[Rich Brilli]

Okay, update: I have been meticulously scrutinizing when this error occurs and what is causing it, and I’ve narrowed it down. It’s something to do with having the Piano Roll open (when your EZdrummer track is selected, so you can see your MIDI notes), and then: moving the playhead (in my experience, backwards really triggers a freeze) and then pressing the spacebar. All of this when the Cycle Range is OFF.

I’ve found a workaround for now that’s not TOO cumbersome!! I’ve been working for almost 15 minutes uninterrupted now, editing MIDI on an EZdrummer track and hitting the spacebar as much as I please, but I had to alter my workflow so as to not an encounter a “spinning wheel of death” freeze every few seconds. Everyone try this:

• When editing an EZdrummer MIDI region with the Piano Roll open, FIRST set your Cycle Range (the yellow “repeat” bar) to the MIDI area you’re working on.
• If you’re like me and like to tweak, listen, tweak, listen – make your edits to the EZdrummer MIDI track, then hit the spacebar to listen… DON’T move the playhead with your mouse to the area you want to listen to, as that seems to trigger a freeze! If your Cycle Range is in the right place for your desired preview, all you have to do is keep hitting the spacebar and playback will start back right where you want it to, without having to move the playhead manually with your mouse.

Voila! A little annoying but, until Toontrack releases an update (for presumably Logic Pro X 10.6.1), give it a try and see if this works for you for now, too!

Reply To: 2.2.0 Hangs Using Logic on M1 Mac version: 2.2.0
Operating system: macOS Catalina (10.15)

• This post was modified 4 years, 9 months ago by Rich Brilli.

[Rich Brilli]

Hey everyone – bumping this thread, as I’m also having “spinning wheel of death” freezing issues. Seems to occur ONLY when an EZdrummer track is selected and you’re working on the MIDI region – usually when hitting spacebar to hear playback, or when clicking and dragging in the MIDI region. Force-quitting Logic is the only option. Makes working with EZdrummer tracks quite literally unusable 🙁

Another clue for the thread, however: I’m not running an M1 mac – I’m on a mid-2015 Macbook Pro (powered by a 2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7). SO, it would seem that perhaps we can rule that specific M1 hardware issue out.

Next, we can rule OS out: OP right_to_rage is running Big Sur, tn_robertson is on Mojave OS, while myself and Andy are running Catalina.

So, the three things we all have in common are: working on a Mac – we’re running Logic (in my case, 10.6.1) – and, EZdrummer 2.2.0. Final thing I can offer: if I MUTE the EZDrummer track, Logic will work totally normally.

Anyone at Toontrack have any ideas?? Would hate to have to return this and request a refund so soon after starting off, the drum sounds are great but if we can’t hear them and work on songs, that’s inexcusable.

Reply To: 2.2.0 Hangs Using Logic on M1 Mac version: 2.2.0
Operating system: macOS Catalina (10.15)

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