EZD-Auditioning

Are you talking about the MFX Quantize in an effects bin? I'll try to confirm it's ok tonight. I haven't seen it but I usually destructively do my quantize operations.

What I am trying to do is select midi data in PRV, right click, then select quantize. And I want to hear how it sounds before I click OK.

My work around is to make adjustments, click OK, then undo if I don't like it.

I remember some other function didn't let me audition either with EZD. But I can't remember right now what it was.

Just wanting to see if others experienced this or if it was something on my end.

Thanks for your help Dave. But I always set the audition time when I install/re-install CW. I set that to 20 seconds!

Since no one else has chimed in, I'm thinking (reluctantly) that it maybe something I'm overlooking! No, can't be!

I tried it again when I was posting that last post last night, and it didn't play. Well, it plays; the Now Time moves, and it looks like it's playing, but no sound.

Sure will Dave. Thanks for the help.

ORIGINAL: BluesMeister

ORIGINAL: Grem

Wondering if anyone else is having trouble with using quantizing and auditioning with EZ Drummer. When I try, I hear no sound. Any ideas? Suggestions?

Yes, Grem, me too. I was fiddling around last night and tried Groove Quantizing some hand-sequenced MIDI. Sonar froze up on me, the Stop transport button was greyed out but nothing was playing and the screen wasn't scrolling. I had to close down Sonar and restart, luckily I didn't lose anything vital. And I didn't try quantizing again.

Forgive me for asking but I don't want to assume. Were you also working with EZD or was this just a SONAR thing?

I wonder what other plugins might be involved? Can you both reproduce this with nothing but EZD running? I seem to remember running into something when I had MFX Velocitize in a FX bin on another track and it affected the playback of EZD when looped.

ORIGINAL: Mod Bod
I wonder what other plugins might be involved? Can you both reproduce this with nothing but EZD running?

After reading your post, I did some tests. I started a new project using the Normal template. I added EZD. It was the only softsynth. No other tracks had anything in them. I have auditioning set for 20 seconds in global options.

Here is the results and I can reproduce them all the time. I tried them at least three times.

With no Drum map, EZD will audition. I can hear whatever Midi is in the trk playing.

With 3 different drum maps that I tried (one from Groovemonkey, one from Jim Mercer, and one that I made), I couldn't hear anything when I auditioned.

The tests I made were with all the Midi effects. I tired them all. And the results were consistant. No Drum Map, I hear Drums. Drum Map, no Sound.

Sonar froze on me once using EZD when I tried to audition Groove Quantize. But that was only once and I couldn't reproduce it. Though this has happened to me before.

ORIGINAL: Grem

ORIGINAL: Mod Bod
I wonder what other plugins might be involved? Can you both reproduce this with nothing but EZD running?

After reading your post, I did some tests. I started a new project using the Normal template. I added EZD. It was the only softsynth. No other tracks had anything in them. I have auditioning set for 20 seconds in global options.

Here is the results and I can reproduce them all the time. I tried them at least three times.

With no Drum map, EZD will audition. I can hear whatever Midi is in the trk playing.

With 3 different drum maps that I tried (one from Groovemonkey, one from Jim Mercer, and one that I made), I couldn't hear anything when I auditioned.

The tests I made were with all the Midi effects. I tired them all. And the results were consistant. No Drum Map, I hear Drums. Drum Map, no Sound.

Sonar froze on me once using EZD when I tried to audition Groove Quantize. But that was only once and I couldn't reproduce it. Though this has happened to me before.

I need to have another try at this. I wasn't using a drum map when I tested. Maybe I can reproduce it and we can find out if it's an EZD problem or a SONAR drum map problem.

ORIGINAL: Grem

Bluesmeister, were you using a Drum Map?

Yes, I was using the one included with EZD. I clicked on the Audition button in the Quantize and Groove Quantize dialogue boxes. I don't if there's a method of increasing the audition time to more than 2-1/2 seconds from there. I tried the experiment again just now and auditioning was still working as you would want it to.

I also Quantized the MIDI and clicked on the Audition button in the Transport pull down menu and that played until I stopped it manually. Sorry Michael, looks like mine fixed now. I have 1GB of RAM and a Terratec EWX 24/96 audio card and I'm using the ASIO driver with my latency down to 7.6ms