Expect to purchase additional grooves from Toontracks, from a third party vendor like Groove Monkey, or else spend a lot of time writing your own. They simply don't offer a serious selection, especially if you want grooves that swing or shuffle. The selection of MIDI grooves in the standard package is limited. That brings me to the key problem with EZD, and the reason I no longer use it. But you are still working with pre-recorded MIDI grooves. I'm told the groove-matching capabilities of the new version are useful. Regarding EZD, as I said, I haven't upgraded to version 2.
Both Minerman and I use Jamstix to create basic grooves, then export those to the DAW where most of the editing and song arranging takes place. Fortunately, many of us who stuck with Jamstix discovered that there is a better workflow. I predict that you will spend a few weeks or months pulling out your hair, then abandon it. There is actually a song-building editor within Jamstix. For this reason, it is a useful songwriting tool. You also have a large variety of kits to play with.
Want a little swing or shuffle? Want the drummer to play a bit behind or ahead of the beat? No problem. Jamstix gives you the ability to audition many different kinds of grooves quickly. Given all this, is it actually easier to use Jamstix than pre-recorded grooves, or to create your own? Yes, sometimes. It's far simpler to export the MIDI output into your DAW for further editing. Trying to do this within the Jamstix editor is world of frustration.
Chances are, you will wind up doing a lot of hand-editing. Unless you are willing to stick to very basic drum parts, it is well-nigh impossible to get fills that sound natural and fit the feel of the song. A particular Achilles heel of Jamstix is fills. That is supposed to be coming in the next version. Don't expect to duplicate or move song parts by dragging and dropping. Other problems: at present, the interface is cumbersome and difficult. There is a help forum, but it is not particularly active. The Jamstix motto, "just play with it," may be about the best advice you're going to get for figuring out this program. They are also not explained well in the documentation. The results of tweaking a parameter are not always predictable or desirable. The various parameters not only affect the groove, but interact with each other. One of the disadvantages of Jamstix is it's complexity. Jamstix has a "brain" function that will improvise grooves based on parameters you set.īoth have advantages and disadvantages. With EZD, you working with pre-recorded grooves. I haven't upgraded to EZD 2, but here is what I understand from using EZD 1 and Jamstix. You probably saw the conversation Minerman and I were having on the Reaper 5.0 thread.
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