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The Drum Editor
The Drum Editor
Usage
The Drum Editor has many uses. The main ones are cre-
ating and editing drum sequences, and graphically editing
controller data.
Opening the Drum Editor
To open a Drum Editor window, select Windows > Open
Drum Edit (ctrl right mouse button double-click, or a self-
defined key command). You will then be able to see the
contents of the sequence selected in the Arrange window.
Structure
The structure of the Drum Editor window resembles that
of the Arrange window: there is the horizontal bar ruler at
the top (1) and the optional transport panel (2, currently
disabled) in the top left corner. On the left is the optional
parameter area (3), next to it the event name column (4)
and to the right of that the editing area (5) which can be
likened to the area containing the tracks in the Arrange
window.
The individual lines in the Drum Editor are functionally
similar to the tracks in the Arrange window, in that each
line has an event definition which determines the event
type displayed in this line. When you select a line in the
name column, its event definition is shown in the parame-
ter box.
The display of the events takes the form of a horizontal
row of vertical beams whose height indicates the value of
the relevant event. You can directly alter the value by grab-
bing the beam slider.
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