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[John]

Hi John,

which MIDI packs are we talking about? Or is it libraries? How did you install them, with the Product Manager application?
Can you provide screen shots?

BR,
John

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[John]

Hi David,

when it comes to Superior SDX:s, it’s a bit easier, since they don’t need to be in a specific “HOME” directory like the EZ line.
You can move the main ‘SL-Xxxx’ folder to the new location and when you start SD3, you will not be prompted to locate it but you can visit the Settings > Libraries/Paths page to Change Path.
BTW, your all your Toontrack MIDI ends up in the ‘EZdrummer/Midi’ folder, even the MIDI included with SD3.

More info in the manual: https://www.toontrack.com/manual/superior-drummer-3/9/9-3-settings-2/9-3-5-libraries-settings-tab

BR,
John

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[John]

TO THE OP: Sorry for going on here about something that isn’t related to your question.

Ah, sorry, I have been doing this for so long I call things by obsolete names.
The GM Extended drum map is what became the Toontrack Standard mapping when EZdrummer came along (if memory serves me right).
This was intended to build on GM standard but scrapping the percussion notes giving room for more drum articulations across multiple products.
I see what you mean with note#50 being High Tom in GM and Crash Muted Hit in Toontrack Standard.
There are 6 Tom notes in GM and 5 in Toontrack Standard.
Regarding the China on note #52 in GM, (in i.e. Jazz Sessions the China is mapped to #52) I would assume far from all TT products had a China present and I guess at some point an internal standard had to be set for widest compatibility and with the possibility of making your own MIDI map presets, it wouldn’t pose a big problem, right? Or am I missing something?

The Generic (CC Hi-Hat) MIDI Preset maps note#50 to a high tom note if present in the currently loaded kit. The Generic (No CC) doesn’t. Hopefully a colleague can shed som light over this.
IMHO, the Standard mapping and substitution scheme works surprisingly well across, given that there are products with everything from 2 Toms/Cymbals to 13 Toms/15 Cymbals.

BR,
John

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[John]

Hi David,

that folder contains the Sounds and MIDI for EZdrummer 2 (and 3 if you have it installed), so I am not sure what you have moved earlier. The application itself resides in Applications/Toontrack/. The plug-in components in other locations.
The procedure for moving Sounds (+MIDI) for EZdrummer 2/3, EZbass and EZkeys 2 are the same; move their respective “HOME” folders from the Default location in Library/Application Support/ to the new location, then launch the app and point it to the new location.

BR,
John

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[John]

OK,

I am also on Sequoia and have yet to be able to reproduce what is happening to you.
Do you still have an open Ticket with Toontrack Support?
If you have tried deleting the AU cache and rebooted, then a Reset & Rescan in the Plug-in Manager, the only other thing I could find related to having GUI problems in Logic 11.2.2 (which seems quite a few have), is to delete the
com.apple.logic10.plist and com.apple.logic.pro.cs Preference files and reboot.
If you want to try this, open Finder and press Shift+Cmd+G and paste ~/Library/Preferences.
You can Search the Finder window for ‘logic’ which makes them easier to find.

BR,
John

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[John]

Hi,

if you have copied that folder with all its content and structure intact to your external SSD, you can delete it and then open the EZdrummer 2 standalone. You should now be prompted to locate the ‘EZdrummer’ folder on your external drive.

BR,
John

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[John]

Hi,

are you saying that even though Follow Host is Enabled in the EZdrummer 3 plug-in, it doesn’t stop playing when Logic’s transport stops?

BR,
John

John Rammelt - Toontrack
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[John]

Hi,

sorry to hear you are having difficulties, hopefully we can straighten things out.

If you have a loop area enabled in EZD3, it is not following your host correctly, as you have noticed. Just release the loop in EZD3 by either clicking the loop button or Shift+G.

If you have recorded MIDI in Reaper and transferred it onto the EZD3 Song Track, you can mute it on the Reaper Track. If you do it the other way around; drag from EZD3 to Reaper, then either Mute the parts on the EZD3 Song Track or Disable Follow Host.

BR,
John

John Rammelt - Toontrack
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[John]

Hi Scotto,

the answer would be yes to both questions if I understand you correctly.
Once you have your base kit set up, you save the MIDI configuration as your own MIDI In/E-drums Preset. This MIDI Preset can be applied to other kit configurations.
I would imagine having a base Project as Default and modifying it with different instruments and save as new Projects would be the easiest in your case.

Project files save the entire state of the plug-in, including stuff on the Song Track(s).
Drums and Mixer Presets save just that but not the MIDI mapping setup nor MIDI on the Song Track(s).
Kit Preset save only the Kit pieces.
MIDI Presets save the mapping.

I hope this clarifies.

BR,
John

John Rammelt - Toontrack
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[John]

Hi,

is it correct that you are using version 2.1.4? If that is the case, please update to the final release of EZdrummer 2, which is 2.2.3.

BR,
John

John Rammelt - Toontrack
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[John]

Hi David,

if you open the Finder and go to {Macintosh HD}/Library/Application Support/, is there not an ‘EZdrummer’ folder?
If not, please press Cmd+Shift+L to open the User Library folder and check the Application Support there for an ‘EZdrummer’ folder. Is there one there?

If you go to the Users/Shared/Toontrack/ folder, is there an ‘Installerlog.log’ file there?

BR,
John

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[John]

Hi,

manual tinkering of the files and folders inside the ‘Library/Application Support/EZdrummer’ folder breaks update and general functionality. Makes things harder to trouble-shoot and give support for as well.
Compatibility between EZdrummer 3 and Superior 3 is automatic if they are left at Default on your system.

I recommend leaving stuff inside the other plug-ins’ Home directories as is as well.

BR,
John

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[John]

Hi, I have alerted a colleague to this thread but I am curious about what is wrong with the GM Extended drum map?

BR,
John

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[John]

Hi,

apart from Mick’s advice to make sure ‘Follow Host’ is enabled to have EZD3 run in sync with Reaper, I would say the easiest way for you would be to first record to the Reaper Instrument Track, then record arm the Song Track in the EZD3 plug/in and hit play in Reaper. This will then record the MIDI from the Reaper Track to your EZD3 Song Track for editing.
There is currently no way to keep the EZd3 Song Track in Rec armed mode after stopping.
Only a few DAW’s allow for MIDI to be dragged from the DAW to a plug-in inside it, I don’t think Reaper is one of them.

BR,
John

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