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Drum Maps and the Drum Grid Pane
The Pattern Brush Tool
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.
To Use a Custom Pattern’s Pitch Values
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 Polyphony.
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.
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”.