ez drummer 2 for PT's 10 in AAX

[mikeyman]

does anyone know if EZdrummer2 will work as an AAX plugin for Pro Tools 10
thanks

[musicman691]

According to the compatibility chart on the EZ Drummer 2 page it should work.

[WernerF]

Originally Posted by mikeyman

does anyone know if EZdrummer2 will work as an AAX plugin for Pro Tools 10
thanks

Works fine here.

[briaboy]

Definitely, yes, amazing!

[mikeyman]

thanks guys

[mikeyman]

is ezdrummer a ''V-instrument sample'' and should go on a separate drive from the OS and the recording drive? thanks

[Darryl Ramm]

EZ-Drummer is a sample based virtual instrument. The standard recommendation is to install the samples on the boot/system drive (which is the default) or onto a drive dedicated for samples. The main thing there is you historically do not want them on the same drive as the audio/session files.

But all that has changed with modern fast SSD drives, particularly PCIe/NVMe drives, which are so fast you are usually better off running everything off one drives (if it will fit). Especially true of Mac computers with their great SSD drives. So what exact make/model/spec drives are you talking about?


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[mikeyman]

hi Darryl I have this setup thanks
SiSoftware Sandra

ID
Host Name : Mike-PC
Workgroup : WORKGROUP

Computer
Model : OEM System Product Name
Serial Number : System Ser**********
Chassis : Desktop
Mainboard : ASUS P6X58D-E
Serial Number : MT70090********
BIOS : AMI (OEM) 0701 05/10/2011
Total Memory : 12GB DIMM DDR3

Processors
Processor : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz (4C 8T 2.81GHz/3GHz, 3.22GHz IMC, 4x 256kB L2, 8MB L3)
Socket/Slot : FC LGA1366

Chipset
Memory Controller : ASUS X58 I/O Hub 2x 3.22GHz (6.43GHz)
Memory Controller : Intel Core Desktop (Bloomfield) UnCore 2x 3.22GHz (6.43GHz), 3x 4GB DIMM DDR3 1.61GHz 192-bit

Memory Module(s)
Memory Module : SanMax ModulePartNumber00 2GB
Memory Module : SanMax ModulePartNumber01 2GB
Memory Module : SanMax ModulePartNumber02 2GB
Memory Module : SanMax ModulePartNumber03 2GB
Memory Module : SanMax ModulePartNumber04 2GB
Memory Module : SanMax ModulePartNumber05 2GB

Video System
Monitor/Panel : ACR S271HL
(1920x1080, 27.2")
Video Adapter : NVIDIA GeForce 210 (2CU 16SP SM4.1 1.4GHz, 1GB DDR3 1.2GHz 128-bit, PCIe 2.00 x16)

Graphics Processor
OpenCL GP Processor : NVIDIA GeForce 210 (16SP 2C 1.4GHz, 1GB DDR3 1.2GHz 128-bit)
Compute Shader Processor : NVIDIA GeForce 210 (16SP 2C 1.4GHz, 1GB DDR3 1.2GHz 128-bit)
CUDA GP Processor : NVIDIA GeForce 210 (16SP 2C 1.4GHz, 1GB DDR3 1.2GHz 64-bit)

Storage Devices
WDC WD10EALX-229BA1 (1TB, SATA600, 3.5", 7200rpm, 32MB Cache) : 932GB (C:)
WDC WD10EALX-229BA1 (1TB, SATA600, 3.5", 7200rpm, 32MB Cache) : 932GB (D:)
WDC WD10EALX-009BA0 (1TB, SATA600, 3.5", 7200rpm, 32MB Cache) : 932GB (E:)
WDC WD10EALX-009BA0 (1TB, SATA600, 3.5", 7200rpm, 32MB Cache) : 932GB (G:)
ASUS DRW-24B1ST a (SATA, DVD+-RW, CD-RW) : N/A (F:)

Logical Storage Devices
System Reserved : 100MB (NTFS)
New Songs (D:) : 932GB (NTFS) @ WDC WD10EALX-229BA1 (1TB, SATA600, 3.5", 7200rpm, 32MB Cache)
Old Songs (E:) : 932GB (NTFS) @ WDC WD10EALX-009BA0 (1TB, SATA600, 3.5", 7200rpm, 32MB Cache)
Backups (G:) : 932GB (NTFS) @ WDC WD10EALX-009BA0 (1TB, SATA600, 3.5", 7200rpm, 32MB Cache)
Main Drive (C:) : 931GB (NTFS) @ WDC WD10EALX-229BA1 (1TB, SATA600, 3.5", 7200rpm, 32MB Cache)
Optical Drive (F:) : N/A @ ASUS DRW-24B1ST a (SATA, DVD+-RW, CD-RW)

Peripherals
LPC Hub Controller 1 : ASUS LPC Interface Controller
LPC Legacy Controller 1 : T0 A5-13
Audio Device : ASUS HD Audio Controller
Audio Codec : Realtek Semi High Definition Audio
Audio Device : ASUS High Definition Audio Controller
Audio Codec : nVidia 000B
Audio Codec : nVidia 000B
Audio Codec : nVidia 000B
Disk Controller : ASUS 6 port SATA AHCI Controller
Disk Controller : ASUS 88SE9123 SATA-600 Controller
USB Controller 1 : ASUS USB UHCI Controller #4
USB Controller 2 : ASUS USB UHCI Controller #5
USB Controller 3 : ASUS USB UHCI Controller #6
USB Controller 4 : ASUS USB EHCI Controller #2
USB Controller 5 : ASUS USB UHCI Controller #1
USB Controller 6 : ASUS USB UHCI Controller #2
USB Controller 7 : ASUS USB UHCI Controller #3
USB Controller 8 : ASUS USB EHCI Controller #1
FireWire/1394 Controller 1 : ASUS VIA VT6308 1394 OHCI Controller
SMBus/i2c Controller 1 : Intel ICH SMBus

Printers and Faxes
Printer : Microsoft XPS Document Writer (600x600, Colour)
Fax : Microsoft Shared Fax Driver (200x200)

Network Services
Network Adapter : Marvell Yukon 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Ethernet, 100Mbps)

Power Management
Battery No 1 : CPS UPS CP825

Operating System
Windows System : Microsoft Windows 7 Home 6.01.7601 (Service Pack 1)
Platform Compliance : x64

Windows Experience Index
Current System : 4.5

[Darryl Ramm]

OK so 7,200 RPM SATA drives... I'd just start with samples on the default C drive and if you run into performance issues then move them elsewhere. If you already had a ton of samples based VIs and performance issues you would have one or more dedicated sample drive(s).

If disk performance ever really becomes important you should get off SATA HDD onto SSD (SATA or PCIe).

[bradch00]

The nice thing about EZDrummer and most Toontrack products is they load their samples into RAM on initialization or when you change drum kit or instrument selections. So although load time will be dependent on what type of storage device you have the sample sets stored on, a slower disk will not have any impact on VI performance. Providing you have adequate RAM and overhead in the address space available in PT10.