know about the problem (I’m guessing it’s some conflict with the often-update Logic Pro) and will fix it in the next patch (though they didn’t offer a date as to when that would be). See the thread above.

2). Until that happens, in my experience there are 2 decent work arounds.

(a). Drag the drum midi directly from the EZ drummer browser to the EZ drummer track (in other words, don’t drag the part you want first to the sequencer at the bottom of the EZ drummer interface itself, where you would usually assemble songs) and just assemble the song directly in Logic, rather than assembling it in EZ drummer’s sequencer. This (for me anyway) lets me drag the drum midi to the correct track if I’m not dragging it from EZ drummer’s sequencer. This obviously doesn’t let you do stuff like change the power hand and make tweaks, so a much better solution is:

(b). Go ahead and make the song in EZ drummer’s sequencer, play with the parameters till your heart’s content, then drag it to logic pro. Yes, you’ll get 2 piano tracks. But then just take the 2nd piano track’s midi triggers (i.e. the green software instrument section, not the entire track) and drag it up to the EZ drummer track. It will now play the EZ drummer virtual instrument and I think it will retain all your settings/changes. Then you can delete the two piano tracks.  I am worried that some other midi info is getting lost (I’m far from an expert in midi) but if it is, I can’t see where. It’s a pain and adds some extra steps, but an ok stopgap if Toontrack is working on a fix.

I hope this helps. I know this is annoying, but I really do like EZ drummer as a composing tool and have just dealt with it

Reply To: Midi Drag and Drop Question into Logic Pro X. version: 2.1.8
Operating system: macOS Catalina (10.15)

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[grabom]

Small bizarre update. When I drag a midi file directly from EZ drummer’s browser or search boxes to the Logic sequencer, it loads normally in the correct track. It’s only when I drag one (or more) sections from EZ drummer’s own sequencer at the bottom of the interface, that I get the weird 2-track piano behavior. If they go straight from library, it’s fine, if they go from EZ drummer’s sequencer, they don’t work right.

Reply To: Midi Drag and Drop Question into Logic Pro X. version: 2.1.8
Operating system: macOS Catalina (10.15)

[grabom]

Really appreciate the feedback. Tried it again, but pretty sure I’m on the track.

I’ve attached a screen shot of my dragging the purple section (“Ride Bow”) of EZ drummer MIDI to the top EZ drummer loaded software instrument track in the logic sequencer (the only track in the project). The file is called Pre-Drop.

When you take a screenshot, it removes the cursor tooltip, but it said position 1, track 1.

Now, here is what I get when i release the mouse button (well, first it says do you want to import tempo information, I said “no” but it doesn’t matter if I say yes or no). This is Post-Drop. Piano files!

Any thoughts anyone has would be great.

Reply To: Midi Drag and Drop Question into Logic Pro X. version: 2.1.8
Operating system: macOS Catalina (10.15)

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