setting the tempo to drift more naturally EZD3

[tim grivas]

Is intended for Shootie School but posted in the cakewalk forum,

Thank you for your training video on Toontrack products.

I have EZ Bass, EZ Keys2 and EZ drummer 3.

I have been looking into how I can get a more human feel in my tempo.

I found a video of yours that mentioned 3 ways to edit the tempo, but even though I am a channel patron, I can't access it.

I found another video by a 3rd party that addressed this directly, but, in another video, it appeared they were in stand-alone EZ Drummer 3 and not connected to their daw. Although their video was promising, I soon realized that when editing the tempo when the track host is on, EZD3 ignores these tempo changes.

I dug deeper and found that the EZD3 can have variable levels of random tempo drifting and non-random options. The ability to select specific notes or areas and only apply these drifting tricks to that specific area of the tracks works well.

I know you know this, but I could not find it in your videos or anywhere online.

This method solves several complaints I get from clients about how the EZD3 tempo was too perfect and did not have enough of a human feel. The so-called Humanize button impacted velocity but not tempo, and it was not clear that it did not impact tempo drifting, which is a vital part of humanizing. This could be made more explicit. Could you help us clarify this for others?

FYI, I watch your video on STOP using the humanize button using already set grooves. This was helpful but not what I was looking for.

Please show me your video or make one that addresses this necessary feature of Tempo Drfting tools...

I have figured it out, but I am contacting you to inform you that this is not obvious.

I recommend a video with a clean and tight music track so the drifting results are easy to hear. If not, use the click track as a reference to show the EZD3 drifting.

The humanizing button obviously impacts velocity, but the need to drift the drummer's tempo needs more impact, and this drifting method works well (As I am sure you know).

Try to keep the music to something clear and tight and not use double bass or metal tracks when explaining this.
It is more obvious when you in the Genre of Americana with less clutter of noise or instruments/drums

This drifting approach fixes the only thing about drum plugin issues I had concerns about with EZD3.

Recap: Changing the tempo in EZD3 with track host on did not work for me, but the way EZD3 and drift(Nudge) the tempo is quite impressive.

This feature is hidden in the timing tab to the right of the humanize button. Two things can be done in very powerful tempo adjustments, with a third note to mention.

1- Randomized. Select the notes and then adjust the level of randomization.

2. The other is to adjust how much drift (Nudge) there needs to be, which is not random.

---The third note is that the humanize button turns off if you apply either of the functions. This makes sense, but it should be mentioned that you cannot humanize these two functions working together. Makes sense to me.

Note: if you have variations of these settings throughout the timeline. When you select all notes, there is no indicator that you have multiple applications for this function, so I assume it just aligns all of the notes according to these settings and brings them all in since they are in the same drifting settings. This is OK, but it is not clear you are synchronizing the drifts. All good, but You should make this video if you do not have it already. 

 

Some of the information in this post may be inaccurate since I brain-dumped it without reviewing it. Sorry!!!

Thanks again

Tim Grivas

Director

Yodayoda LLC

 

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Edited December 29, 2024 by tim grivas