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  • Ames Alch
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    I’d like to add my voice to the request for a version of EZ Drummer for iPad. I am currently beta testing a drum app for iPad and it doesn’t come close to EZ Drummer’s capabilities nor elegance. I realize that porting EZD2 to the iOS would be no simple feat, but if it could be done, it is my opinion that EZD2 would be head and shoulders above all competitors in the iOS market. Naturally, the ability to access one’s EZX libraries and export to and from the desktop version would be crucial, but the results would be a dream.

    Thanks for listening.

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    Ames Alch
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    Appreciate the help, but I’d still like to see m y original suggestion/request added to EZD. The ability to select a given kit element and offset its hits by +/- increments would be a HUGE time saver and help in getting realistic grooves.
    Plus,l I can’t believe this would be too difficult to implement.

    Please pass this along to the geniuses in programing. Thanks!

    Ames Alch
    Participant

    @Olle said:

    The MIDI can be used but not the sounds. Buying an SDX for
    its MIDI only would mean a very high price per MIDI loop.

    I see your point. I didm’t realize it was full expansion pack. Thanks for the heads up!

    Ames Alch
    Participant

    @juicy said:

    Understood, Problem with Commitment ? Wink
    Editing in logic you do have to re edit it if you change your mind, don’t you still need to do that in tinkering land in EZD2 too anyway.
    They are similar in that regard.
    It is just a different way of working, i think your idea is cool, I guess they blurred the lines and have brought this upon themselves with that limited Edit Play Style paradigm. I find it a bit time consuming and slows me down trying to force ideas that i can play/edit in no time.
    You may just get what you want but it could be a long time coming so thats goes back to my original point .
    Its all good friend

    Commitment? I think you’d have to ask some my ex-girlfriends. ;)

    Seriously, are you sating that one can drag midi patterns out of EZD into Logic and then drag them back into EZD for more editing? If so, that would be very cool!

    Ames Alch
    Participant

    @juicy said:

    Very easy to do in logic but like anything does require editing.

    Agreed. That’s why I’d prefer to do it in EZD so I can continue to edit. As a matter of fact, I never drag my EZD midi into Logic… I just route all the input from EZD to Logic and have it follow the host. This way I can always tinker away until I’m I’m either finished or I order myself to stop tinkering. Laugh

    Ames Alch
    Participant

    Gotcha. Thanks.
    Any chance flams can be added across the board in a future update?

    Ames Alch
    Participant

    While this might not directly address your question, it may hold a key to getting you to what you seek.

    Good luck.

    Ames Alch
    Participant

    @John said:

    Hi,

    I think you have misunderstood some part of the setting up (or I didn’t understand your question correctly).
    Each EZdrummer 2 instance can have 16 stereo outputs. You assign mic faders freely to outputs in the EZdrummer 2 mixer and you add outputs from the plugin to the Logic Pro X mixer by clicking the ‘+’ sign on the Instrument Track in the Logic Pro X mixer.
    The 16 available outputs are hard wired to each instance, so you cannot route sounds from one instance to the output of another.
    Instrument and Aux faders in the Logic Pro X mixer can be named and deleted.
    So… I fail to see a problem here.
    Is there still one?Smile

    John,
    thanks! You set me straight. It was the internal channel assignments in the EZD mixer vs. the numbers in Logic’s mixer that threw me, but you are, indeed, correct! I just ignored the numbers and found that the second instance of EZD did, in fact, allow me to assign the individual channels of the Latin EZX to its own channels in Logic! Now I have 32 tracks of EZD, which is dizzying, but I get full control over my percussion, just as I do with my drums.

    I’m thrilled with this! So glad you piped in with “the truth!”

    Folks, you gotta try this. It’s worth the extra time and the extra control will allow your mix to pop and you won’t have to compromise and lose any distinction in your dense percussion grooves.

    Love me my EZD!

    Ames Alch
    Participant

    Thank you very much!

    Once again, I apologize for my over-reaction. Kudos to TT for getting this done so fast.

    Ames Alch
    Participant

    @Damian Blunt said:

    Please bear with us. This will be fixed as soon as possible.

    Thank you! Sorry to get so worked up over this, but when I read that the word was supposedly a no-go I over-reacted. Just knowing that you are on it is great to know. It’s much appreciated!

    Thanks again.

    Ames Alch
    Participant

    @Ames Alch said:

    Another chapter…

    After successfully getting multi-channel operation in Logic Pro X, I now want to push the boundaries a bit. I typically use two instances of EZD2, one for drums and then another using the Latin EZX for percussion (I’m a percussion freak).

    Can I use the second instance of EZD Latin in multi-channel IN ADDITION to the multi-channel use of the basic drums?

    If so, is there a specific order to go about this so as not to conflict channel assignment?

    Thanks!

    Well, I think I can answer this for myself. The answer is… no.

    Logic was all set to accept as many new channels as I wanted, but EZD2 can only assign channel numbers that are linked to the number of channels in a given drum set’s mixer. In other words, the Latin EZX, for example, has 16 channels, and even though that many channels were already in use by my first use of EZD in my main drum track, the Latin EZX mixer didn’t see that and would only allow for channel assignments for 1-16 and not anything higher, regardless of the fact that I needed it to *start* at channel 17.

    To TT support, is there any way around this? Can I somehow manually override this by typing in a channel number or will each instance of EZD only start at channel 1?

    If this is the case, the only other work around I can think of is to splice up each essential part of my percussion grooves into *its own* EZD instance and run A LOT of EZD plugins. Methinks that may be too much work for the payload, but I may still try it. :)

    Would love it of there is a legit way to do this.

    Ames Alch
    Participant

    @ryanlangford said:

    well i just recieved an email from toontrack saying that it is not their problem for the file being corrupted as they are not affliated in any way for the demo download. that is disappointing to hear, and i used firefox and a download manager three times and it still said the file is corrupted. Well, i hope someone is listening or reading this because it really needs to be addressed. I eventually will by this new product but i would like to try it on the demo mode until i can afford to purchase it.

    What? How can they say they are in no way affiliated with the download? That’s ridiculous. It’s THEIR PRODUCT!!!

    TT, FIX THIS! As someone who has spent over $1000 in the last there months on your software, I think I’ve earned the right to demand that YOU take the initiative to solve this issue.

    Unbelievable.

    Ames Alch
    Participant

    Another chapter…

    After successfully getting multi-channel operation in Logic Pro X, I now want to push the boundaries a bit. I typically use two instances of EZD2, one for drums and then another using the Latin EZX for percussion (I’m a percussion freak).

    Can I use the second instance of EZD Latin in multi-channel IN ADDITION to the multi-channel use of the basic drums?

    If so, is there a specific order to go about this so as not to conflict channel assignment?

    Thanks!

    Ames Alch
    Participant

    Hi, all.
    I’m posting under my new account. Since starting this thread I’ve purchased EZD2 and have gone crazy taking advantage of the summer EZX sale, getting about 8 packs.
    I have also taken to recreating the drum groove in the song above. At first I didn’t see how I’d be able to do it, but with a lot of VERY fine tweaking and putting together grooves and patterns almost completely from scratch using Tap2Find and a lot of splicing, copying, pasting, and the occasional augmentation of editing midi file fills (embellished and intensified with the Edit Play Style) I managed to get the groove I want.
    I still intend to add a ton of percussion once I’m in Logic (using the Latin EZX on another track), but I’m pretty happy with this as a start. I think this is a testament to the power of EZD2.

    Hope ya’ll like this ‘lil sample.

    https://soundcloud.com/the_crooner/susie-wav-short

    Ames Alch
    Participant

    This is a feature I’ve requested, as well.
    What I do in the meantime is this…

    Create the pattern I want, including the hit I want as a flam, but as a single hit, and then drag it from the timeline to the Tap2Find drop zone, bring that up and set the quantize to None.

    Next I start Tap2Find and when the spot I want the flam comes around, I click on the drum and basically try to get the flam I want. If the hit I add isn’t up to snuff, I cancel out of T2F and the go back in and repeat until I get what I want.
    Once you do, drag your new pattern to the timeline and viola! You have your flam. I’ve done this a lot and to works quite well. You can even use the scissors tool to snip just a good flam you like and store to in your custom user section of the browser and then drag into future grooves. If you wish have the flam on a part of the kit different than it currently uses, just copy the midi from one drum to another.

    Hope this helps.

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