User Manual

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41 Drum Editor
OVERVIEW
The Drum Editor window is an advanced, musical
environment for creating and editing percussive
music. The Drum Editor places notes in rows (by
pitch) on a rhythmic grid, allowing you to quickly
and intuitively view and edit rhythmic patterns.
The columns in the grid can be adjusted to any
rhythmic resolution you want, from 64th notes to
whole notes, including triplet, dotted, and double-
dotted variants. Rows in the grid represent
percussion instruments (kick, snare, hat,
tambourine, etc.). Each row (instrument) can be
independently viewed in one of four different
modes that display various degrees of information
about the notes, from simple note-on/off cells, to
velocity bars to duration views. Like other edit
windows, the Drum Editor can display notes from
multiple tracks at one time, allowing you to build
drum kits with instruments from multiple synths,
drum machines, samplers, etc. MIDI controller
data is displayed below the drum grid, just like the
graphic editor.
The Drum Editor includes advanced features like
the Rhythm Brush, which lets you ‘paint’ drum
parts (like triangle, bongo, etc.) that you don’t want
to take the time to sequence yourself. The Drum
Editor also allows you to easily work with advanced
rhythmic patterns like triplets, fills, and odd meters
such as 7/8 time.
Quick Reference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .432
Tool palette quick reference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .434
Drum Editor mini-menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .435
Drum Editor basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .436
Opening the Drum Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .436
The Drum Editor title bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .436
The Track Selector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .436
The Master Track Selector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .436
Using the Window Target menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .436
Snap, Cursor, Selection, and Event Information. . . . . .436
The four drum editor panes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .437
The note list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .437
The note grid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .443
The controller grid and median strip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .446
Using the Tool palette in the Drum Editor . . . . . . . . . . .446
Note groups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .450
Scrolling during playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .450
Scrubbing in the Drum Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .450
Zooming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450
Graphic editing techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .450