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[Scott Eshleman]

I can’t speak to the demo as I upgraded from EZDrummer1 to EZDrummer2 as soon as it was available on May 6th,
but, that said, it looks like the EZDrummer2-included library, Modern/Vintage kit comes with almost 1,000 grooves:
720 grooves for the kit and 254 grooves for the percussion (handclaps, tamborine, shaker).

[Scott Eshleman]

This is what I discovered going through my libraries:
Of the EZX expansion kit libraries, the Nashville, MetalHeads, “The Classic”, Americana, Metal Machine, Rock Solid,
Indie Folk, Rock!, and Metal! sound libraries include MIDI that is broken down into intro/verse/pre-chorus/chorus/bridge/fills/endings specifically.

Of the MIDI add-on packs, the Songwriter’s Packs 1-4, Rock Songs, Backbeats, Ballads, Basic Rock, and Session Drums
are broken down into intro/verse/pre-chorus/chorus/bridge/fills/endings.

FYI: The SuperiorDrummer SDX expansion libraries that include MIDI that is broken down
into intro/verse/pre-chorus/chorus/bridge/fills/endings are:
NY Volume #3, Music City, and The Rock Warehouse.
Some of their included MIDI grooves are available as standalone MIDI add-on packs.

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Thanked by: Naomi Haworth

[Scott Eshleman]

https://www.toontrack.com/forum/ezdrummer-help/trigger-notes/#p144207

[Scott Eshleman]

I downloaded the DP8.06 demo to give it a whirl.
It appears that DP8 only allows Drag&Drop to a MIDI track, not to an Instrument Track.
I also experienced what you’re saying about Drag&Drop adding data to the Conductor Track.
It did the same for me. Additionally, when I attempted to Drag&Drop a MIDI clip into the Track area (creating a new track),
DP questioned whether I wanted to merge the Conductor data or not.

NOTE: I found that I could Copy&Paste MIDI clips from the EZDrummer2 GrooveBrowser into a MIDI track in DP without it adding data to the Conductor Track.

[Scott Eshleman]

PS. If you absolutely feel that you need to (at least ’til your DP issues are resolved),
you should be able to uninstall EZDrummer2 and reinstall EZDrummer1 from your Toontrack account.

[Scott Eshleman]

Hopefully you supplied Support with a few more details; like at a minimum your OS & RAM.
I know that you have said that you prefer to Drag&Drop directly from the Browser
but (as a workaround and as a means of diagnosis) CAN you drag MIDI clips from the Song Track into DP?
Can you Drag&Drop from EZDrummer2 to your Desktop and THEN from the Desktop into DP as a workaround?

[Scott Eshleman]

Huh, I’m not sure how “Google” got this so wrong,
but the MIDI layouts are found among the selections in the Menu dropdown.
Alternately, you can search your hard drive for the individual layouts for each expansion.
The documents are titled, “EZX-Keys.pdf” each filed in its library’s respective folder.

[Scott Eshleman]

I can’t speak to DP but Drag&Drop of MIDI clips works fine from the Browser tab
and from the Search tab into MIDI/Instrument tracks in Logic Pro X and in Pro Tools 11 without use of the Song Track at all.

[Scott Eshleman]

SDX expansion packs DO NOT work in EZDrummer 2.

Yes, there are sale specials coming up for EZX packs while MIDI expansion packs are typically bundle-priced for savings.
Check the TT Web Shop, your favorite retailer or search the web for specifics.

[Scott Eshleman]

@erwanbru said:

@Scott said:

Please see this FAQ from the PreSonus website:

http://support.presonus.com/entries/21046743-studio-one-no-ezdrummer-serial-number

Hello
your page is wrong or dead? i don’speak english very well and i have a problem to found the EZ drummer serial number asking
The page you were looking for doesn’t exist.

You may have mistyped the address or the page may have moved.

Take me back to the home page is not found ;

Thanks

The page that Scott referenced is on Presonus’s site, not Toontrack’s, and Scott can’t be held responsible for Presonus moving or removing the page.
As your license (at the time) was provided with your purchase of a Presonus product.
I searched Presonus’s Knowledge Base and found the following link that may help you:
http://support.presonus.com/entries/119123

[Scott Eshleman]

Agreed. It would be awesome if Toontrack would eventually build out EZDrummer2 to include more MIDI creating/editing functions
especially now that it’s gone standalone.

I will say that since Toontrack’s inclusion of Tap2Find and the other new SEARCH functions, and Edit Play Style functions,
I’ve actually been more actively attempting to build my own grooves. And with practice, I might become adequate at doing it.

But it’s also these new features in EZDrummer2 are what also made me go looking for an EZ MIDI Editor/Step Recorder,
beyond the painstakingly tedious piano rolls found in Logic or Pro Tools.
Afterwhich, I could take my basic groove(s) into EZDrummer2 to search thru the thousands of professionally-played grooves I’ve purchased.

The grid-style filter system in Addictive Drums 2 is a nice start but only functions as a filter tool.
iDrum from Izotope is a basic drum groove builder but including something like a combination of these 2 into EZDrummer2 would go a long, long way for me.
DM1 from Fingerlab is another but doesn’t offer MIDI export. (It does offer MIDI Send Out but I haven’t spent enough time with it to see if I can send it to EZD2.)

[Scott Eshleman]

sorry, yes, you’re right.
I guess with the ability to filter on LIBRARY precluded me from considering a desire to filter on FAMILY.
and # of BARS should be an available filter.
I’d love to see Toontrack include a grid-style filter like the one in ADDICTIVE DRUMS 2 for those of us who can pencil a basic groove quicker than tap one.
Still, I am loving the new features in EZDrummer2, especially the Edit Play Style functions. IMO, it was easily worth the upgrade from EZD1.

[Scott Eshleman]

????
You CAN filter on any column, all columns, by one or multiple selections within a column
as well as excluding any selection within any or all columns.
pg 14 of the EZDrummer2 Operation Manual.

[Scott Eshleman]

@John said:

You can always zoom in on it and separate the groove on both sides of the particular hit and then right-click and select to Remove the Kit piece in question. When done, just select the parts again and Merge.

Nice!! I wish I’d come up with that one.
…and it’ll work as nicely for selectively adding a hit or two or three to a particular selection of a groove taking it into “Edit Play Style”.

[Scott Eshleman]

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