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The Pattern Brush Tool
Drum Maps and the Drum Grid Pane
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 drop-down 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.
4. Click the Pattern Brush tool button 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.
SONAR creates a series of notes, at equal intervals.
To Paint a Custom Pattern of Notes Using the Pattern Brush Tool
1. Open a track in the Drum Grid pane.
2. In the Pattern Brush tool’s drop-down menu, select the custom pattern you want to use. If you
need to create a custom pattern, see “Creating Custom Patterns” on page 542.
3. Click the Pattern Brush tool button to select it.
Your cursor should appear like this when in the Drum Grid pane.
4. Click where you want to begin placing notes and drag until you have inserted all the notes you
want.
5. Release the mouse button.
To Use a Custom Pattern’s Note Velocities
1. Open a track in the Drum Grid pane.
2. In the Pattern Brush tool’s drop-down 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 drop-down menu, select Use Pattern Velocities.
4. Click the Pattern Brush tool button to select it.
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.
Option Description
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