Using Cubase, Roland TD4 & ezdrummer 2

[TIMOTHY GOLDMAN]

I can record MIDI to a Cubase instrument track from my Roland TD4 kit, but I’m having trouble bringing the MIDI file into Ezdrummer Song Track window. I try to drag and drop, that doesn’t work. I tried exporting the MIDI data to my desktop and importing it into EZD, that didn’t work, either. I even tried the “record in EZD track window while hitting ‘play’ in Cubase” method–that was also unsuccessful.

Since I can see the MIDI in Cubase, I’m thinking there’s something wrong with my I/O routing or audio driver setup somewhere.

Ultimately, what I’d like to do is play my V-drums, record into EZD, and then output the individual tracks (kick, snare, etc.) into individual tracks in Cubase for editing.

Any suggestions?

Tim

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[Henrik]

Not all hosts support drag and drop directly to desktop, plugins etc. But if you can drag MIDI from the host to the desktop etc. then you can drag it to EZdrummer 2 too.

By unsuccessful – do you mean that you don’t get a MIDI block on the song track at all? If you have a MIDI file on you hard drive, you can just drag and drop it onto the track in EZdrummer 2.

Henrik Ekblom - User Experience Designer
Toontrack

[TIMOTHY GOLDMAN]

Thanks, Henrik. Actually I just found success last night…I brought MIDI into the song track so all good there. Now I’m trying to find the best method for separating all tracks and bringing them back into Cubase for individual mixing. Do you suggest exporting each track as a WAV file and then importing to Cubase, or isn’t there a trick where you can bring them all over at once? I think I saw a video on that but I can’t find it.

The biggest problem is latency while recording my performance. Not sure what the best solution is for that, since I’m recording drum performances into my DAW while trying to monitor playback of tracks also from the DAW. Ideally I’d like to hear the EZD sounds while I’m tracking (because they’re so GREAT!).

[Scott]

Here’s a video on setting up multi out in Cubase:
http://www.toontrack.com/faq/how-do-i-set-up-ezdrummer-for-multichannel-operation-in-cubase/

Scott Sibley - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

[TIMOTHY GOLDMAN]

Thanks, Scott!

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