User Manual

DRUM EDITOR
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duration of the note is determined by the Pencil
tool’s Default Duration (see “The Pencil settings”
on page 446).
Like Velocity and Duration mode, when you reach
the next grid cell a new note is inserted; holding the
Option/Alt key overrides this and creates one long
note, spanning multiple grid cells.
Resizing each row
In all display modes except Grid, you can vertically
resize the row to any height you prefer. Just drag the
bottom edge of the row, just below the display
mode menu as shown below.
Figure 41-23: Resize the row to any height you prefer. Larger vertical
sizing gives you more precision when editing velocities. Shorter verti-
cal sizing allows you to see more rows at one time in the window.
Resizing shortcuts
To resize all resizable rows at the same time, hold
down the Option/Alt key while resizing one of
them.
To snap to fixed sizes when resizing, hold down the
Command/Ctrl key. You can combine the
Command/Ctrl key with the Option/Alt key as
described above.
Working with triplets, tuplets and non-grid
based rhythms
To insert a triplet in the Drum Editor note grid,
change the View Resolution to the triplet resolution
desired.
Also, you can choose Free mode for the instrument
line in which you wish to insert the triplet or tuplet,
then choose the Pencil tool. Go to the pencil
settings panel below the note list in the Drum
Editor. Set the pencil settings to triplet/tuplet
insertion by choosing, for example, 3 in the time of
4, or any tuplet combination that you like. Make
the other settings as desired. Then drag the Pencil
tool in the instrument line to the left or right.
THE CONTROLLER GRID AND MEDIAN STRIP
The controller grid and the median strip work
identically to the MIDI Editor. See “The
Continuous Data Grid” on page 402 and “The
Median Strip” on page 412.
Working with multiple tracks
If you are working with multiple tracks in the
Drum Editor, the median strip and controller grid
only show data for the master track (see “Master
track selector” on page 329).
Inserting notes and continuous data with the
Pencil tool
See “Pencil tool” on page 334 for details.
USING THE TOOL PALETTE IN THE DRUM
EDITOR
The Tool palette provides essential cursor modes
for inserting, selecting and editing data in the
Drum Editor. For complete information, see
chapter 36, “Tools” (page 331). The following
sections cover Tool palette features that are unique
to the Drum Editor.
The Pencil settings
When you click the Pencil tool, the pencil settings
appear in the tool settings section of the Drum
Editor window below the note list, as shown in
Figure 41-24.
The pencil settings determine what type of MIDI
data the pencil inserts. For notes, you can specify a
duration and velocity, and you can even choose
quantize settings for inserting in the Free display
Drag here with the hand cursor.