EZDRUMMER multitrack?

[traceytiffin]

In SONAR , how do I take advantage of the Multichannel output option in EZdrummer? I can select it in the mixer, but then lose everything but the kick drum? hmmmm ...... odd

[Lateralus359]

Hey man,i'm a bit lazy so this isn't exactly the most detailed answer in the world but it should help ya.
From memory i think when you open up the ezdrummer vst you should see a window open up before ezdrummer actually starts up. If you look near the bottom left of the window it says something like synth audio output or something. There should be three different options and i think the second one is the one which works(I think it says somthing about synth audio output mono or stereo). The when you press okay ezdrummer loads up on about twelve or so different channels with each channel representing say hi hats or bass drum. Then just go into the mixer on ezdrummer and switch it to multitrack. Then on the bottom of the level controls on the hihats and snare and such just click the button that says track one or track two or whatever and change it to whatever you want. Then when you look on the mixer in Sonar you'll see each track making noise. So then you could put compression on a snare or bass drums etc. If this doesn't make any sense i think i seen this explained really well somewhere else on this site or maybe it was another.

Hope this helps but be warned doing this takes up a lot of CPU and you might have to freeze each track after your done messing with it so you don't crash SONAR's lame ass audio engine which seems to die every time i look at it funny on my version of it. Sigh...

[traceytiffin]

there is no chance to change the settings .... the manual indicates that the DAW software has to be set up to handle multitrack output ....


confusing

[traceytiffin]

any other ideas? BTW, I use sonar

[Razorhoof78]

No, he's right - I use EZD and Superior and this is how I do it. Select "insert synth" and select EZD. A window should pop up and towards the bottom you should have the choice of "First Synth Output", "All Synth Outputs", etc... Check "All Synth Outputs". If the box isn't popping up, you've at some point de-selected the box that says "ask this everytime". I'm away from comp now, so I don't know how to get it back. I'll edit this post later when I get home and let you know how to do it.

[Thierry76]

Hi all

Just a little problem for me for this multitrack EZD :
every thing works find i can add effect on each track, mastering it like i want, i play it but
How to reccord those tracks ?
There is no reccording button on it. Only one on the master midi track who read my midi.
When i launch recording i can hear the drum but nothing is write on each drum track ??

Thanks for help.

[awaken1]

Originally Posted by Thierry76

Hi all

Just a little problem for me for this multitrack EZD :
every thing works find i can add effect on each track, mastering it like i want, i play it but
How to reccord those tracks ?
There is no reccording button on it. Only one on the master midi track who read my midi.
When i launch recording i can hear the drum but nothing is write on each drum track ??

Thanks for help.

I'm having this EXACT same problem right now..

any help out there?

[cheatingatmath]

i made my own template. you can follow this website for help in doing so.

Third Take Making an EZ Drummer Template for Sonar

[Thierry76]

Thank's for the help. I use now the template and after freeze the synthé to genrate wawe files .

[Danny Danzi]

Originally Posted by Lateralus359

Hope this helps but be warned doing this takes up a lot of CPU and you might have to freeze each track after your done messing with it so you don't crash SONAR's lame ass audio engine which seems to die every time i look at it funny on my version of it. Sigh...

Lat, what version of Sonar and what are your pc specs? I might be able to help your drop-out problem. I'm thinking that's what you meant when you mentioned "lame ass audio engine". You're not actually crashing, the audio engine is just dropping out, right?

For me, EZD is one of the lightest load of all the drum modules for me other than Steven Slate drums which is even lighter. Whether I load up 1 instance of EZD or load up 7 instances of it, it only uses 10%-13% cpu for me and never drops out. BFD using a custom kit of over 18 pieces runs at 20% cpu and most of the others I have are 15% to 20%.

I know, you're next question is probably "dude, why the hell would you load up 7 instances of it?!" LOL!! EZD is a drum module that actually does not double load as long as you don't allow it to load a full kit each time you load up a module. It will literally keep a running count. I know I'm still cornfusing the hell out of you, right? Lemme try this again...

You know how if we load up the regular pop/rock kit, it's about 300mb in sample use, right? Ok, let's say, we wanted to just use the kick and snare from that pop/rock kit and didn't want any of the other instruments just yet. We load up the module, and make it stop loading samples. From there, you just load up the kick and the snare.

Now, we then load up another EZD module, stop it from loading all instruments...and switch to the DFH kit. We stop it from loading because we don't want to use them all. We load up toms, and cymbals on this one...so now we have 2 modules running at once, yet both are still under or right around what you would have sample wise with just pop/rock or DFH by itself. But you now have other samples you can use instead of just one dedicated kit.

When I really go nuts, I run an EZD module for kick, one for snare, one for toms, one for hats, one for crashes, one for ride...this way I have "room" sound dedicated to each instrument instead of the room sound controlling multiples and I also have the right instrument for the job instead of settling for the instruments in a particular kit. I may use pop/rock for some thing, DFH for others, Nash kit and Twisted....and I can use them all at the same time. So, when you use it this way, it's easy to have 7 instances of it running....but in all reality, you are right about where you would be sample wise and cpu/resource wise if you just used one module, understand?