[Jimi Watson]

Mick Avoidant wrote:

Jimi Watson wrote:

I think you’re right. I need to tweak. I know I can have it on a separate output and gate it but it’s not really the same thing. It won’t change what bleeds into the OHs, and gates can wreck the front of a drum hit as well.

I will have to look elsewhere.

Thanks for your input!

I’ve gated a kick without losing the start of the hit. All it needs is the right threshold and release settings.

Yes absolutely you can. However, depending on the pattern being played and the gate settings, it can happen. It’s just a poor substitute for damping, that’s all.

[Jimi Watson]

Mick Avoidant wrote:

Jimi Watson wrote:

Yes I’ve done that and that is good. I’m just used to BFD 3 (which is quite old now) and that has damping on each kit piece, as well as an envelope shaper in the mixer section, so I’m finding it hard, missing these things now.

EZD is meant for a songwriter needing drums on a demo. You need Superior Drummer.

 

Try this: Each mixer channel has ‘Out 1/2’ at the bottom and which you change by clicking on it. You can assign it to a channel in your DAW. I don’t know how Pro Tools does it.

 

Even simpler is putting a gate on the drum track in Pro Tools.

I think you’re right. I need to tweak. I know I can have it on a separate output and gate it but it’s not really the same thing. It won’t change what bleeds into the OHs, and gates can wreck the front of a drum hit as well.

I will have to look elsewhere.

Thanks for your input!

[Jimi Watson]

I think you’re right. I need to tweak. I know I can have it on a separate output and gate it but it’s not really the same thing. It won’t change what bleeds into the OHs, and gates can wreck the front of a drum hit as well.

I will have to look elsewhere.

Thanks for your input!

[Jimi Watson]

Hi John

Thanks for replying.

Yes Superior Drummer looks great (but expensive!) and I know EZD is more basic. I guess I feel that some sort of decay parameter is pretty basic stuff. SSD has lots of tweak ability and is a fair bit cheaper than EZD as well. I wouldn’t think a simple decay adjustment is too hard to add.

 

[Jimi Watson]

Yes I’ve done that and that is good. I’m just used to BFD 3 (which is quite old now) and that has damping on each kit piece, as well as an envelope shaper in the mixer section, so I’m finding it hard, missing these things now.

[Jimi Watson]

I use Pro Tools and I have a transient shaper in Neutron 4 I can use. It’s not great though. And as I said, you can’t do that on the OHs as it will make the cymbals weird.

Is there another way you know of?

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[Jimi Watson]

Yes I listened to them. I’ve only just bought EZ drummer and I’m flabbergasted there is no damping or decay parameter. It’s absolutely essential. Imagine if you asked a drummer in real life to damp his toms or snare and he said, “Sorry, that’s not possible!”

I am shocked and will be getting a refund. Probably.

It’s a shame because I think the sounds are great and the interface is really nice.

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