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The Drum Editor
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Beam Width: You can set the width of the event beams
from 1—16 using the Pen-width parameter. Regardless of
the beam width, the exact event position is always marked
by the left edge of the beam.
When set to the maximum value (Penwidth = 16) note
events are displayed with their actual length.
Beam Display: The Style parameter allows you to choose
from four different color display variations for the beams.
Styles 5 to 8 are the same as 1 to 4, but the selected events
flash to highlight them.
Delay: The Delay parameter can be used to delay (with pos-
itive values) or advance (negative values) all the events in
an event definition line by an adjustable number of ticks.
The change in position is visible immediately. Even new
events are offset from the grid positions by the Delay
value. If you click between the word Delay and the parame-
ter value you can use a pull-down menu to enter note val-
ues (e.g. 1/16 etc.) directly.
Unlike the sequence playback parameters’ Delay option,
this affects only individual event types or note numbers,
which is very useful for drum programming.
In general, it is useful to transmit controller data slightly
before or after the exact grid positions to improve the tim-
ing of the notes lying on the grid positions.
Length of Notes to be Added: You can use the Length para-
meter to set the length of notes to be added, measured in
divisions (the left number) and ticks (the right number).
To guarantee optimum timing when drum programming,
you should ensure that note off events are never transmit-
ted at the same time as note on events. Use note lengths