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[John]

Hi Marc,

sorry for the delay. Yes, I tried your Project but didn’t get any unexpected behaviour from it; playing the clip from the Session View sounds exactly the same as from within EZDrummer 3. I have tried figuring out what could be the difference on your system but I have no good guess yet. I was thinking about if you get some kind of MIDI loop but then you would experience that with your other instruments. Still, can you check if ‘MIDI Out’ is Enabled in the EZD3 plug-in and if it is, Disable it and see if it makes any difference?

BR,
John

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[John]

Hmmm… that’s strange. What does the content of your ‘EZX_Cocktail’ look like? Mine looks like this:

And it’s supposed to look like this in EZD3:

While maybe obvious, I need to ask if you have closed and reopened EZdrummer 3 in between copying the files?
Have you rebooted your Mac?

BR,
John

John Rammelt - Toontrack
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[John]

Hi,

you can install the Superior Drummer 2 software separately, the 2.4.4 installer should be available in your account.
If the sounds used in the old songs are still present on your system and linked to the version 2 instrument, they should load as expected.

BR,
John

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[John]

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John

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John

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[John]

Hi,

there is no current installer for this long ago discontinued product, which was the point of the OP and my detailed reply on how to manually copy it and its MIDI files onto a current system. I thought you had read my first reply but was unable to open the disk image.

I suggest you read my reply to the OP and if you follow my instructions, there should be no problem but since it involves manually copying into folders inside the ‘Library/Application Support/EZdrummer’ folder, the red warning sticker remains: neither I nor Toontrack can be responsible if you accidentally overwrite/delete stuff.

BR,
John

John Rammelt - Toontrack
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[John]

Hi,

there are two issues in your screen shots:

1. Your bandmate’s GB Project was saved with EZdrummer 1 or 2, EZdrummer 3 would be named ‘EZdrummer 3’ not just ‘EZdrummer’. EZdrummer 3 is another plug-in and does not automatically replace EZdrummer 1/2.
2. In that plug-in list, there should be an entry for ‘AU Generators’ and ‘AU Instruments’ if this was an Instrument Track but there is only an ‘Audio Units’ entry, which implies it is not an Instrument Track but instead an Audio Track. I.e. it is not strange that Toontrack/EZdrummer 3 isn’t on that list.

BR,
John

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[John]

Hi,

can you please specify which EZX and MIDI Preset you are using?

BR,
John

John Rammelt - Toontrack
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[John]

Hi,

click ‘Show Details’ and then ‘Open’ for the Cocktail EZX under Extras.

BR,
John

John Rammelt - Toontrack
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[John]

Hi,

I haven’t used Cubase in ages but I imagine that if it’s possible, you just have the plug-in interface open and drag the MIDI from the track to the plug-in’s Song Track/Bandmate area.

BR,
John

John Rammelt - Toontrack
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[John]

Adding here as well: All current versions of Toontrack plug-ins can have custom set scale and size.

BR,
John

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[John]

…and to add: since the release of EZmix 3, you have the possibility to change scale and size. The same goes for all current Toontrack plug-ins, btw.

BR,
John

John Rammelt - Toontrack
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[John]

Hi,

when do you get this message? When trying to mount the image in the Finder? What if you just Download and Open in the Product Manager?

BR,
John

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Hi,

please start with checking that you do not have ‘Only load plug-ins needed for project playback’ enabled. Next you can try with having an empty MIDI block at the beginning of your Logic track.

Other things to check is that your audio hardware isn’t used by other applications at the same time, even though most audio hardware these days should be multi-client with Core Audio.

BR,
John

John Rammelt - Toontrack
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Hi,

please start with checking that you do not have ‘Only load plug-ins needed for project playback’ enabled. Next you can try with having an empty MIDI block at the beginning of your Logic track.

Other things to check is that your audio hardware isn’t used by other applications at the same time, even though most audio hardware these days should be multi-client with Core Audio.

BR,
John

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[John]

Thanks for reporting your findings, now make some music!

BR,
John

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[John]

Hi,

no I have TD-12 (though not unpacked ATM so I’m using a NI kontroller) but all the Presets have in common that the Cymbal Choking happens via AfterTouch, regardless of which MIDI controller/module you are using. As I wrote earlier, the Mute Hit articulation is a pre-recorded hit and not something you would use with an E-kit, where the pinching of an E-cymbal sends the AfterTouch message to mute the triggered cymbal sound. I.e. you should not try to ‘Learn’ that Mute Hit articulation.

So, next question would be if you are 100% certain you are sending (from your module) and receiving (in your computer) AfterTouch messages when you pinch?

Are you using the EZD3 Standalone application or are you using the plug-in inside a host? If the latter, there’s a possibility that AT is being filtered out.
E.g. I’m using Pro Tools and it took me a while once I started using it many years ago that it Defaulted to filtering out AfterTouch messages, which meant no choking.

BR,
John

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