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[John]

Hi,

the EZdrummer 2 Core library is a separate product from EZdrummer 3, so those drums and the MIDI is not automatically part of EZdrummer 3.
I would recommend you use the ‘Shop Webshop MIDI’ button in the Grooves page to Search for what you need.

Creating a Cymbal Swell in the Grid Editor is pretty easy, though.
Select the Crash 1 Row and the Pen Tool, set Humanixe to Off and the Resolution to 1/16t or 1/32. Drag with the Pen Tool from Bar 1 to Bar2, which gives you a lot of notes at full velocity. Switch to the Pointer Tool again and select the notes. Make sure the Velocity lane is visible and drag the left ‘Slope’ button downward. Add a few steps of Randomize and play with the sliders as you see fit. For a two-handed swell, you can create the hits at e.g. 1/8t create the ramp and then copy the hits to Crash 2 and slide the swell 1/16t later.

BR,
John

John Rammelt - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

[John]

Hi,

please contact Toontrack Support directly:
https://www.toontrack.com/faq/how-do-i-contact-support/

BR,
John

John Rammelt - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

[John]

Hi,

buying single instruments is currently not possible and would likely require an entirely different library/plug-in/web-shop architecture, among things.
While you can pull e.g. a Snare from the Dry EZX into the EZd3 Core libraries, the plug-in “knows” how to handle the microphones because the Dry EZX Snare is part of a contained (and compressed in a proprietary format) entity, so to speak.

BR,
John

John Rammelt - Toontrack
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[John]

Hi, while on the Tap2Find page, you can open the Settings > Metronome and switch the output to something you do not use or just pull down the faders. If you need the Metronome again, you visit these settings again.

BR,
John

John Rammelt - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

[John]

Hi,

Cymbal Swells (Cresc.+Dim.) and Snare Rolls would easiest be found in the EZdrummer 2 Core Library. The Classic Rock EZX. has got some Gong/Cymbal swells.

Tom Fills are in most expansions. If you have e.g. a Snare pattern/roll you like, you can easily distribute the hits from Snare to Toms in the Grid Editor or the Edit Play Style window.

BR,
John

John Rammelt - Toontrack
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[John]

Hi,

have you checked that your CP-88 is updated to the latest firmware (V2.00) and that you have installed the latest drivers (V3.1.7)?

AFAICT, the CP-88 can only operate at 44,1kHz as an audio interface.

BR,
John

John Rammelt - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

[John]

…”user-hostile” for providing a way to see the current MIDI layout is a bit harsh, don’t you think? But it does indeed seem like something for the ‘Requests & Feedback’ section, so please go ahead and post your request there.

BR,
John

John Rammelt - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

[John]

Hi,

we need more info; I am assuming you are using the standalone and not the plug-in but please clarify.
Which Audio interface are you using?

BR,
John

John Rammelt - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

[John]

Hi,

are you using any particular Preset? Sometimes a Preset is using special processing.

BR,
John

John Rammelt - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

[John]

Hi,

are you not using the TD-27 MIDI Preset? If you are and modify it to save your own MIDI Preset, it “sticks” when switching Drums & Mixer Presets.
The Dark Industrial only has two Tom slots, so by Default Rack Tom hits from your kit would be directed to Tom 1 and Floor Tom hits to Tom 2, if I’m not mistaken.

BR,
John

John Rammelt - Toontrack
Technical Advisor

[John]

Hi,

we’re all newbies at some point, ask away; this Forum is a place to (hopefully) get all the answers.

In the SD3 Core Library, all Cymbals have their ‘Close’ signal in the Stereo ‘OH Dyn’ Microphone/Mixer Channel.

The other Instruments can have their Bleed turned Off in this Channel but not the Cymbals. Their respective Volume can be changed though, as you see in my screen shot above.
As mentioned earlier in this thread, some SDX:s have been recorded with e.g. the Ride Cymbal having its own separate microphone/Mixer Channel.

If you really want to have a specific Cymbal on its own Channel in the Mixer, it is possible but requires some steps.
Right-click the Cymbal in question and navigate to ‘Route Instrument Microphones…’
This will bring up the selected Cymbals possible Close and Bleed routings. Apart from turning off a bleed signal you can click to the right of the ‘Close’ signal and select ‘Create New Channel’ at the bottom.
This will insert a new Channel in the Mixer with only the Close signal from the Cymbal, no Bleed. All Bleed from this Cymbal is still routed to the various microphones around the Kit, unless you turn them off or re-route them.
Your new Channel can be re-named by double-clicking its name in the Mixer and this Channel can be independently panned in the Mixer.
Things to bear in mind:
– this will not change how the Kit was recorded so if you pan a Cymbal that was recorded on the left side of the Kit to the right side, the Cymbal’s Bleed will still behave as how it was recorded, unless you create new Channels for the Bleeds as well.
– if you have EQ/FX/Sends on the OH Dyn Channel, you will have to copy these to your new Channel(s), plus I would check the routing of the Mixer Channel if you are starting from a Preset.

BR,
John

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