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[chris moffa]

@gseshleman said:
Regarding “Edit Play Style”…you may find it a nice addition to your workflow.
Please check out pg 18-20 of the EZDrummer2 Operation manual for an overview of its new
features for customizing MIDI grooves in the “ground breaking Edit play style window” before taking them into Reaper.

yes, i use and love those things.

if i were writing groove-based music where the beat comes first and the song is built around it, i might leave the midi in EZD2 and play the other instrument parts to suit the drum groove. i work the other way around, however: create the song first and then play the instruments, including the drums, to suit the song.

as many and varied as the grooves are in EZD2, and however i tweak them with power hand, opening hit, etc., the drummers weren’t playing my songs when they recorded those grooves. i customize a lot of EZD2 patterns and find it easier to edit midi or create original grooves in Reaper’s piano roll editor. other folks may prefer to edit the midi in EZD2, or use a keyboard, drum pad controller or e-drums to create patterns. it’s all good.

the best thing about EZD2 is that it provides users the freedom of choice and flexibility to decide what workflow is best for them.

[chris moffa]

@gseshleman said:AFAIK, “Edit Play Style” mode is only accessible when using MIDI in the track editor.
That’s all. Wasn’t meant to infer any connection to the issue overall.

My workflow is to assemble grooves and a rough song template in EZD2, then move the entire midi to Reaper. Once in Reaper the midi never goes back into EZD2. I do all final midi editing in Reaper. From that point forward I use EZD2 only to choose drums/sounds and adjust the mix. I open EZD2, click the tab to show picture of the drum kit, then use the menus to swap drums or use the buttons to change drum volume/pitch. I also can adjust the faders in the mixer view. I don’t know if that’s called Edit Play Style mode. I do know that I can swap drums, change pitch/volume, and adjust the mixer with midi in Reaper, not EZD2 track editor.

Unknowingly you precisely identified the cause of the issue overall. See the posts between me and the Toontrack techs. Thanks for telling us all where to look!

[chris moffa]

confirmed on my system last night: popup appears when knobs are in circular and relative circular mode, popup does not appear when knob is in linear mode.

the function i requested is already included in EZD2, but it’s buggy for one of the knob settings which just so happened to be the setting i was using. i changed settings so i now have the function.

many thanks to all for working through the issue with me.

[chris moffa]

@gseshleman said:While the “E-Knob” setting was in ‘Relative Circular Mode’, I got parameter setting pop-ups when in both the “Edit Play Style” function and from the knobs on the instrument dropdowns on the Drum tab by clicking on the knob.

Thanks for that tip. I didn’t know I could choose linear vs. relative circular mode so not sure how mine is currently set.

Also, I see from your screenshot you’re working on midi within the EZD2 track editor. I am not, I’m working on midi in Reaper. I don’t know why that should make a difference, but I’ll check.

I’ll test all options this evening — linear vs. circular mode, midi in EZD2 vs. Reaper — and report tomorrow.

[chris moffa]

@Henrik said: …EZdrummer 2 – if you click on the volume or pitch controller, you’ll get a small popup telling you the current value of the knob.

I tested this again last night and I get no popup when I click on the knobs. That’s the way things work in my DAW (Reaper) so I already tried it in EZD2. Whether I hover over the volume/pitch knob, left click it, or right click it, no popup appears showing the current value. The only way to cause the popup to appear is to adjust the knob up or down. The popup then shows the new value I set, but I don’t know what the value was before I adjusted the knob.

Thanks again for considering my suggestion.

[chris moffa]

@Henrik said:

Thanks for your ideas. I assume that you are talking about EZdrummer 2 – if you click on the volume or pitch controller, you’ll get a small popup telling you the current value of the knob. I agree that these values could be more visual, something we will take into consideration!

Yes, my bad, I’m referring to EZD2.

Thanks for your reply, Henrik, and for the suggestion to click on the knob to see current value. I think I have tried that and do not get a popup showing the current value, rather I must adjust the knob one way or another before I see a new value but then I don’t know what the value was before I adjusted the knob. I will try again clicking on the knob to see whether the current value pops up.

I enjoy EZD2 very much, it’s a remarkable product and has made a great deal of improvement to the sound and realism of my projects. Thanks to all at Toontrack for your efforts.

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