then you're not looking at a MIDI track - you'll be looking either at the OUTPUT track or a SIMPLE INSTRUMENT TRACK (and I'm not even sure of that without looking at the software, which I can't right now at work).

PV1993


Okay, another problem. I hadn't previously plugged in my Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 audio interface. Now that I have done that the quality of the drum samples that I did hear are now very laggy... 

All I wanted to do was create some drum tacks... sounds simple enough? I'm tearing my hair out here :(

Not wanting to confuse 2 issues..... so....


Lag or latency as we call it, is possible from several things. 


With the Focusrite Scarlette, be sure you are using the ASIO driver with it.... update to 64bit version if needed.  Also you may need to adjust (increase) the midi and or audio buffers and adjust the latency a bit lower.  This can be a trial and error thing.


Have patience. Once you get it set up and you figure things out, recording will be easy. I remember how long it took me to get going..... so have patience and listen to the advice given since it is dead on accurate to get you rolling. 

I think Beagle's right; you're looking at an audio track.
MIDI tracks have an icon that looks like the end of a MIDI plug, like that little yellow thing next to where it reads Track 2 in my image. Audio tracks have little audio wave-form icons.

Yes, you are definitely looking at an audio track.
In the video, he did not insert the MIDI source track the guys have mentioned.
When you insert EZD (or any synth), you will generally want to select this option.
Or, you can insert a MIDI track, and direct its output to EZD.
In MC5, it should look like this:




The EZD clips are not loops. To get them to repeat, you can right click on the clip, and enable groove clip looping. Or you can copy/paste.
Also, all of the drums will default to track 1. Open the EZD mixer, and change the track outputs there.

Thank you guys, all of you, so much! I've got it working now. I apologies for my dense knowledge of the subject, but it's something that I wanted to get into, and you've got to start somewhere!