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489Logic Pro User Guide
Choose Lanes > New Lane Set for Current Events (or use the Lane Set pop-up menu,
or corresponding key command) to create a new Lane Set, consisting of the currently
selected event types.
Create a Lane Set for a GM drum kit
General MIDI has an established keyboard assignment pattern (a MIDI note map) for drum
and percussion sounds. This mapping standard is often followed in non-GM, GS, or XG
compliant sound modules, samplers, and synthesizers. In some cases, however, you need
to make a few changes.
As the Step Editor is ideally suited for creating and editing drum kits, you may want to
create a Lane Set that is specifically tailored for your drum sets, including the correct drum
names and hi-hat modes.
In Logic Pro, choose Lanes > New Lane Set for GM Drums from the Step Editor menu
bar (or use the Lane Set pop-up menu, or corresponding key command).
You can change the names, positioning, and hi-hat modes of each drum or percussion
lane in the Lane Set. See Use the Lane inspector in Logic Pro, for information on
renaming each drum sound in your kit, if it doesn’t match the GM mapping standard.
Define a hi-hat group
In hi-hat mode, lanes can be grouped together. Only one event from grouped lanes can be
played at any ruler position. This function is typically used to prevent different hi-hat notes
(open, closed, pedal) from being inserted at the same time position. This mirrors the real-
world behavior of hi-hats, which can’t be simultaneously opened and closed.
1. In Logic Pro, click the dot shown to the left of a lane name (Open HH, for example).
2. Click the dot shown to the left of other (vertically adjacent) lane names (Ped HH, for
example).
A dotted line links the two lanes in the left edge of the column.
3. Click the dots of each lane to turn off hi-hat mode.
All lanes in a hi-hat group must be vertically adjacent to each other. To group several
events in nonadjacent lanes, move the lanes by dragging the names up or down the
Step Editor window.
If you add an event to any lane in a hi-hat group, all existing events at this time position
are deleted.
You can create as many hi-hat groups as needed in a Lane Set, but each group must be
separated by at least one lane that does not belong to a hi-hat group.