[Christopher Rose]

If you’re on Reaper with a PC. Input Quantize and record into Reaper, then Control+Alt Click+Drag the recorded midi file back into EZ. Not on Mac though.

That may the technique that I’ll adopt. Thank you.

[Christopher Rose]

Hey Shootie! I’ve already found your videos on youtube as I searched for an answer to this question. Great videos and thank you for doing such a great job teaching EZ Drummer.

I did not realize the power and flexibility of the Tap2Find. I didn’t know you could record into it. I had only used it to drag existing MIDI into so I could find similar patterns.

I’ve found a couple problems with this method however.

1. The resolution setting in the Tap2Find affects items that have already been recorded. So, if I lay down a HH part at 1/16th res and then later switch to 1/4 res to put a snare or something then the HH also shifts to 1/4 while I’m adding the snare.
2. It seems that I cannot create parts longer than 2 measures in the Tap2Find.
3. Once I have a pattern in Tap2Find then I don’t see how to drag it onto the timeline for the song.
4. I want to do all MIDI pattern editing in EZD and not my DAW (Reaper) because EZD has some nice editing features for midi drums. Within reaper I can quantize the midi that is recorded in reaper. But if I record in parallel in EZD to get the midi into the song editor timeline, reaper does not quantize that midi going to EZD. So I can still end up with beats off time in the EZD song timeline.

The problem I have could easily be that I grew up with old school drum machines like the Yamaha RX8 and still have that mental model. I’m used to creating a pattern and then building the song out of those patterns. I’m a newb in EZD but it basically works the same way as the old-school drum machines. So, unless I’m really misunderstanding something then my mental model is not too far off.

• This post was modified 1 year ago by Christopher Rose.

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