User Guide

Chapter 12: Wizards, Tutors, and Utilities
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Acoustic Bass Drum Bass Drum 1 Side Stick
Acoustic Snare Hand Clap Electric Snare
Low Floor Tom Closed Hi-Hat High Floor Tom
Pedal Hi-Hat Low Tom Open Hi-Hat
Low-Mid Tom Hi Mid Tom Crash Cymbal 1
High Tom Ride Cymbal 1 Chinese Cymbal
Ride Bell Tambourine Splash Cymbal
Cowbell Crash Cymbal 2 Vibraslap
Ride Cymbal Hi Bongo Low Bongo
Mute Hi Conga Open Hi Conga Low Conga
High Timbale Low Timbale High Agogo
Low Agogo Cabasa Maracas
Short Whistle Long Whistle Short Guiro
Long Guiro Claves Hi Wood Block
Low Wood Block Mute Cuica Open Cuica
Mute Triangle Open Triangle
Some percussion instruments are triggered by multiple MIDI notes. When controlled by
more than one MIDI note, a percussion instrument will show different behavior in
response to the different notes. For instance, the Hi-Hat responds differently to Close
Hat, Pedal Hat, and Open Hat MIDI notes.
The on-screen instruments may be played by mouse-click or computer keys. When
playing by mouse-click or computer keys, the shift key adjusts velocity between two
user-specified levels.
Drums that you play show up in blue (the computer played drums are red). There is an
option to display all the QWERTY names on the drums at the same time, so that you can
see what keys to hit without having to mouse over the instrument. The drums can be
moved off-screen without snapping back to the middle.
To display the QWERTY keys on the notes, select the option in the Drums Window
Settings dialog to “Display QWERTY Chars on Drums.”
Multi-note instruments send different notes depending on where you click on the
instrument. For instance, the Kick Drum can send three different notes, Ac. Bass Drum
(MIDI note 35), Bass Drum 1 (MIDI note 36), and Square Kick (MIDI Note 32).
The hint line at the top of the window describes the current control under the mouse
cursor. Use the hint line to learn the mouse-responsive areas of each drum instrument.
Multi-Note Drums Instruments
Kick Drum - Ac. Bass Drum, Bass Drum 1, Square Kick
Snare - Acoustic Snare, Side Stick
HiHat - Closed, Pedal, Open
Floor Tom - Low, High
Electronic Pad - Multi-zoned for Hi-Q, Slap, Electric Snare