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Tutorial 10—Cyclone Soft Synth
Tutorials
8. Use your mouse to move the Draw tool over the Notes pane in the
Piano Roll view.
9. Enter a C5 note at the beginning.
10. Enter a D5 note at the fifth measure.
11. Enter a E5 note at the beginning.
12. Enter a F5 note at the beginning and fifth measure.
13. Drag the ends of the notes on C5 and E5 until their duration is eight
measures. (If you have Auto Erase enabled, you have to disable it to
drag out the duration of the note. Disable Auto Erase by clicking on the
black arrow to the right of the Draw tool and clicking the Auto Erase
command. The command appears unchecked when disabled.)
14. Drag the end of the D5 note until its duration is four measures (through
measure eight).
15. Drag the ends of the F5 notes until their duration is two measures
(through measures two and six, respectively).
16. Rewind the project and play it back.
17. Experiment by changing the note start times and durations.
You can “play” Cyclone either using your mouse to trigger pads and clicking
them once again to shut them off, or by using an external controller. Let’s try
both.
To Play Cyclone with Your Mouse
As soon as you click on a pad in Cyclone the first loop begins to play.
Simply click pads to turn them on and click on them again to turn them off.
To Play Cyclone with a MIDI Keyboard or Controller
For the purposes of this part of the tutorial we assume you have an external
MIDI controller like a keyboard. If you don’t, just move on to the next part of
the tutorial, “Editing Loops in the Loop Editor” on page 166Editing Loops in
the Loop Editor. There’s plenty more to know about Cyclone!
1. Make sure your MIDI device is hooked up properly.
2. Select the MIDI track that is assigned to Cyclone.
3. On your MIDI keyboard press and hold C5, D5, E5 or F5 (the C, D, E or
F keys in the center of your keyboard.
The appropriate loop plays through Cyclone.
Now let’s create new loops by substituting slices.