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[Scott Eshleman]

try loading up the Modern kit and then replacing individual kit pieces in the Construct window with pieces from the Vintage kit.

[Scott Eshleman]

and at what cost would you think an individual kit piece should be priced?
would a crash cymbal or a kick drum be priced higher than a rack tom?

just wonderin’…

[Scott Eshleman]

The “Show Web Shop MIDI” option is available on the [SEARCH] tab of the EZDrummer2 interface as shown in the image posted above.
You don’t need an actual open web browser window but you will of course need an active internet connection
so that EZD2 can access the Toontrack Webshop for the previews of the MIDI you have not purchased.

[Scott Eshleman]

Please don’t forget that EZDrummer2 allows you to preview any and all MIDI that is available through the Toontrack MIDI Web Shop
by clicking the “Show Web Shop MIDI” button atop the filter window on the SEARCH tab.

[Scott Eshleman]

Instrumentally, I play guitar.
As a tracking engineer, I love the quality and quantity of sounds that Toontrack has captured in each of the EZX’s.
But I also love the variety of MIDI grooves and find them inspiring as well.
You don’t have to be Sherlock to deduce from your signature that you’re a keyboardist.

Except for the Songwriter’s MIDI Packs, the style for the entirety of the MIDI included with each EZX expansion
is pretty well stated in the name of the EZX expansion.
The loops & patterns are broken out in most as they are for the grooves provided with the EZD2 Modern/Vintage libraries
similarly described as Verse, Chorus, pre-Chorus, Fills, Intros, etc.

[Scott Eshleman]

I have bought plenty of both…
and would agree that the Expansion Sale prices are hard to resist
and harder still to justify purchasing only a MIDI pack where an EZX expansion is also available.

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@monsterjazzlicks said:
I need to work out whether it is the EZX’s I would be most suited to or the MIDI packs?

Well, Paul…
In terms of the products that Toontrack offers currently (and again, to clarify, I do not speak for Toontrack),
MIDI pack add-ons are NOT sound samples libraries. They are NOT drum kit confgurations.
They are NOT mixer presets. http://www.toontrack.com/midi-packs/
MIDI pack add-ons are some of the best drum grooves & performances played by some of the best players in the world.

The EZX expansions are collections of sound sample libraries recorded on the best drum kits in the best studios around the world.
They represent the style, essence and ambiance of that studio hosting an appropriate selection of drum kit pieces
sampled at a sometimes remarkable series of velocities with that studio’s characteristic microphones and preamps/consoles.
The EZX expansions also include a stylistic collection of MIDI grooves and fills.

[Scott Eshleman]

I’ll go out on a limb and say:

definitely superior
possibly DFH
GM

definitely not SSD3, SSD4,
can’t speak to the others

[Scott Eshleman]

I can’t speak specifically to what Toontrack means on their website or ads, but I’ve bought a lot of their products…
In my experience, Webshop refers to Toontrack‘s online store
and Retail would refer other 3rd-party owned stores; online, brick-and-mortar, etc. from whom Toontrack is only a supplier,
like GuitarCenter or Amazon.

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@monsterjazzlicks said:
But does anyone know when this sale will expire please?

http://www.toontrack.com/holiday-deals/

[Scott Eshleman]

I don’t know for certain that is a knob….I could get the Tempo to change by double-clicking it or single-clicking it,
although results seemed rather random.

I typically double-click the Tempo setting itself (the number) and type in the bpm.
Or I will use the slider that appears below the Tempo setting, shown here in the attachment.

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@ianoregan said:

I’d really appreciate it if you could check how many grooves there should be next time you are able to and get back to me here. There are dozens of variations in the Blues pack that I bought – 9 reggae grooves for 69 euros seems like much less value. The reason for buying the reggae pack was that I don’t have much of a background in reggae – I don’t understand how to construct reggae grooves. If I were able to construct reggae grooves, I would have done so using the basic kits I already have. Enjoy the rest of your Christmas.

Let’s please not forget that for 69 euros, you got the Reggae EZX sound library “recorded at Rub-a-Dub Studios in Stockholm, Sweden and comes with a unique and genuine collection of instruments, all handpicked for this session. It includes two full, single-headed custom drum kits, a generous selection of snares, percussion and traditional Binghi and clay hand drums.”

If you only wanted some reggae grooves to use with the basic kits you already have,
you may have been better served by buying the “Reggae Beats MIDI Pack”
(106 variations of beats, 79 fills and nearly as many intro fills) as it’s only the MIDI and no sound library.
http://www.toontrack.com/product/reggae-beats-midi/

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@MEverly said:

Does anyone know if the midi in the blues ezx are the same ones in the blues midi pack?

There are two (2) packs of Blues MIDI grooves offered by Toontrack.

One MIDI pack named simply, “BLUES MIDI” contains different blues grooves than those in the MIDI pack named,
“The Blues EZX MIDI Pack” which clearly contains the MIDI that is included in THE BLUES EZX expansion for EZDrummer.
(It says so right in its title and on its product description page.)

http://www.toontrack.com/product/blues-midi/
http://www.toontrack.com/product/the-blues-midi/

Don’t forget that EZDrummer2 allows you to preview any and all MIDI available through the Toontrack MIDI Web Shop
by clicking the “Show Web Shop MIDI” button atop the filter window on the SEARCH tab.

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[Scott Eshleman]

This is just a suggestion from another user, so please excuse if this sounds obvious , but
have you logged into your Toontrack account and looked for an update specifically for your DFH ???

[Scott Eshleman]

Have you checked your Recycle Bin???

Seriously, can you offer any ideas regarding what events or error messages may have preceded the disappearance of the sound library???
I’ve not heard of such a thing occurring without some prior warning….

I’d wager that re-installation will be your easiest, if not only recourse.

PS. what OS are you running?

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