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[Scott Eshleman]

The best and ONLY way to use the Andy Sneap EZMix pack is with EZMix.

from the EZplayer Pro product page:
EZplayer Pro is a MIDI organizer, multi track arranger and format conversion tool all rolled into one nifty piece of software that you can plug into any VST,
Audio Unit or RTAS compatible master application.

With it you can convert between mapping formats and collect all your MIDI clips in one convenient location, the EZplayer pro browser.
You can use EZplayer pro to preview those MIDI clips with your favourite drum sampler and drag and drop them directly into your host to construct your tracks.

You can also use the multi track arranger built into EZplayer pro to put drum tracks together, on as few or as many tracks as is convenient or required.

…Used in conjunction with Toontrack solo and EZdrummer or Superior Drummer 2.0,
EZplayer pro also becomes a stand-alone workstation for creating MIDI beats independently from your day-to-day sequencer.

from the EZMix product page:
EZmix 2 is a multi-effect plug-in that lets you assign pro-designed audio processing effect chains to any audio source.
A guitar amp, mixing engineer and mastering suite all in one convenient package.

EZmix Packs (like the Andy Sneap EZMix pack) expand the core content in EZmix 2 with new settings.
The selection is continuously growing and currently includes material by Grammy Award-winning engineers,
packs for mastering, vocals, guitar and bass as well as those for specific genres or common mix issues.

from the Andy Sneap EZMix product page:
This expansion for EZmix 2 was personally designed by British superstar producer Andy Sneap.
It focuses primarily on guitar and bass tones but also includes a selection of settings for lead vocals, background vocals and drums.

The only thing that EZPlayer Pro and EZMix have in common is their creator/publisher. Sorry.

[Scott Eshleman]

2.0.2 released!!!! and it is sooo coool
https://www.toontrack.com/forum/forum-announcements/ezdrummer-2-0-2-now-available/#p146233

[Scott Eshleman]

2.0.2 released!!!!
https://www.toontrack.com/forum/forum-announcements/ezdrummer-2-0-2-now-available/#p146233

[Scott Eshleman]

@Henrik said:

The “Replace Entire Kit” grayed out menu entry is merely meant to be a header to explain what happens when you select any of the kits in the list. In gseshleman’s screenshot in the previous post the selectable kits are Basic, Default, Ayotte Alt, Gretsch and Dunnett Ludwig. Selecting any of them will replace the current kit. The “Empty Kit” loads an empty kit so you can fill each drum position with any drum of choice.

The non selectable “Replace Entire Kit” menu entry is a cause of confusion though, so it will be removed in the upcoming version 2.0.2, soon to be released!

Thanks, Henrik!!
Perhaps the big reddish-orange button at the top of the window could be labeled with a small ‘Current Library/Preset’ above it as well?

[Scott Eshleman]

I believe that the “Replace Entire Kit” dropdown refers only to the full configurations available for the currently loaded drumkit.

[Scott Eshleman]

pg 11 of the Operation Manual illustrates:

[Scott Eshleman]

Sorry. re-read your issue and removed my initial response.
I misinterpreted your post. My bad.

Do you have any grooves loaded in the EZD2 timeline that could playing while ‘following the host’?

[Scott Eshleman]

I used the forum search and found these other similar threads already posted & answered.
Please check them out:

https://www.toontrack.com/forum/requests-and-feedback/drum-riffs-midi-with-other-plug-in/
https://www.toontrack.com/forum/other-pre-sales/songwriters-drumpack/
https://www.toontrack.com/forum/ezdrummer-daw/how-to-trigger-addictive-drums/

esh.

[Scott Eshleman]

@backcountry said:
But if i receive “normal” midi-files of the patterns/grooves with the pack, i could load them into my drum track in the sequencer, and then i could change the keys in the editor to hit the right single-samples?? Or am i totally wrong with that idea?

Sorry, I don’t know what you mean by ‘normal’ MIDI files.
The Drum Riffs MIDI pack is a Toontrack product and includes ONLY Toontrack-mapped MIDI grooves.

@backcountry said:
thanks john!
i watched a tutorial of EZplayer, and this program seems to be a solution for the problem.
But couldn’t i do the whole thing manually with each pattern in my sequencer (logic)? ok, this may be uncomfortable, but anyway, is it just possible?

Sure, you can do it manually in the MIDI editor of your choice. The files are not locked and in the end, it is MIDI.

But please note in John’s response that he indicates that you can’t install Toontrack MIDI packs
without a related Toontrack product also installed. I saw no specific mention of that on the MIDI pack product page…
“Works with EZdrummer, EZdrummer 2, Superior Drummer 2.0 (optimized for 1 kick, 1 snare, 2 toms, 1 floor-tom,
2 or 3 crash cymbals, 1 china and 1 ride cymbal). which I took to refer to the Toontrack-specific mapping.
As I have bought and use all of Toontrack products, this hasn’t been an issue for me.

But the ‘ReadMe’ file included with Toontrack MIDI packs notes the following too:
“IMPORTANT: Please ensure you have a working installation of Superior Drummer or EZdrummer before following the instructions herein.
Alternatively, a working installation of EZplayer pro driving a supported drum sampler may be used for playback of the included material.”

@John said:
you would need some kind of Toontrack plugin to be able to install the MIDI and AD can not translate the Toontrack MIDI when it comes to the hits outside the GM range.
The Toontrack plugin EZplayer Pro is made for wrapping MIDI layouts to and from a range of manufacturer standards but I think that it needs an update to wrap to AD correctly now.

It’d only cost you $30 to find out for sure.

[Scott Eshleman]

I believe that Addictive Drums (and Steven Slate Drums) uses a different drum mapping from that used by EZDrummer and SuperiorDrummer.

As Toontrack has released their MIDI packs intending them to be used with their software (EZDrummer & SuperiorDrummer),
(without a tool like EZ Player Pro to translate Toontrack’s mapping),
I think that Addictive Drums will invariably play some parts of the grooves differently than originally played by Matt Halpern when they were recorded.

[Scott Eshleman]

You weren’t dreaming…. http://www.toontrack.com/product/reggae-ezmix-pack/

Corporate espionage or insider leaks not withstanding,
very few companies will disclose product strategies and development outside their “Cone of Silence”…

[Scott Eshleman]

I don’t have an e-kit or any e-devices configured for my EZDrummer2 implementation,
so this is only a suggestion and I’ve not tested it:

1. after configuring your EZDrummer kit, presets, MIDI device (in Settings), etc,
2. from the Menu dropdown in EZDrummer2 (top right of EZD window), select “Set as Default Project” from the Project option on the menu

if that alone doesn’t work to your satisfaction, try these steps that adds one additional step
1. after configuring your EZDrummer kit, presets, MIDI device (in Settings), etc,
2. from the Menu dropdown in EZDrummer2 (top right of EZD window), select “Save Project…” from the Project option on the menu
3. from the Menu dropdown in EZDrummer2 (top right of EZD window), select “Set as Default Project” from the Project option on the menu

[Scott Eshleman]

I can’t test Studio One for you bu it works for me in Pro Tools 11 and Logic Pro X.
Have you downloaded and applied all of the EZDrummer2 updates?
How about Studio One updates?

[Scott Eshleman]

while every DAW is slightly different, most will have some method for configuring multi-output VSTs.
I think Logic Pro X and Pro Tools use the AUX track method while Studio One appears to use an “expanded output” method.

I don’t use Studio One but 1:18 into this video shows the ‘quck 10-second guide’ to doing this with SuperiorDrummer.
shouldn’t be any different for EZ.

[Scott Eshleman]

@half_tone said:

@gseshleman said:

I can’t say that I’ve ever seen a sale on MIDI for any of the Toontrack products a they’re fairly inexpensive to start.
I HAVE special pricing on bundles of MIDI packs or MIDI & sound library bundles.

Your questions regarding choice of library or MIDI style packs,
I’m afraid I’d have to direct you to the samples on the Toontrack’s products pages or to YouTube.
The “Classic Electrics” library and the “Retro” library might be good fits depending upon your songs.

Thank you for your reply. There are no toontrack sample tracks for Country or Pop/Rock midi packs! There is for Keys and Strings.

I do wonder what you mean by your having special prices on bundles. Can you point me in that direction?

sorry. typo. meant to say,
“I HAVE seen special pricing on bundles of MIDI packs or MIDI & sound library bundles.”
in the Toontrack webshop and at retailers (online and brick&mortar).

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