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They're still available if you missed Larry's post... as did I ...

Just go to your IK User Area and click on "Redeem". The 20 extra points will be added to you account!

You are sending the EZdrummer audio output to the Cakewalk mixer channels. But you still need to do one more thing... To record your one shot pad claps in a Cakewalk MIDI/Instrument track, use these settings in EZdrummer: Settings > MIDI Events > MIDI Out (Enable MIDI routing to other software). Then your MIDI output will be available to record in Cakewalk.

^^^ what he said. MIDI .mid files cannot contain proprietary Cakewalk project specific info, instrument track, and/or audio tracks, etc. That's what Cakewalk .cwp files are for. They contain all of the MIDI data, plus all of the additional project settings. When you save or export as .mid, you are only going to get the MIDI data. The rest gets stripped out. Not a Cakewalk shortcoming, that just how MIDI works. Tip: the first thing you should do after opening a MIDI file in Cakewalk, is to immediately save it as a Cakewalk .cwp file. Then all your work is saved whenever you hit the file save button.

Don't quite follow this part. What steps did your workflow take here?

Haven't heard, but should be available in v3. Regarding NKS, I think the preview feature is more helpful with sample based instruments due to their often long preset load times. I haven't noticed that big a difference for pure synthesizers to actually load a preset or to play a NKS preview. But the preset tagging system is quite helpful in any case!

Whatever, was just trying to help. They have always been responsive to me regarding tickets. A support ticket is always the best way to get official help from a developer, and for them to track resolution. KVR forum members frequently just tend to rant about issues with products and the devs really can't properly troubleshoot in an anonymous forum environment. KV331 Audio is a very small company, although not always perfect, they do try hard to get it right.

If you are having problems you should probably contact support.

Richard Devine is one of my favorite sound designers. I have factory and/or expansion preset banks that he has created for many synths like AIR Loom II, AAS Chromaphone and Ultra Analog , Arturia Buchla Easel V, DX7 V, Matrix 12 V, Waves Flow Motion, and a few effects that I own such as AAS Objeq Delay, Eventide Black Hole and Quadravox... Good stuff! From some videos that I have seen, Richard's man cave is dominated by a wall of modular rack synth hardware!

Possibly mastering the tempo map feature in your chosen DAW is one key to unlocking a natural groove. For example, if someone sends you an acoustic recording that was made without a grid or click track, and you want to import it into your DAW and add to it without altering the feel. You could record to the grid in your DAW if the tempo adjustments were all accounted for.

For example, I think that creates an issue say if you want to build a bass MIDI pattern in EZbass, then use that pattern to power a different bass such as MODO... Any ideas on how to get those articulations to go along for the ride elsewhere short of buying every EBX made (obviously not a problem for you, LOL) and staying in the EZB UI?

I think if you an existing EZD 2 user, and you want a resizeable GUI, you probably should upgrade at the pre-order price. I mean, let's face it, in comparison with the new GUI in EZbass the old ones suck... If you are a potential first time buyer, you may want to wait until after release to see if EZD 3 is something you will actually want or use.

I think that may be a shortfall for a lot of modern music recorded on a computer. Being a "slave" to the grid. Back in the day, musicians used tempo changes at will, and even pushed or pulled the beat as they played according to artistic feel. As long as everyone playing together was on the same page, you could have an incredible "live" performance.

You referring to IK Peter? This is Toontrack...

Addictive Drums 2, EZdrummer 2, and MODO Drums are all I have, besides a few freebies. They are all fine for me as far as backing tracks go. I'm not a drummer, so I find the options to endlessly tweak a kit for absolute perfection to be a huge waste of time. I'm simply happy if the drums don't sound bad. I'm not looking for perfection! My ears can tell the difference between good and bad drums.

That's the only reason for me to buy EZdrummer.

That's what I'm looking for! If it's strictly kits that you are looking for, the other options may have more potential!

I got the KeyLab Mk II working plug and play with Ableton out-of-the-box. For Studio One and Reaper I had to set the control surface up. In Reaper as a "Mackie Control Universal" with the "MIDIIN2" and "MIDIOUT2" ports assigned. Same thing with Studio One. All 3 DAWs now seem fully compatible, just change the DAW selection on the keyboard and it's good to go. Now Cakewalk is a problem child... I tried using the Mackie Control as a control surface with the "MIDIIN2" and "MIDIOUT2" ports assigned, handshake disabled, and it worked briefly, sort of. As I was testing, it sort of glitched so I turned the Mk II off and back on to reset, but then lost all communication with the keyboard after that. Tried restarting Cakewalk, but then all I could get from that point forward was a splash screen, followed by an appcrash! ? Long story, short version: I ended up doing a full system image restore from the previous day's image. All good now again, but am over trying to control the Cakewalk DAW with this thing. I'll stick to virtual instruments via CC. Long story, long version: I uninstalled/reinstalled Cakewalk, but it still would not start up without crashing. Obviously some permanent error had been created, most likely in a file or the registry. Sonar Platinum still started up just fine. Since I knew I had a very recent full system image, I began to perform a clean uninstall of everything Cakewalk to get to the bottom of this. First I uninstalled EVERY Cakewalk program on my PC using the uninstallers, including Sonar, then deleted all remaining Cakewalk related folders. Rebooted and just installed Cakewalk by BandLab. First run, same crash. Then I just assumed the error was buried somewhere deep in the registry. So I decided to punt, and restored the system image from the previous day. That only took about 45 mins... much better than reinstalling everything! Here is the old Cakewalk thread that I had tried to follow for the KeyLab setup suggestions. > >>

Any love for MODO Drum?

I grabbed Dream Pop the last time it went on sale. It's a good one, and adds a bit more variety to your collection.

I'll toss this thought out there regarding why you might want EZD... It appears that the EZD workflow was primarily designed to assist songwriters with ease of assembling a nice drum track to accompany their song. That's probably the biggest attraction for non-drummers like me that haven't got the patience or a clue how to build a proper drum track from scratch. The drum kits and such are decent, but probably were not meant to compete with the leading drum plugins. Maybe TT are raising the bar in this regard the 3rd time around? We'll soon see!

Have you had a look at Band in a Box yet? It's neither free or cheap, but can do what you ask. It also comes as a DAW plugin version now, so you can drop it on a track, pick any style you prefer, and enter you chord progression. https://www.bandinabox.com/

Sounds like we took the same path with our Mk II's. I got into VC8 for $249, and consider it was worth every penny! And yes, those KeyLab Essentials are budget friendly, but definitely not as well made. Heard from another forum member here that had a bad experience with one. His retailer returned it to Arturia under warranty for repair, but when he got it back was still broken. Refunded it, and switched him to another brand. But I can vouch for the KeyLab 61 Mk II ... it's built like a tank, and with a great synth keybed! You get what you pay for. If you cannot afford one now, it's well worth saving up for, just skip a few plugin purchases if necessary!

Exactly!!! Come on IK, time to step up!!! ?

I just took a look at Analog Lab V to see how many presets I have access to with that. It currently stands at 12,902. That includes V Collection 8, Pigments, plus a few extra preset banks that I purchased for Pigments and a select few V Collection instruments. That's a helluva lot of presets to be able to access from one preset browser, all tagged and ready to roll!