Presumably the 'soundcard' is actually a chip on the motherboard, but I am not 100% on that.
My laptop is an HP OMEN Laptop PC - 15-ax002na.Įven on HP's own support site, I can't find much about the audio specs apart from it is has Bang and Olufsen speakers and offers 'Realtek High Definition Audio'. I would prefer to have both functions readily available. Any tips on this? It seems almost like it is half way between using samples and actually using a MIDI editting VST which you can program like a drum machine. Unless of course there is an easier way? I quite like EZ Drummer 2 from what I have seen so far, but I find the grooves available a little limiting and would like more editing power to make the fills etc more to my taste and to fit the song better. I think bascially if I want to use the song builder, I can drag and drop into Cubase easy enough to use the MIDI editor to correct mistakes, and put in / remove beats to make it funkier, and then have to export it as MIDI to reimport it into EZ Drummer's interface to carry on. I am borrowing a friends laptop with Cubase and EZDrummer installed, and have been told it is not a problem to set up. While I am on the subject is there anything I can do to sort the lag issue? Is there any way of accomplishing this, without going through some laborious export / import process? Someone suggested I look at Superior Drummer instead, but that is too expensive and more than I need, and the console does not look as friendly. Although I can drag the section from EzDrummer into Cubase to edit individual beats that I have tapped, this is nearly useless as it won’t let me drag the edited section back into EZ Drummer to find a match or use the song builder. I like the song builder function in Ez Drummer, and the fact that you can tap to find a midi section that is near to what you like, but it is annoying that it does not allow for MIDI editing as my tapped sections are usually way off (as well as my less than precision timing, there seems to be quite a lag when tapping whether using the mouse or a MIDI keyboard, and this is true whether I use EZ Drummer standalone or within Cubase).
I wonder if anyone knows of any FAQ or video tutorial on how to use a Cubase / Ez Drummer 2 setup? I found a video on Youtube featuring Cubase and the original EZ Drummer, but that version looks quite different and the video did not have what I wanted anyway. My friend has lent me a laptop with Cubase and EZ Drummer 2, and I have been playing around with that, with a view to maybe getting it myself. I have Cubase version 5 (32 bit version) and am looking for a drum program. I am hoping someone can point me in the right direction on this.