[jpoprock]

Personally, I don’t see what the big deal is with TT’s authorization process now? I’ve never had a problem what so ever. I hate iLok simply because it’s not convenient to always have it with me, increases the chance I’ll lose it, wash it in the washer, or whatever. It makes me WAY more nervous having thousands of dollars worth of plugins on a USB dongle, then to sit thru a 5min authorization process that can’t be any more simple.

EZD, Sup 2.0, C&V SDX, EZ Drummer, DKH Multi, Pro Tools 8, padKontrol, OSX 10.5.8

[jpoprock]

Awesome! Thanks Scott! I didn’t even check to see if there was an update waiting for me.. and there was! Downloading it now…

EZD, Sup 2.0, C&V SDX, EZ Drummer, DKH Multi, Pro Tools 8, padKontrol, OSX 10.5.8

[jpoprock]

Thanks for the tip on the keyboard shortcut. I need to print the manual to EZ Tracker out and have a look. I’ve tried not to ask questions about the product cuz admittedly, I haven’t really dug into the manual yet. So until I do, I’m refraining from questions. I’m sure it’s all there. However, I was trying to copy and past some patterns around last night, and my right scroll was going CRAZY. I simply wanted to copy a verse to a different point in the song, (like say measure 40), and my scroll took off like crazy to the right and no matter which direction I moved my mouse, it kept going and going. I finally had to just paste what I had delete it. Haven’t figured it out just yet, but I have a fairly good feel for it. I need to investigate why the need for multiple layers? Seems to me that you just need one track/layer? Maybe it’s for stacking multiple midi performances in one big session? I don’t know… But I’ll look into it. No need to answer any questions about it until I read up on it more.

J

EZD, Sup 2.0, C&V SDX, EZ Drummer, DKH Multi, Pro Tools 8, padKontrol, OSX 10.5.8

[jpoprock]

Intersting. I’ve heard of Jamstix, but thought they were midi drum stick controllers or something? HA! I just watched some vids and it looks awesome and much easier to use!! BUT, they don’t make it for Mac!! I can’t believe it. But that software seems to sorta mesh the concept of a drum machine with midi loops. I don’t like EZPlayer at all and never have liked that type of song contruction. I’ve thought of buying Guru, but it seems complicated. I also looked at some other types of sofware (can’t remember the names), and decided to do NOTHING for the moment. But yes… the thing I hate the most about EZPlayer is that it’s hard to keep track of what your piecing together. I have C & V, but I don’t think it’s loaded on my machine anymore. I bought it with the first version of Superior, but I thought Superior was a massive mem hog. Now it’s much better, so maybe I’ll reload C & V. Back then, I remember thinking that C & V was pretty sweet sounding though. I think there is an update for it in my download area. I just never grabbed it.

EZD, Sup 2.0, C&V SDX, EZ Drummer, DKH Multi, Pro Tools 8, padKontrol, OSX 10.5.8

[jpoprock]

Hmm… I guess I stand corrected on the player issue. Yesterday when working with midi loops, the drum sounds were changing from loop to loop on occasion. Almost like different snares were being used. One would sound like it should, then in the next loop in my song, the snare would suddenly have a different pitch and a ring to it. But I loaded up that saved song from yesterday, and suddenly it’s working as it should? Very strange!

EZD, Sup 2.0, C&V SDX, EZ Drummer, DKH Multi, Pro Tools 8, padKontrol, OSX 10.5.8

[jpoprock]

I’m late to the party here, but I’ll chime in. I purchased the Songwriters Pack as well as the Fills. And while I’m not disappointed per se, I’m not all that blown away either. Reason being… lack of variety. Personally, I feel like too many times, midi loops are “stylized” too much. It’s almost like “Gee these would be great.. if I were writing a song in this style, but I’m not”. For instance… Songwriter Pack 1 has very few variations for the “Verses”. Like 4-8 loops to choose from. The verses are the meat of the song next to the chorus! Yet, there are gobs of fills (which I can understand) and useless “pre-Chorus” loops or bridges. It seems like more times than not, the Pre-Chorus/Bridge loops are double time!

I wish that someone would listen to AOR/Modern Rock/Pop hit songs on the radio, and make loops based off the structure of those songs. More times than not, the most “usable” loops are the most straight forward. High hat variations, etc are all important to mixing it up and keep it from getting boring. But to suddenly launch into double time? Not practical!! I’m going to buy SW Pack 2, but I sure hope it’s more usable than the first one.

I will say this much though…I do like it that the loops are laid out in long measures with variations through out the loop. I think that was a great idea. And there are some really nice intros and super great fills. So, for $20, you can’t go wrong really. I just sorta wish that TT would do a midi loop pack of more “straight” grooves. Sort of a hybrid hip-hop/john bonham/Everclear/Sublime/John Mayer/Anything released by Disney artists type set. I’m not talking about Lady Gaga beats that are super colored and “effected”. I could easily put together sections of hit songs that illustrate what I’m trying to say. But so far, I’ve not really found that “home run” type midi loop set.

EZD, Sup 2.0, C&V SDX, EZ Drummer, DKH Multi, Pro Tools 8, padKontrol, OSX 10.5.8

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