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[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).

[Scott Eshleman]

Technically, EZKeys sound library expansions (like the Mellotoon or Classic Electrics) themselves do not include any MIDI.
When you purchase a sound library with the EZKeys base software, the ‘basic’ core EZKeys MIDI is included.
MIDI style expansions like the ‘Keys & Strings’ & ‘RnB’ extend the core EZKeys MIDI.

[Scott Eshleman]

@stprodigy said:

Hello,

I purchased EZKeys Mellotoon. The description for the product says “• Each EZkeys comes loaded with an individual sound library.” Does the MIDI library that comes with Mellotoon already contain all the content in the ‘Keys & Strings EZkeys MIDI’ expansion?

Thanks

No. ‘Keys & Strings EZkeys MIDI’ is an expansion pack of the core EZKeys MIDI.
It’s the same type of expansion as the Funk, the Blues, Latin or Ballad MIDI expansion packs.
Maybe it’s confusing that they released it at the same time as the Mellotoon sound library.

[Scott Eshleman]

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.

[Scott Eshleman]

To your 1st question/scenario, in my experience, when presented with a MIDI song containing multiple instrumental parts,
EZKeys will prompt you with a dialog asking which parts you’d like to import – one or more parts can be imported simultaneously (shown below).
It will attempt to analyze the harmonic structure of the MIDI presented to it but no individual notes.
It also currently has no lead sheet, piano roll or print capability in & of itself.

To your 2nd issue, please fully extract the ZIP file to your hard drive before attempting the install of the DEMO.

[Scott Eshleman]

Your Toontrack account should still reflect the EZMix2 preset packs that you selected and downloaded previously.

[Scott Eshleman]

@bigalz said:
Just out of curiosity what db do you have your volume set at on the volume wheel?

Sorry to report similar results on the Upright as well.
I had the Volume Wheel cranked up to 12db for both tests.

Have you possibly tried changing to a different preset for either of the expansions and then back again?
How ’bout resetting the Dynamics and Velocity control (under Dynamics)?

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