@David Levy said:
Using EZD2 in PRO TOOLS …., is a total ” P.I.T.A ”
…, What SUX is ….., If I want to edit a hit ….,
– I have to export the Midi out of EZD2 and dump it somewhere on my hard-drive
…, Then I have to Import the midi file from there back into pro Tools , so I can edit the file in Pro Tools Midi Editor window.
…., then getting that Midi file back into EZD2 is the same P.I.T.A procedure , but reversed …., why oh why cant these be drop and drag straight out of EZD2 into pro Tools ?
what version of Pro Tools are you using??
I’m using Pro Tools 11 and I can easily drag my EZDrummer2 song timeline straight into Pro Tools
as a whole track or in block pieces – from the plug-in or from the standalone.
I’ve used EZDrummer1 for years. I also have SuperiorDrummer2.
EZDrummer2 is a great product as is and is not a purchase that I regret.
Yes, I agree that there is room for improvement and that EZDrummer2 can be made better;
Yes, I’d love to see a piano roll-style MIDI editor.
I know for a fact that Toontrack listens to their customers and I “let not the perfect be the enemy of the good”.
Alas, I have good news to report to you!!
I can tell you for a fact that GrooveMonkee MIDI is very compatible with EZDrummer and SuperDrummer.
Check out the screenshot below…I have a lot of 3rd-party MIDI grooves from GrooveMonkee, PlatinumSamples and OddGrooves installed.
Therein may be the key…if & when provided, I highly recommend using their EZDrummer-formatted MIDI (and installer).
If your 3rd-party MIDI does not come with an installer or in Toontrack/EZDrummer format,
I’d place those MIDI grooves in the “MY MIDI” User MIDI folder.
Also, please note that non-Toontrack-formatted MIDI may trigger different kit pieces than intended.
Oh and before you comment that 3rd-party MIDI does not appear on the [Search] tab
and cannot be found by the “Tap2FInd” feature, it can’t. Others have noted this “deficiency” (quite loudly) here on the forum,
and requested it as a future enhancement… Some would like it to index & search 3rd-party MIDI.
Others want it to index & search their own user-created MIDI beats and grooves.
I don’t know why you wouldn’t have a database under circumstances of a normal installation,
I’d make sure that you’ve downloaded and installed the latest EZDrummer2 update(s), currently version 2.0.2
and any EZX expansions available online in your Toontrack account.
If that doesn’t help, unless someone else chimes in with another idea, I’d probably try uninstalling and re-installing it.
It’s not that large of an installation.
None? There are some within the included EZDrummer2 Vintage & Modern libraries.
One of the most amazing new features included in EZDrummer2 is the [Search] tab
and its ability to organize, sort and filter the MIDI grooves that you own and the MIDI grooves available in the Toontrack Web Shop.
from page 14 of the Operation Manual:
EZdrummer 2 will also let you search and preview matches
among the entire groove library of packs commercially available from the Toontrack web shop.
To do this, simply engage the Show Web Shop MIDI button above the Tap-2-Find and filtering area:
Doing so, I can also find 3/4 grooves in the following MIDI packs:
Indie Folk, Songwriter1, Songwriter4, Music City USA, NY Studio – Vol 3, and Jazz.
