ezdrummer..prob w/ types of beats.need help

[jroutensowhat]

i bought the ezdrummer software…problem i have w/ it is that my music dosnt require any of the beats i click on…..my music is more like ACDC or THE CULT……hard cracking 4/4 and some fills and floor tom beats……none of these loops i click on are what i need…
is there another software programme that i should be using or is it a question of me dissecting these ezdrummer loops for my use……. if the later is my answer then it takes away the spontaneity of recording (how i work)
any help would be appreciated as Imo new at this drum software thing

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[Richard Kitt]

You cannot expect to have ready made grooves tailored to your exact requirements.  If that was the case think how many grooves would be needed to satisfy the EZDrummer customer base.

Different expansion packs for EZDrummer and SD2 contain more grooves + you can look at things like Groove Monkee and Platinum Samples who sell MIDI grooves in different styles.  Other than that I guess its down to you to create your own if you cannot find something that works.

[Frank Muller]

Find a groove that’s reasonably close to what you want, edit the groove until it’s EXACTLY what you want, copy & paste…

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[Juicy]

Usually its just the kik drums that are a bit fancy or just doing not what you want .

As the others explained there are other libraries
i.e ..Drummers song pack is more straight up.
My suggestion for a quick result with what you do own,would be ,
get a pattern that has the right hats and snare(pretty easy) and if the kik drum is wrong just mute it or even erase it
Then just replay the kik the way you want(several ways to do this).Start saving your own variations and ad fills later,Sometimes you only need the last 2 beats of a fill ,then add a crashes or accents to your pattern ,this is all about midi editing.

[Tdragon]

Suggestions in this thread are to edit the beats we are buying in EZD. Is it possible to do editing in Easy Drummer? Is it possible to build beats based on the preset sounds?

Tdragon

[John]

Tdragon,

no editing of grooves can be done inside the EZdrummer plugin.
You do this in your DAW/sequencer after importing the beat that is close to what you are seeking.

BR,
John

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