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[Henrik Ekblom]

In the Grid Editor, you can select the instrument that you want to “push” (move notes forward), or “pull” (move notes backwards). Use the Nudge feature to move the notes in small steps (you can select the nudge value in the Options menu on the top right side of the Grid Editor).
There’s also a keyboard shortcut to nudge: alt + keyboard right/left arrow.

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[Henrik Ekblom]

When you install EZdrummer, it will (by default) install all needed plugin formats – vst, au, aax, so if you didn’t manually unchecked “AU” in the installer, it will be installed.
You’ll find EZdrummer in the Instrument selection drop down menu > AU Instruments/Toontrack

If EZdrummer isn’t there, check Plugin Manager (Logic Pro X menu/Preferences/Plugin Manager) and verify that Logic found the AU file, and that EZdrummer got an OK in the test.

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[Henrik Ekblom]

Are you using EZdrummer 1 or 2?

EZdrummer 2 itself supports fxb/fxp. I just tried to save a EZD2 setup as FXB in Ableton Live, and it successfully saved and loaded it. In Cubase it works too (but they use their similar .vstpreset format).

Does it work for you to save/load FXB/FXPs with other plugins in your Band-in-a-box setup?

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[Henrik Ekblom]

Are you working in a DAW? In that case, what DAW?

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[Henrik Ekblom]

What DAW, and version of it, are you using?

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[Henrik Ekblom]

In the Export popup in Tracker, you can just drag the individual instrument’s MIDI tracks separately, or all at once, to the Grooves tab. Detach either the Grooves or the Tracker tab to see the two simultaneously, or drag the MIDI down to the Song Track first, and the to the Grooves tab…

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[Henrik Ekblom]

The tracker is really designed to track the audio file as close as possible. To change the MIDI from the original audio’s groove, you should drag the MIDI to the song track and edit it there, using Grid Editor, Edit Play Style, and the other edit tools we have added to SD3!

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What do you mean by “not working as expected”? Doesn’t the result files play in correct tempo or time signature?

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[Henrik Ekblom]

The drums are recorded as drums are recorded in studios: using overhead microphones, not one individual microphone per cymbal.

However, if you want the cymbals as individual audio files, in the Bounce dialog – in Advanced tab, select “Bounce Microphone Channels”, and select to split the OH microphones into individual instruments…

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[Henrik Ekblom]

You can try to enable/disable the individual features in the Hit Variation box to hear the difference they make.

Can you export an mp3 and upload here so we can have a listen to it? Cymbals will have a natural difference between different hits, so no 2 samples will sound exactly the same. I wonder if it’s just this difference you are hearing…

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[Henrik Ekblom]

@RcKDrUmm3R said:
I’m not sure if it’s because I’m using logic pro x, but I’ve noticed my crash cymbals sound pretty unrealistic and fake. I have to try and tell the difference in standalone mode but I haven’t found a way to adjust and make it more realistic sounding.  

What library are you using, and in what situation are the cymbals sounding fake? I ask because a hit on a cymbal is nothing more than a recorded cymbal, e.g. it can’t sound fake. It sounds just like a recorded cymbal – since that’s what it is 🙂

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[Henrik Ekblom]

It’s currently not possible to use a “move things when inserted” mode, but I’ll take a note of it as a feature request.
You can either cut MIDI block, using the cut tool, and delete the blocks where you want to have your space, or drag in the edges of blocks to make that space.

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[Henrik Ekblom]

1. Check your buffer size in your DAW, decrease it to get lower latency (but not so much that you get noise crackles due to CPU overload)
2. Check if you have any plugins that adds latency. Mastering plugins, such as iZotope stuff, will often add latency. In many cases it’s not enough to just turn off the plugin, you may have to remove it to get rid of the latency…
Your DAW may have a “low latency” mode that you can enable while recording. I use Logic, and it has this feature.

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[Henrik Ekblom]

May I ask what you use Enter key for in Cubase – opening the MIDI editor?
Is there a difference if you press space when having Cubase in focus vs. having SD3 in focus? Both should just start the playback in Cubase.

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[Henrik Ekblom]

Another way to (possibly) go is to use a DAW, and switch presets using MIDI. There are even some DAWs that are made for live playing, like Mainstage for Mac.

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