[Granitza]

Thanks, John! Super helpful. Appreciate the intel.

[Granitza]

Ambros wrote:

Another EZD3 newbie here. Thank you very much, Granitza! Your question gave me the solution to this problem.
Yes, it seems that you have to turn off the humanizer before inserting a note (e.g. a crash cymbal) exactly on the grid between two parts of a song.

Otherwise it happens that the parts automatically merge and take on the same color. In this way you can’t distinguish a verse from a chorus, which is annoying.
 

Reply To: Song parts merging on their own? version: 3.0.6
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One tool I just noticed today is the Split tool (little scissors icon atop the Song Track bar). It splits blocks on the timeline, so good to have in case of accidental merging of Song Parts. 🙂

Reply To: Song parts merging on their own? version: 3.0.6
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[Granitza]

Also an ex-BFD3 user. Just switched to EZD3 last week. A few thoughts so far:

• Overall so far I love it. EZD3 workflow so far seems much more intuitive (um… EZ?!), though I do miss the BFD3 control over all the individual and unprocessed drum sound details (eg, drum damping, mic placement, number of mics, etc). I know SD3 awaits for more tweakability vs EZD3, but I’m not yet ready to commit to twice the price yet.
• In EZD3, I think the “Original Mix” version of a drum Library Preset is truly unprocessed drums (?), though I haven’t seen this confirmed by Toontrack anywhere. Those are what I’m planning to use as individual drum tracks in my DAW.
• In the EZD3 Manual I’ve only seen this: “In a Library Preset, effects are ‘hard-wired’ to specific channels and you cannot remove or add effects, but you can usually change to what degree an effect is used and also set other parameters.” They don’t confirm anything about the Original Mix version being unprocessed.
• I like writing all my drums from scratch, and I’ve found the Grid Editor in EZD3 to be very friendly for efficient workflow now that I’ve spent a little time with it. The Song Track feature is super intuitive and well designed.

Reply To: Transitioning BFD3 to EZD3 version: 3.0.6
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