EZDrummer alternative?

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Re: EZDrummer alternative?

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merlyn wrote:I've never tried BackupBand.
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Why haven't you tried it? Because it's meant for live performance/practice, it's designed for maximum "instant gratification". There's no setup or learning curve required. Just unzip and run the BackupBand binary. Double-Click one of the style buttons ("Heavy Metal", "Disco", "Reggae",etc), then click a key on the graphical (onscreen) piano. Your 3 piece backup band (drums, bass, rhythm guitar) starts jamming. You'll want to grab an instrument and play along. It has an addictive "fun factor".

Here's a testimonial from an actual enduser:
BackupBand is a lot of fun. It's surprising how much the robot musicians sound like a real, live band. I've wasted hours, days, and weeks of my life just jamming along to the 63 included styles, and haven't yet created my own. It's so addictive I don't have the time nor inclination to do anything else, such as sleep, eat, or bathe. In fact, my wife left me last month, and I never even noticed! The only friends I have left are BackupBand's robots.

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Re: EZDrummer alternative?

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OK I'll try it when I get a round tuit.
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Re: EZDrummer alternative?

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I know a bit late to the party on this, but check this out:

https://discourse.ardour.org/t/logic-ga ... mer/109775

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Re: EZDrummer alternative?

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I currently use the AVL Drumkits
For some reason I use all the available kits at once, playing simultaneously together. It gives a me a more full warm sound.

I'd love to use Hydrogen, never tried,... but it seems it's not possible to use in-DAW like a VST.
So you can export to WAV and put that in your DAW.... but then for each correction, you need to go back to Hydrogen to change, export and load that in your DAW again... not convenient.
Or if you export as midi, you can edit the midi in your DAW, but then you need to apply the corresponding hydrogen sounds (or other sounds) in your DAW... then why using Hydrogen in the first place as you create your sequence in your DAW

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Re: EZDrummer alternative?

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bulevardi wrote: Thu Feb 15, 2024 8:52 am

I'd love to use Hydrogen, never tried,... but it seems it's not possible to use in-DAW like a VST.

Maybe have a look at
viewtopic.php?p=72663#p72663

It is about using Hydrogen to play Drumgizmo via midi in Ardour

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Re: EZDrummer alternative?

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bulevardi wrote: Thu Feb 15, 2024 8:52 am

I'd love to use Hydrogen, never tried,... but it seems it's not possible to use in-DAW like a VST.
So you can export to WAV and put that in your DAW.... but then for each correction, you need to go back to Hydrogen to change, export and load that in your DAW again... not convenient.

Or...just sync DAW and Hydrogen with Jack Transport, and route Hydrogen's audio output into the DAW.

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