This isn’t always desirable, so what we are going to do in this example is assign the 5 toms to their own channels and remove some channel routing that we don’t need. For this example, we’ll let EZD2 auto-assign the channels and just modify what we need.Īs you can see, all the toms are assigned to Channel 5 and this means that an FX or EQ we may want to apply will need to be applied to all toms as a whole. Obviously, if you prefer to manually assign ALL of the channels at this point, you can do that. You will then see that all the channels are automatically assigned to their default values. This is achieved by clicking on any of the channels in EZD2’s Mixer panel and select Multi-channel from the drop down menu. The first thing we need to do is tell EZD2 that it needs to use multi-channel mode. We can also change this default routing to make it more flexible. When you’re given the option to output to multi-channel, accept this and you will have a 16 channel layout for your drums.īy default, EZD2 allows us to easily output our drums to these 16 channels / tracks. If you’re like me, and you want to be able to mix your toms, cymbals, etc on their own channels / tracks and have no real use for some of the others on offer, then this easy method of remapping will give you a much more flexible option.įirst, ensure you have a midi track created and an instance of EZ Drummer set up on the track. In today’s tutorial, we’re going to look at how we remap EZ Drummer 2 from Toontrack to allow for a more flexible approach to mixing our drums.īy default, we can assign our EZ Drummer instance to be output through 16 channels, and this is great, but the default routing isn’t the most flexible.
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In this video I show you how to remap the 16 channels to allow for a more flexible method of mixing your drum tracks. While the sounds are pretty decent on their own, I prefer to tweak most of them on their own.EZ Drummer 2 from Toontrack is a fantastic VST, but you need to remap all the channels to get the best layout for your recording and mixing. Once I’m done writing the whole song, I switch EZD from a stereo output to a 16 channel multitrack output and then bounce every drum to it’s own track so I can EQ/add effects to them individually. While EZD does have a section to add the drum tracks, I prefer to slide them right out of EZD’s browser and into the EZD track in Logic because I can then edit them in the piano roll immediately if I have to. More often than not, I’ll do the fills as I’m going, but occasionally I’ll finish an entire song with just the main beats/grooves then go back in after I’m done and write the fills (or drag them in from EZD). Most everything starts off with a guitar riff or progression and then I’ll program the drum part for that section. I use two monitors, one for Logic’s main tracking screen and the other is a bigger monitor I use for the piano roll where I write everything. I’ve played drums almost as long as I’ve played guitar and actually enjoy playing drums more than anything else. Sure, it’s tedious, but finding a MIDI with the kick pattern I need is almost always a hopeless case. While I have TONS of drum MIDI’s, I 98% of what I do is written drum hit by drum hit and I only use the MIDI files for fills. When I write, I have a template in Logic I open, with several guitar tracks opened and an instance of EZDrummer. Not to mention, their MIDI mapping (regardless of map setting) does not line up with the MIDI files I have. I don’t have time to dick around with that when I already have something that I can open and start programming in seconds. It completely stopped allowing me to export 16 channels and will only give me a Surround option, despite whatever it is I select. I bought GetGood Drums recently and while I love the sounds, Kontakt is way too unstable to use. I mainly use EZDrummer2 and will be upgrading to SSD3 soon.
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