Where is my follow host button..??

[MickE]

Hi all, umm….i’ve had ezdrummer up & running for a few days now & i’ve been hearing about a “follow host” button….except i cant see it on mine…! What is going on there…? I did have a few probs trying to get ezdrummer to be visible in Studio One 3….but thats sorted out now….except i have no follow host button. Any ideas..?

Thanks in advance

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[Scott]

Can you post a pic of the EZD2 interface opened as a VST Instrument in Studio One?

Scott Sibley - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

[MickE]

@Scott said:

Can you post a pic of the EZD2 interface opened as a VST Instrument in Studio One?

Thanks for the quick reply Scott. I’ll have to do it tomorrow, just on my way to work

Cheers
Mick

[MickE]

Ok i think i know what the problem is….just not how to fix it. Seems i’m back to square one- i can select it as a VST & drag it onto an instrument track…ezdrummer openes up but is too small to really use, so i have to also open ezdrummer up, which i think is in standalone mode. The problems i was having before in trying to get ezdrummer working in Studio One 3 are obviously not solved. I had searched everywhere for answers & was just getting ‘drag ezdrummer from the right hand pane onto an instrument track’…! Problem was….i couldnt see it at all….so cant drag it..! I’m even more at a loss to understand whats going on than i was before. I thought i needed to tell Studio One 3 where ezdrummer was located first…but everyone just said install it, drag it onto a track……i seriously have no idea how or why this is……

[Henrik]

(I am assuming that you are talking about EZdrummer 2 here)

The standalone version of EZdrummer 2 (the one that opens up by itself, without loading it in a host, such as Studio One) can’t be used inside a host.
In Studio One 3, you need to open EZdrummer 2 just as you open up any other instrument plugin. If you can’t get that to work, let us know.

Henrik Ekblom - User Experience Designer
Toontrack

[MickE]

Thanks Henrik

Well….still lost here. When i open up ezdrummer as a vst….its too small to actually use…..so i open it up separately & hence no follow host button. What am i missing here..? It appears i am the only one with this problem. How can something so simple, be so difficult in this case..?

[Henrik]

Is the plugin small because of your screen resolution? Are your other instrument plugins also as small?
When you open EZdrummer 2 as a standalone (separately), you can’t use that in Studio One 3 – so that’s no solution unfortunately…

Henrik Ekblom - User Experience Designer
Toontrack

[MickE]

Its a 15in screen. The plug in looks to be about 2 or 3 inches. I can use ezdrummer in Studio One 3 the as a standalone (i think..?)…i can drag midi from ezdrummer onto a track, but there is no follow host button. This is driving me nuts..! I’ve searched everywhere for answers….but just get a standard ‘just drag ezdrummer onto a track…done..!’ response.

[MickE]

I’ve attached a pic here…..ok….now i cant. File size too big…! Going nowhere fast…..!

[MickE]

Here’s the pic

[Scott]

I can’t tell if you’re running version 2.1.3 of EZD2 but that would be my first step if not.

Scott Sibley - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

[Scott Eshleman]

@MickE said:

Here’s the pic

I tried to enlarge your screenshot.
Isn’t that the “Follow Host” button enabled (yellow) to the left of the Song Creator button?

[MickE]

Ok….i should have cleared that up at the start- latest version of ezdrummer, latest update of Studio One 3 Pro, my laptop exceeds the min specs, nothing to do with screen resolition or any other obvious things…

[MickE]

Yes it is the follow host button. The problem which i am trying to get across is – when i drag ezd into a track…it is too small to use…impossible in fact. I can open up ezd as standalone but then no follow host button..!

[MickE]

Tech support said its most likely my screen resolution & suggested i lower it. I haven’t got my laptop with me at the moment but i think its highly unlikely to be the cause. Lowering the screen resolution will then negatively affect how Studio One 3 is displayed. How can i be the only one that has experienced this problem..? Studio One 3 is optimized for high res display….so am i to believe that if i use Studio One 3 on a high res screen, then to use Ezdrummer i would have to lower the resolution..? Very odd indeed..!

[Scott Eshleman]

@MickE said:

Tech support said its most likely my screen resolution & suggested i lower it. I haven’t got my laptop with me at the moment but i think its highly unlikely to be the cause. Lowering the screen resolution will then negatively affect how Studio One 3 is displayed. How can i be the only one that has experienced this problem..? Studio One 3 is optimized for high res display….so am i to believe that if i use Studio One 3 on a high res screen, then to use Ezdrummer i would have to lower the resolution..? Very odd indeed..!

for starters:
http://www.toontrack.com/forum/the-pub/poor-visability/

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