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[Bryan Block]

Glad to be of help. One more detail, if you want to know what note to transpose your MIDI notes to – if you RIGHT CLICK on any drum or percussion instrument (in the Latin Kit for example) and then click the “DETAILS” button, it will show you exactly which notes trigger which articulations or sounds on that instrument.

So, for example, let’s say you copied and pasted the snare drum hits into a new MIDI track as suggested above, but those hits are all on MIDI note “D1” and you are looking to hit the CONGA drum. So you RIGHT CLICK on the Conga Drum (or use the little arrow button to show the drop down menu) and you click the DETAILS button. Here, you see that the “Right Open” Articulation is note “G6” so you select all of your hits and transpose them all to G6. Conga!

But then you decide you don’t really like that idea after all, so you decide that maybe a Cajon hit might be a better choice. Just right click on the Cajon and click the DETAILS button again. Now you can click through all of the articulations for the Cajon. Say you settle on the “Left Slap Mid” because it sounds “snare like” but also has some depth and ethnic flavor. That articulation is F#1 – just transpose all of your hits on the Latin track to F#1.

Cheers,
b

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[Bryan Block]

NAMM 2015 is in about 10 days…and Toontrack just updated EZ Player Pro…maybe Superior 3.0 will be announced…

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[Bryan Block]

Welcome!

You cannot replace just any drum with any other drum, unfortunately. You can replace a snare with any other “snare” from any other kit, but you can’t replace a snare with a floor tom or high hat or something.

What you CAN do is put TWO instances of EZD2 into your project on two separate MIDI tracks, one for the drum set and one for Latin Percussion.

Once you drag the MIDI over to your DAW from EZD, you can highlight all of the snare hits on the drum track and copy and paste them to the second MIDI track, and transpose them to the appropriate MIDI note to hit the drum you want to hit. Then delete those same snare hits from your drum set track.

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[Bryan Block]

“The midi file auditioning process has become somewhat cumbersome in this regard as I have to constantly drop the files into edit/play section”

Although I LOVE all of the expanded features of EZD2, I have to agree here that adjusting the overall velocity, and being able to preview at 1/2 or 2x speeds right in the browser, without having to move the parts to the song timeline really seem to slow down what is an otherwise awesome workflow. Please consider.

-b

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[Bryan Block]

In this demo, I also like the NY Vol 3 the best, but the Rock Warehouse kit comes in a close second.

To me, “Metal” and “Hard Rock” based kits put a lot of emphasis on the initial impact of the drum, and they sound very “splaty” and harsh to me in certain contexts. The NY kit sounds a little more dimensional, with the timbres of the drums themselves a little more present.

Just an opinion .02

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[Bryan Block]

Hey man,
shoot me an email at bryanmichaelblock@gmail.com and we can discuss.

Cheers,
B

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[Bryan Block]

That’s cool. I went ahead got a very good deal from an authorized dealer.

Let me know if you are interested in the Custom & Vintage, New York Studios II, or EVIL DRUMS SDX packs, as I no longer use Superior Drummer.

Cheers,
B

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[Bryan Block]

If you go here:
http://www.toontrack.com/product/ezdrummer-2/

And click on the “Product Variant” drop down window under the “ADD TO CART” Button, you will have the option to order the upgrade.

B

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[Bryan Block]

It’s been several days, I assume you no longer want to sell this or possibly trade?

-b

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[Bryan Block]

@gseshleman said:

and at what cost would you think an individual kit piece should be priced?
would a crash cymbal or a kick drum be priced higher than a rack tom?

just wonderin’…

It might be beneficial to package them in sets, like 4 different snares or a full set of toms, or a “EZ ride expansion pack 1” “EZ ride expansion pack 2” etc…

If they were in “packs” that included more than one drum, I would think that a $15 price point might be attractive, individual drums might be $5-$10 if they were something really, really special.

Thoughts?

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[Bryan Block]

@John said:

Hi guys, do not forget to read this:
http://www.toontrack.com/faq/transfer-of-license-and-multiple-installs-important-information/

Thanks for the reminder.

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