Odd Problem With Toontrack EzKeys

Hi

I'm using the Electric 200A VST that I recently purchased and have a midi track I have created from EzKeys song parts that sounds perfect in EzKeys when launched and played as a standalone. However when I open it up inside Sonar and drop the exported midi file I created in EzKeys on to the track I get a whole host of additional echo on playback and it really over-accentuates the phasing - it just sounds naff, muddy and slightly distorted where as in EzKeys it sounds really clipped and sharp staccato - just as I want it. I've never had this problem with EzKeys before. There are no effects added - it's the only track in the mix and it is using default audio settings I use successfully for every project. Anyone else found this issue and any suggestions on how to rectify - bordering on unusable as it is.

The really interesting thing is that if I import the midi file into EzKeys and play it as a standalone it sounds as bad as it does inside Sonar - it's only when it is played in EzKeys from the original EzKeys song parts that it sounds OK so there must be something going on with the midi events when the output file is generated - that's all I can think of.

It's certainly got me beat so any suggestions welcome - thanks in advance

Cheers

Andy

Not sure of your level of EZK expertise so forgive me if this suggestion is too basic. Make sure you don't have a clip still in EZK with sync to host on while you're trying to play the exported MIDI. Both clips will be playing then and it will sound heavy and weird. (This doesn't seem to completely fit the problem you're having but I've done it more than once.)

A couple of questions to maybe provide more clues: How are you exporting the MIDI from EZK to Sonar? Did you build a chord progression in EZK and then overlay an EZK browser pattern on it?

Can you confirm that you've done the exact same process before and it worked as expected?
 

Perhaps I'll try and re-create the issue using one of the other sound modules.

After a few conversations on the Toontrack forums (thanks to John - top man) I think I've resolved this. Why I thought that the settings on the plugin version would be identical to the standalone mode I'm not sure; but they're not. The differences tend to affect some instruments more than others. The best way to preserve the settings if you use the software in stand-alone mode (as I do) is to save a .ezkp project file. Then open the plugin inside Sonar and open the saved project file from there and job's a good'un.

Thanks for those who tried to help fix. Andy