User Manual

REDRUM DRUM COMPUTER
(RECORD+REASON)
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Converting Pattern data to notes in the main sequencer
You can convert Redrum Patterns to notes in the main sequencer. This allows you to edit the notes freely, create vari-
ations or use Groove quantizing.
The “Copy Pattern to Track” function
This function useful when you have created a single pattern in the Redrum device and want to render individual note
events on the sequencer track. You could also use this if you e.g. have created a drum pattern and want to have the
pattern play back some other type of device.
Proceed as follows:
1. Set the Left and Right Locators to encompass the section you want to “fill” with the notes in the pattern.
You may want to make sure that the space between the locators is a multiple of the pattern length, to avoid “cut-
ting off” the pattern.
2. Select the device in the rack and select “Copy Pattern to Track” from the Edit menu or the device context menu.
The pattern is converted to a single note clip on the track (see the notes below). If the space between the locators
is greater than the pattern length, the pattern will be repeated in the clip to fill up the space.
An internal Redrum drum pattern converted to note events on the track
When you use the “Copy Pattern to Track” function with the Redrum, you should note the following:
• The notes will have the pitch of the corresponding drum sound (see “Using Redrum as a sound module”) and
the velocity depending on the “Dynamic” parameter value in the device.
“Soft” notes get velocity 30, “Medium” notes get velocity 80 and “Hard” notes get velocity 127.
• You probably want to turn off the “Enable Pattern Section” switch on the Redrum device panel.
Otherwise, the drum sounds will be double-triggered during playback (by the pattern section itself, and by the ren-
dered notes on the sequencer track).
The “Convert Pattern Automation to Notes” function
If you have recorded or drawn pattern changes on a Redrum track, you can have the whole track converted to notes,
in the following way:
1. Select the track with the pattern automation.
2. Select “Convert Pattern Automation to Notes” from the Edit menu or the context menu for the track.
For each pattern clip, the corresponding pattern is converted to note clips on the track (following the same rules as
for the “Copy Pattern to Track” function). The track will play back just the same as when you played the pattern de-
vice with the pattern changes.
D After the operation, the Pattern Select lane is switched off.
The “Enable Pattern Section” button on the device is automatically turned off.