Instruction Manual

520 Drum Maps and the Drum Grid Pane
The Pattern Brush Tool
2. In the Pattern Brush tool’s dropdown menu, select the custom pattern
you want to use. If you need to create a custom pattern, see Creating
Custom Patterns.
3. In the Pattern Brush tool’s dropdown menu, select Use Pattern
Polyphony.
4. Click the Pattern Brush tool to select it.
Your cursor should appear like this when in the Drum Grid pane.
5. Click where you want to begin placing notes and drag until you have
inserted all the notes you want.
6. Release the mouse button.
See:
Piano Roll View
How the Pattern Brush Tool Works
Creating Custom Patterns
Creating Custom Patterns
You can create custom patterns and use the Pattern Brush tool to quickly
paint them into the Drum Grid pane. Use the following procedure to create a
custom pattern.
To Create a Custom Pattern
1. Create a new file, or open an existing MIDI file or pattern file that you
want to edit.
2. Right-click in the Time Ruler where you want the pattern to start and
select Insert Marker from the menu that appears.
The Marker dialog appears.
3. Enter the name you want to use for the first pattern and click OK.
4. In a MIDI track, enter a pattern of notes.
5. If you want to create a second pattern, repeat steps 2 through 4.
6. Create as many patterns as you want, ending the last pattern with a
marker called “end”.
7. Save the file as a MIDI file (.
MID) in the Pattern Brush Patterns folder in
the directory where you installed SONAR.