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
Drumset selector provides the best way to load and combine predefined drumsets and generate new ones. The provided directory tree lets
you explore all factory, custom, generated and imported drumsets. There are directories for different styles, each of them contain several
drumsets, which you can load by double clicking on them or using the buttons below.
Imported directory is initially empty (or doesn't exist at all), but will contain all drumsets created using automatic sample import. This feature
is available via main settings button and lets you import entire sample libraries, analyze them and create a perfectly compatible drumsets from
them automatically.
Components directory doesn't contain full drumsets and rather just so-called components, hundreds of them actually. A component is a
small drumset, which contains one more more drums. For example, a hihat component contains 3 drums - a closed hihat, an open hihat and a
pedal hihat. These 3 drums are tuned together to have appropriate loudness and sound character, so that this combination makes sense and
is called a component. Loading just a single component doesn't make much sense, but since you can load & join multiple drumsets, you can
actually build your own drumsets from these components. There is however even easier way - the Designer tab, which lets you access the
components directly. Nevertheless it is good to know the purpose of the Components directory, just in case you'd like to build your own
components in the future.
Load button
Load button loads the drumset from selected file. You can also double-click using your left mouse button on a drumset to do this.
Auto-load
Auto-load makes MDrummer load the drumset whenever you change selection. When disabled, you need to double-click or use a button to
load a drumset.
Load & join button
Load & join button loads the drumset from selected file and appends it to the current one. Using this feature you can combine several
drumsets to produce a very full sounding drumset. If you won't be happy with the result, you can just use the Undo button to revert last
load & join.
Generate button
Generate button creates the drumset from several files inside Components subdirectory or even using completely original generated
components.
Hold Ctrl to keep the original drumset, hence joining the current drumset to a new generated one. This in fact behaves similarly to Load &