[Richiebee]

I agree with you that the disparities between packs which are supposed to work together is annoying. They should have the same number of songs, with the same names, in the same keys, and the same tempos.

However, that doesn’t mean that they don’t work together.  Just think outside the box a bit.  You can drag a piano part from EZkeys into EZbass and it will use the same chords (to the point that EZbass only uses simple chords).  You can also find the right grooves when you drag parts between the apps.

 

[Richiebee]

What happens if you just add them to the piano roll, instead of using the Sound Variations editor?  This is not necessarily the solution, but will help decide whether the Sound Variations editor is the problem.

There are (at least) two assignments of MIDI note numbers in DAW’s and so sometimes your octave may not match that of a particular VI.

Make sure you’re using the keyswitches correctly too – some are triggered (you press a key and release it to activate an articulation), while some are activated while a keyswitch is held down.  I suspect those in the latter would not be usable from the Sound Variations editor, since I assume that sends a momentary key trigger.  I’m not a S1 user though, so I don’t know for sure how they’re implementing this.

Until you have figured out what the problem is, I would simplify, and just use the piano roll.  Once you’ve figured out the ACTUAL notes required and whether they are momentary or held, you can figure out if the sound variations editor is actually usable going forward.

[Author]

Replies