Thanks Scott. I am definitely using the program from within Sonar, not as standalone. See attached screenshot. I will look in the Swing 4/4 folder, it seemed to work for you! I wonder if I should set the time signature to 6/8 or 12/8 BEFORE choosing a groove? I’ll experiment a bit. Thanks again for taking the time to help me with this.
Hi Scott,
Here are 4-bar audio samples of what I’m talking about. As you can see from the screenshot, “Preview Original Tempo” is not checked, but “Follow Project Tempo” is. The project tempo is 88 bpm, the drums are playing at aroung 58 bpm.
I agree, the issue is what exactly gets one beat. I guess technically it would be a dotted quarter in 6/8 or 12/8 time. Common practise, though, is to count a shuffle beat in 4/4 time, with each quarter note divided into 3 eighths rather than 2 (as in straight 8’s). I tried changing the time signature in EZD to 6/8, didn’t make any difference. Maybe I’m just choosing the wrong groove from EZD? I’ve looked at purchasing the Blues EZX pack, but am wary if it’s going to have this same issue.
