User Manual

DRUM EDITOR
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If Digital Performer already ‘knows’ the factory
default note names for the instrument, the name of
each drum automatically appears in the note list. If
not, you can type in the name by hand.
☛ Editing note names in the Drum Editor note
list also modifies their name in the list Digital
Performer, so the change will be reflected across all
your Digital Performer projects.
If the track isn’t assigned to a drum kit (patch), the
instruments in the Drum Editor note list are listed
by their MIDI pitch only, and you cannot type in
names for them.
If the track is assigned to a MIDI device group, the
Drum Editor window allows you to type in names
for each pitch. For information about MIDI device
groups, see “Creating a MIDI device group” on
page 134.
You can assign a drum kit to the track either in the
Tracks window (as usual) or in the Drum Editor
itself:
1 In either the Tracks Window or the Drum Editor
(as shown below in Figure 41-12), assign the track
to a MIDI instrument and MIDI channel that
provides drum kits (usually channel 10).
2 Choose the desired drum kit for the track.
Figure 41-12: Assigning a track to a drum kit in the Drum Editor.
3 Check for the instrument names in the list.
Figure 41-13: Instrument names in the note list.
4 If drum instrument names don’t appear,
Option/Alt-click the pitch in the Name column to
type in the name by hand.
Figure 41-14: Typing in note names by hand.
Working with factory-supplied note name lists
Note names are supplied by Digital Performer.
When you type in a note name in the Drum Editor,
it actually gets stored by Digital Performer, which
associates the name with a particular drum kit
(patch change event) and MIDI instrument
(device) in your your MIDI device configuration
(Setup menu > Bundles > MIDI Devices tab).
Digital Performer provides factory supplied note