One track or many?

Okay I'm using EZ Drummer most if not all the time and you know when you look at the MIDI Data all that info is contained on one track. But let's say afterwards you put all the drums on their own tracks. So my question is are you using one track or are you using as many tracks as you have laid out in front of you where the drums are on?

it's up to you. you probably want to at least setup tracks for overheads, snare, and kick. but hey, if a single track works, or if you want everything separated, that's your choice. it would be best to experiment for yourself.

No you didn't understand my question. I have all the drums put on their own tracks. But all the MIDI data for the drums is still on one track in the track pane correct? So how is this interpreted? Do you have eight tracks or so or do you still have just one track?

1 midi track is enough if it ain't clustering your workflow too much . Assigning the VSTi to multi-output or not is also by user's choice.

It depends on the goal to acchieve here. Most of the time I use only one MIDI track, but it might be that I seperate hihats or cymbales or the snare. Just what I need to reach the goal at hand. Sometimes I use a single track with FIPM enabled and just place the items in parallel, other times (more seldom) I'll use seperate tracks. Using seperate items allows for easy independant loop/copy/paste of kit parts. Using seperate tracks allows for the use of a pre-FX volume envelope (to do MIDI velocity stuff) on individual kit parts. Generally I'll beginn with one MIDI track and only if I need more flexibility I just go ahead and split kit parts out.

What I'm trying to get at is if you have one track of MIDI data that represents the drums and cymbals but you have the drums separated out so they are on let's say eight tracks, how do you interpret that? Since you only have one track of MIDI data do you have just one track for the drums? Or since you separated all the drums out onto eight tracks do you have eight tracks for the drums? I realize my question may seem bizarre.

I think what 357mag is asking here is how do you see the individual midi hits for say the hi-hats Can he for instance copy and paste the midi EX drum track into the hi-hat track and see just the hi-hat data so that he can edit individual hits on just the hi-hat part of the EZ midi data I think 357mag wants to see the midi data for each individual track If I'm off the target here ignore me, I'm sorry! I would like to know the answer to this question as well.......... Cheers Anton

You can do it whichever way is best for you; -- single track with all the different drums in each clip -- multiple tracks, each track with clips containing the hits for a single drum, all the tracks routed to the VSTi, -- single track, using FIPM, with separate clips for each drum. As in: ] Big pic -- here I have selected track 7 and one the clips, then I "open all the clips in a single editor" -- that's the method I tend to use (simpler routing, easier editing), but try them all out

For one VSTi I usually use just one MIDI track. REAPER can filter per channel to see / work on one channel only. All drums usually are on MIDI channel 10. I like to see all instruments at once. With the notes mapped to GM drums. This way one can "see" the rhythm and easily edit it...