How to Step Record Midi in PT LE 7.4

[srmd22]

I am trying to step record midi in PT as you would with a drum maching. I have it on loop playback, with the midi instrument track armed. Whenever I go to pencil in a beat, the loop stops and the penciled beat is a mile long.

Can it be set up so that you just drop beats in as it loops with midi merge, so you can layer up drum sounds (like in the old days, or in cakewalk for example)?

Can't seem to find a way in the manual (which I read pretty carefully). Seems to require a midi controller to do it.

 

[bradch00]

Start with an instrument track in "notes" view.

Highlight the bit you want , press the "play" button and control (on a MAC) you should see the loop play graphic on the play button. Press play... (not record) and start penciling in dots on the instrument track. That's the way I do it.

 

[srmd22]

Ah, never mind, figured it out. Had to unlink timeline and edit selection. Still cant drag midi info from Superior Drummer 2 without ovewriting midi info in selected loop though, so if anyone has a tip for that, would be cool.

 

[bradch00]

Do you use EZ Player Pro? You cam merge multiple tracks in it.

Otherwise drag to another midi track, copy it and edit > paste special > merge to the track with MIDI data already on it.

 

[srmd22]

Do you use EZ Player Pro? You cam merge multiple tracks in it.

Otherwise drag to another midi track, copy it and edit > paste special > merge to the track with MIDI data already on it.

Yah, I just started using that, it it very cool. Only thing is, you cant move midi notes around within a pattern-- just the patterns themselves.

Your solution, putting the midi on a separate track is probably the best one. I also just tried recording them into the loop with midimerge, and that worked too, so there are a bunch of ways to do it.

Now if I could figure out how to move the edited file from pro tools back to EZ Player Pro.

 

[bradch00]

In PT, in the edit window right click on the track information (like where the track name is, solo, mute, etc...) and select Export MIDI. Put it in [MACintosh HD]\Library\Application Support\EZ Drummer\MIDI\My MIDI\<whatever you name it>

In EZPlayer you will find it under My MIDI, which you can drag back in to EZP.

 

[srmd22]

In PT, in the edit window right click on the track information (like where the track name is, solo, mute, etc...) and select Export MIDI. Put it in [MACintosh HD]\Library\Application Support\EZ Drummer\MIDI\My MIDI\<whatever you name it>

In EZPlayer you will find it under My MIDI, which you can drag back in to EZP.

Thanks! I finally found that in the manual, too. Works good, but is there any way to export the MIDI from just a region, instead of an entire track? This one has me stumped. So far looks like I have to export the entire track, put it in a separate midi editor and trim it to the active region of midi notes.