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[Shootie]

If you select the correct Library Preset sometimes you get a generic EQ and compressor in which you can barely control the parameters. Superior drummer can do what you want with it’s built in FX and routing. Or EDZ2 routed out to your DAW is the next step to be able to mix drums.

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[Shootie]

I would start with EQ. And not just the drums, but every instrument in your session. Generic example. Vocals, Snare drum and most guitars occupy similar mid frequencies. They’re all competing for the same mid frequencies. If you have sub frequencies in your kick, that will compete with your bass guitar and typically keys can have the run of the entire spectrum depending on their sound and can compete with everything.

A rough example. Default snare in the Modern kit can punch through at 600Hz. If you like that, maybe you should take 600Hz away from the other instruments a bit and support that snare hit being clean every time it’s heard. Or visa-versa if that where you want the guitar to be heard.

Also, toss an RTA on your channel or master fader. Voxengo makes a good free one I use all of the time if you need one. Take a look at the RTA when you hit the default Modern Kit snare. Besides sub frequencies, that one snare hit takes up a ton of frequencies… frequencies that the rest of the band might want to use instead.

Compression is great, I EQ first for the most part. EQ is doing most of the job at least for me.

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[Shootie]

What drum module are you using to trigger EZ Drummer? Did you recently change modules or DAW or anything? Could this be an “aftertouch” midi message being sent incorrectly so your cymbals do not “unchoke”.

 

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[Shootie]

The china in DFH is on the midi notes, D#0, F0, C7, or C#7. There is no China cymbal on the Modern kit as you know. Nor do any of the China cymbals from DFH share those same notes with the modern kit cymbals. You will have to change the aforementioned notes to the note that the cymbal in the modern kit is using… for example E2.  There’s a handy midi layout .pdf for every kit, see attached to help you understand or get through this quicker…

Let me know if that solved it for you. Good luck!

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[Shootie]

Olof Hermansson wrote:

For how long does the mouse freeze?

Every ten min – could it have something to do with a hard drive falling asleep?

I did check just now. I’m on “High Performance”. I went to Advanced and HD Turn Off was at 160 minutes. Regardless of it not matching my issue, I did change that to zero. I will reply later if anything has changed. It’s a good thought, I appreciate your attention!

*Mouse freezes 2-4 seconds.

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Olof Hermansson wrote:

Does EZdrummer become silent when this message is shown?

It does not. Just mouse freezing while audio still plays.

**Also usually pushing two displays via GeForce GTX 1060 6GB.
Mouse doesn’t freeze up in DAW unless EZD2 GUI is visible and I’m mousing over it. When I have GUI closed, but EZD2 is playing, never an issue.

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[Shootie]

You must change the velocity settings on your octopad…
https://youtu.be/lP0na1BP8rk

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mailfriso wrote:

Thanks for this reply, since I was wondering why I can trigger all drums with midi input (from an iPad) except these two didn’t work/respond.

Reply To: shaker + tambourine pad miditrigger version: 2.1.8
Operating system: macOS Catalina (10.15)

If you can set your velocity manually you can trigger them easily. Here’s a vid for it if you’re interested… https://youtu.be/lP0na1BP8rk

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[Shootie]

EZ Drummer can be taken to an advanced level, try to be patient with yourself and you will learn that on your own.

My own opinion here… Try to think of the included files as rough or solid ideas that you will produce into your own custom beats when you’re done tweaking them. As you start to get use to all of the features, after your drag and drop honeymoon phase, you will start hearing these included (or bought) midi files as a foundation that you have yet to build on.

When you get to the point where EZ Drummer can not finish a beat idea for you after exhausting all of it’s features, then it’s time to bring your midi into a DAW for editing. But at that point, you’ll be ready for that next step.

Have fun, good luck.

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[Shootie]

I’ll throw a few workflows at you, hopefully one will inspire or solve your issue.

Do you use Song Creator? If not, try it. Here is a detailed video if you don’t know how to use it. It will look through the fills of you entire midi collection, not just the song folder you’re working in. https://youtu.be/TYGFExJq2_w

Do you use the velocity features in EZD2? If not, take a look at the top of the Browser or Search Tab and adjust the Velocity Slider  ‘before’ dragging the Midi File to the Song Track. That may address your second comment.

Do you use the Edit Play Styles Tab? If not right click and select Edit Play Style on any file ‘already’ in your Song Track. Here you can adjust Velocity on individual instruments, not the entire beat at once as mentioned above with the Velocity Slider. You could also select a specific instrument (toms for example) and turn the amount knob down to rewrite the toms to be less busy. In other words, only finding aggressive fills for your ballad?… try playing with this amount knob in the Edit Playstyle Feature to help tame these fills.

This is how you can alter EZD2 beats within the program. You could also buy more EZD2 Midi Packs based on fills to get more options. Lastly, you will need a DAW or an upgrade to Superior to get more control over manually manipulating EZD2 midi files otherwise.

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[Shootie]

Do write back with what you discover, I am curious.

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[Shootie]

To try and answer your question I’d like to know what you think a drum midi file is compared to a regular midi file.

Maybe your issue is with MuseScore and how it interprets regular midi and not with EZD2.

The two first results Googling “MuseScore drum midi file”

https://musescore.org/en/node/271030

https://musescore.org/en/node/286537

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[Shootie]

Great to hear!

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Landrum, firstly you should update EZD2. 2.0.2 is old and may have bugs.

Your first issue: When you change an instrument in EZD2, your drumkit still plays the same sound before the change? Hopefully updating EZD2 will fix this. When you use EZD2 in standalone mode, not in Reaper, do you have the same problems?

Your second issue: You hit the drum pad and the dynamics/velocity are not the same as when you audition the sound directly from EZD2? Have you gone into the Roland head unit and adjusted settings such as Sensitivity?

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[Shootie]

Good to hear!

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