The trick here is to press it once for each extra track you need.
Now open up the Logic mixer (x is the keyboard shortcut to open the mixer window).īelow the mute and solo buttons you’ll a button marked “+” that will open auxillary tracks for each output in EZdrummer. Each soft instrument will have quirks like this and it’s worth exploring them before you start setting up the Logic Mixer – as we’ll see in a moment. In fact, if you don’t already do this, it’s a good habit to set all your soft-synths and sample players to lower output settings.Īlthough we set EZdrummer up in Mutli Output (8xStereo) mode, by default EZdrummer uses only 7 outputs (1. Also, if I leave the faders at 0.0dB, the summed mix in Logic will distort and be too loud. Since I’m mixing in Logic, I don’t need the EZdrummer mixer to do any extra work. This is my preset for using EZdrummer in this mode. One thing you might notice is that the faders are flat, set to -4.8dB, with no panning. Your mixer should now look like this, with different channel numbers under each sound. In EZdrummer, select one of the channels, scroll down and choose “Multichannel.” For those familiar with hardware setups, what we will be doing is replacing EZdrummer’s own sub-mixer and routing everything into Logic’s main mixer. One thing I like about EZdrummer is the way this interface makes it easy to see how the sample player is mixing the sounds. Now you need to go into the EZdrummer interface and choose the mixer. When you choose the sample player, you’ll see two options “Stereo” or “Multi Output (8xStereo).” Choose the later. You can apply this same idea to other sample players as well (later, I’ll follow this up with a workflow for using multiouput with Logic’s own Ultrabeat drum machine). Here’s a quick rundown of how I do this with Logic and Toontrack’s EZdrummer programme. That’s because you do the mixing in Logic, rather than letting the softsynth or sample player handle the mixing for you.Īnd, once you start mixing for each indivual sound, or instrument, you will have more creative control. If you have the processing power, I think it’s almost always better to use multi output. The number of output tracks will vary, depending on the product. Soft synths and sample players usually default to a stereo or mono signal, but you can set some of them up to feed Logic with a multi output. In particular there was interest in using multi output. Readers asked a number of questions in response to my recent post on using Logic Pro.
So, you may want to also take a look at the more recent post Multi-Output With Logic Pro And EZdrummer2
The raw sounds mean that you can mix them in any style you want and they'll sound great (if you're experienced with drum mixing), so the possibilities are endless.NOTE: With the update to EZdrummer 2 and Logic X, things have changed a little sine I wrote this post. Personally, I'm a big fan of SD, as I like programming intricate drum parts and I enjoy mixing drums. There are mixed presets in Superior, but I find those a bit lacking, as they only are processed with SD's internal processing. The drums are also significantly more deeply sampled and detailed, and come with a more diverse selection of drums and cymbals.
There are extremely detailed microphone and bleed control options, which gives you a huge range of mixing potential. Superior Drummer sounds come totally raw and unprocessed, exactly how your drums would come from recording session. EZ Drummer also has an extensive loop and song arranging system (the aforementioned Song Creator), which is perfect for those who just want to get a drum part in their song and move on quickly. EZ Drummer sounds come mixed out of the box so that you can drop them right into your mix and move along.