Instruction Manual

518 Drum Maps and the Drum Grid Pane
The Pattern Brush Tool
Creating Custom Patterns
How the Pattern Brush Tool Works
When you select the Pattern Brush tool you can click and drag in the Drum
Grid pane (also works in the Note pane) to produce a series of notes.
Which notes appear in the Drum Grid depends on the settings you make in
the Pattern Brush tool’s dropdown menu. To open the Pattern Brush tool’s
dropdown menu, click the right side of the Pattern Brush tool.
The following table covers the options found in the Pattern Brush tool’s
dropdown menu:
To Paint Notes Using the Pattern Brush Tool
1. Open a track in the Drum Grid pane or the Note pane.
2. In the Pattern Brush tool’s dropdown menu, select Note Duration.
3. In the Piano Roll View toolbar, select a note duration. This value is the
interval between notes when using the Pattern Brush tool.
Option… Description…
Velocity Select this option to open the Pattern Velocity
dialog. The value you enter in this dialog sets the
default velocity for all notes entered using the
Pattern Brush tool unless you select Use Pattern
Velocities.
Use Pattern Velocities Select this option to use the note velocities used
in the custom pattern file you are using. If you are
using the Note Duration option, this option is not
available.
Use Pattern Polyphony Select this option to use the pitch values from the
custom pattern file you are using. If you are using
the Note Duration option, this option is not
available. When using this option, the vertical
position of your mouse does not affect the note
pitches draw; that information is read from the
pattern.
Note Duration This option uses the current note duration setting
in the Piano Roll View toolbar as the interval
between notes.