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Loading and Saving Ultrabeat Settings
Ultrabeat settings are saved and loaded in the same way as other Logic Express
instruments. For more information, see the Logic Express documentation.
An Ultrabeat setting contains:
The drum kit, which consists of 25 drum sounds, including assignment and mixer
settings
The complete parameter settings of all 25 sounds
The sequencer settings and all patterns, including step automation, trigger, velocity,
and gate information for all 25 sounds
The joint recall of all this information when loading an Ultrabeat setting is extremely
practical, because the musical effect of the patterns—especially those with sequenced
gate and velocity parameters—is often tightly tied to the tone and impact of the sounds
being used.
Note: When you save a drum kit with the Settings menu, only the location of the sample
is saved with the setting. An Ultrabeat setting doesn’t actually save the audio files
themselves—merely a reference to their hard disk location. If you load a setting that
contains a reference to a sample that has been moved or erased, a dialog prompts you
to specify or find the sample. To avoid this problem, it is highly recommended that you
use the Finder to create and manage a dedicated Ultrabeat sample folder—for all sounds
and kits.
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