EZ Drummer & Sonar 6 LE set up

where did you install the ez drummer vst?

if it's not in on the default path it wouldn't be found. From what I understand your using ez drummer standalone fine right?

to see it in sonar, you could do 1 of 2 things.. try to copy the vst folder into your sonar's vst folder.. that might not work. hence why i said copy instead of move.

OR if you know the location of the ez drummer vst.. just add it as an additional path, along with the cakewalk one. it should be in global options > vst (haven't used LE 6 so I'm gonna assume it's the same)

when you restart sonar after, you get the scanning? hopefully it'll pick it up OR if it doesn't scan on start, you can instigate it to rescan.

from what you wrote you were trying to drag / drop midi from the stand alone version into sonar, if there is also a vst version that you can use within sonar hopefully that'll do the trick. I'm just trying to clarify exactly what it is, if others want to comment also.

but does it do the same with the vst version of ez drummer. The thing is you need to get sonar to see that plugin.. and hopefully the NONE standalone one will work as they prescribe.

you have brought up the options page for where the paths for vst instruments are? if you add that path to ez drummer within sonar.. or maybe ezdrummer has a very obvious file that is the vst version of the thing.

I mean it doesn't work stand alone, so the next option is to see if it does the same with the vst-i plugin version. stand alone versions are normally just the vst versions with a micro host, so you can select what keyboard / soundcard your using and to deal with the playback.. with the vst version it's not using a microhost, sonar takes over that job.

hopefully you see what I'm getting at and hopefully you can get it to find the vst version within sonar. Anyway it's very late this side of the world , so I better go sleep . I'm sure others will chime in if you have more issues.. or I'll check back tomorrow err later today.. hehe

ok.. did you install it to your ez drummer folder and add that to the location of places to scan? also when you installed did you install the VST version.. some things give you the option to or not..e.g. some synths I use will give me the option for vst / rtas / stand alone.

I'm just curious to see if you get the vst version running THEN see if the midi drags / drops as it should. perhaps contact toontrack if your having so much issues.. it should be a case of finding it.. either from sonars own vst folder OR from the toontrack one.. it's normally a DLL file for the plugin..

ah your using a 64 bit vista or something? does it install the 32 bit version of it also? you MAY need a bridge (bit bridge) to access that plugin since it's 32 bit?

if you have the 32 bit version of sonar LE installed with that, try the same in the 32 bit version. It could be the issue that it's not liking 32 bit plugin / 64 sonar.. IF thats the case with LE.. I'm being vague as I use PE version..

or maybe you could trial sonar 8.. see if that works as perscribed. the thing with LE , is it's normally OEM with a lot of things.. to get you started.. but doesn't have the full range of things.

try the 32 bit version of LE.. see if that works, maybe it might. thats all I can think of at this time.

http://www.cakewalk.com/support/kb/kb20081217.asp

is the web trial of 8. tricky, I mean I sure some people on the other boards use ez drummer, but with PE / SE etc.. maybe post a msg for ez drummer users there.. is all I could suggest.

have you spoken to the people who make ez drummer? tricky as I don't own the product.

Vampyros Nucleari


I got 'er going!

I copied all the Toontrack files into the regular Program Files directory from the x86 one and all is well! Thanks for all your help, Fog!

Hello,
 
I have the exact same problem to the very tee, except when I tried to do what you did, it didn't solve my problem. I went into the VST plug-in global options and have Sonar looking exactly where the program was installed (I have installed and un-installed EzDrummer several times).
 
This is the VST scan list:
c:\programfiles\cakewalk\vstplugins
c:\programfiles (x86)\cakewalk\vstplugins
c:\programfiles (x86)\toontrack\ezdrummer
c:\programfiles (x86)\steinberg\vstplugins (why EZ Drummer had me install the driver here, I don't know)
 
No matter what I try, I can get EZ Drummer to load and I can preview midi files, but when I try to drag them into the track area, I always get this error: "Cannot Find or Open File"
 
PLEASE someone help me! This is driving me nuts!
 
 

I am getting the same error when I try to drag and drop---file not found. I loaded the 64 bit patch for EZ drums.  EZ drummer is appearing on the VST scan list.  I am going to call phone support sometime this week if no one has any other suggestions!