Garageband's drummer Garageband's drummer generates Midi, so I've added EZ Drummer 2 as an instrument to the drum track to play the Midi. So the Garageband drummer generates the track and EZ Drummer plays it back. The Midi patterns in EZ Drummer alone are a bit static. GarageBand, like many other DAWS, comes with the ability to install plug-ins and they’re fun to use. 11) So turn your computer on and off just to be safe. EZ Drummer, like Superior Drummer, is also created by Toon Track, but it’s simpler, less expensive (about half as much), and doesn’t come with as many drum-kits and settings.
GarageBand for Mac 10.2 includes a variety of Apple Loops powered by Drummer. Quickly add beats to your project by dragging a Drummer loop from the Loop Browser into your project. Choose from variety of Drummer Loops for each virtual drummer character profile.
Find a Drummer loop
To open the Loop Browser, click in the upper-right corner of the GarageBand window.
Drummer Loops appear in the Loop Browser with a yellow icon . To show only Drummer Loops in the Loops Browser, select Drummer from the Loop Packs pop-up menu at the top of the Loops Browser. Preview a loop by clicking it in the Loop Browser.
Add a Drummer loop to your project
When you’ve found a Drummer Loop you like, drag it into an empty part of the Tracks area. GarageBand automatically creates a new Drummer track with a region of the Drummer Loop. All the settings in the Drummer Editor are configured to reproduce the sound of the Drummer loop.
You can now edit the track as you would any other Drummer track using the Drummer Editor. You can also create your own regions in the track, and edit them freely.
Add additional Drummer Loops
You can add additional Drummer Loops of the same type (Acoustic, Electronic, or Percussionist) to an existing Drummer track. Adding Drummer Loops from multiple Drummers to the same track may cause the loop to sound different from the preview.
If you want to add a Drummer Loop of a different type, dragging it to the tracks area creates a new Drummer track. A GarageBand project can have up to six Drummer tracks.
Garageband Drummer Tutorial
Matt, Its fairly simple. Once you have installed EZdrummer, open GarageBand. Click the information button (blue button with the letter 'i' on it) located next to th master volume slider. That will bring up the Track Info window. You'll need to click the Details tab at the bottom. Under the 'Instrument generator' the default should be Grand Piano. Click the up/down arrows and EZdrummer should be in that menu. Select it, and then click the 'pencil' button to the right. It should bring up the EZdrummer interface. If you want to open the internal drum mixer just click on it.. its located next to the snare drum. If I remember correctly, there was a problem with older versions on GB working with EZd. Apparently if you're going to use the loops, you can only use one loop per track. Kind of annoying so you may want to consider a GB upgrade if you plan on using EZd extensively.