User manual
Table Of Contents
- MDRUMMER DOCUMENTATION
- MELDAPRODUCTION MDRUMMER
- INTRODUCTION TO MDRUMMER
- If you want MDrummer to play notes, use MIDI channel 10 or switch to drum pad mode.
- To use MDrummer's rhythm engine you can use the MIDI command system or the integrated song sequencer.
- Use the integrated help system using F1 and check out MDrummer tutorial videos.
- There are multiple plugins and maybe a standalong application, which one should I use?
- TUTORIAL: CREATING A DRUM TRACK WITH MDRUMMER
- MDRUMMER STRUCTURE
- MDRUMMER DATA
- SOUND ENGINE
- RHYTHM ENGINE
- RHYTHM GENERATOR
- INTRODUCTION TO MDRUMMER
- MELDAPRODUCTION MDRUMMER L
- Menu button
- SAMPLE LIBRARY ANALYZER
- INPUT MIDI FILTER
- OUTPUT MIDI FILTER
- GLOBAL SETTINGS
- QUICK SETUP TAB
- MIXER TAB
- EFFECTS TAB
- SONG TAB
- DRUMSET EDITOR TAB
- RHYTHM EDITOR TAB
- RHYTHM GENERATOR TAB
- USED CONTROLS
- ABOUT MELDAPRODUCTION
Drum parameters
Basic and advanced parameters have their own panels under the drum list. Advanced panel is initially close as these parameters are rarely needed.
Most of the parameters are obvious, so let's talk about the important tricky ones only. Note that again all parameters will be described later and help is
accessible directly from MDrummer.
Drum type is some kind of preset. When you change the drum type, name, channel and MIDI key associations are also changed to default values.
We have implemented it, because adding drums is fairly common task and for example MIDI keys are quite time-consuming to setup. Moreover while
we preserve MIDI standard, all drumsets will be compatible with each other and even with any other MIDI compatible source (such as your host).
Unless you change the MIDI mappings manually of course.
Channel parameter is audio output channel to send the drum to. It can be very useful when working with MDrummer as virtual instrument plugin. By
default MDrummer uses channels 1-4 depending on drum type. For example, channel 1 is used by drums, 2 by cymbals etc. This is very useful when
mixing. Other channels are freely available with no chance of collision with another drum with default settings.
Sound sources and velocity layers
Real drums produce different sounds when hit softly and when loudly. Not only volume is concerned. MDrummer provides several sound source
plugins - sampler, multisampler, synthesizers... A drum can contain multiple layers, each of them with a different sound source. You can then make