EZ Drummer3

I'm glad to see this thread, good info...maybe someone can help me. I am not new to recording, but am new at recording with EZDrummer3. I always used live or drum loops. I am also using Reaper. Anyway, I can make a a drum track for a song in EZ, and put it in a song, not problem. My question is...CAN I hit the drums on the3 screen with my mouse and record that, like let's say I need a simple beat or a cymbal hit. I can play it and hear it but can't get it to record, it seems to record but comes out as an empty track...no sound. Thanks for any help.
 
jtees4 said:
I'm glad to see this thread, good info...maybe someone can help me. I am not new to recording, but am new at recording with EZDrummer3. I always used live or drum loops. I am also using Reaper. Anyway, I can make a a drum track for a song in EZ, and put it in a song, not problem. My question is...CAN I hit the drums on the3 screen with my mouse and record that, like let's say I need a simple beat or a cymbal hit. I can play it and hear it but can't get it to record, it seems to record but comes out as an empty track...no sound. Thanks for any help.
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Alright…I haven’t tried to record my mouse clicks before….mine are not that graceful….however, one can record midi from a midi device(keyboard [not usually the one with the letters, although I have done that…there is/was a program for it], or midi drum pads, whatever) on to a track in Reaper. That track can be armed with EZ(or whatever) to playback that midi. For my entry in the Riff Masters first challenge, I dropped a midi file onto a track, put EZ in an effects slot, and gave a listen….then I chopped up and rearranged a couple of sections of the midi (the arrangement was short in one verse).
Point is….you can record live midi in reaper, and use EZ as the noisemaker.
 
LiveeviL2000 said:
I'm muddling through it now. I figured out how to modify some beats and arrange things around. I put together about a minute of drums and it sounds pretty cool so far.
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You made a good choice. Without a little nitpicking between EZ and SD3 EZ is still a great world class tool. Especially for heavy hitters. You are a heavy hitter if I've ever known one. :yesway::dood:


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LiveeviL2000 said:
I'm muddling through it now. I figured out how to modify some beats and arrange things around. I put together about a minute of drums and it sounds pretty cool so far.
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I like the song creator stuff for a quick backup drum track, when I’m trying to put stuff together.


But ”Bandmate” was the real game changer for me…


That‘s how I put together my Squatcher track. Super quick and easy. It’s not perfect, but it’s great for quick writing ideas.
 
LiveeviL2000 said:
I haven’t messed with bandmate yet.
I hit song creator for my folk song entry in the Riff Masters challenge.
Worked pretty good.
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The bandmate feature is pretty cool.
I’ve used it kinda like this:
I’m playing around with a riff/chord progression, and I want to expand on it, but I want some drums backing me…so I set up a project, decide on tempo, record the riff/progression to a track in Reaper. When I decide I like the way it was played, I create another track in Reaper and put EZ on it, open EZ to the bandmate menu, drag and drop the riff into it, and check out the suggestions it puts out. From there, just arrange/edit to taste… It’s worked pretty well for me so far.
 
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