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178Logic Pro Instruments
Drum Machine Designer
Logic Pro Drum Machine Designer overview
Drum Machine Designer is the ideal way to create, organize and interact with kits and kit
pieces. It is used for Drummer tracks but can also be used on instrument channel strips.
When combined with Step Sequencer, it provides an incredibly flexible and inspiring
platform for groove production.
Drum Machine Designer structure
Drum Machine Designer is not a plug-in, although it can be inserted into instrument
channel strips. It is a track-based meta-instrument using a track stack, which combines a
master track and a number of subtracks. Each track has a corresponding channel strip.
The master track channel strip is represented by the kit name pad, shown in the kit
controls bar at the top of the window.
Each subtrack channel strip is represented by a corresponding kit piece pad, shown in
the grid.
Settings for the master track (kit) and all subtracks (kit pieces) are stored as a kit patch,
which can hold multiple channel strips, each with its own instrument, effect plug-ins, and
Smart Control settings. Plug-in settings, by comparison, can only hold the plug-in settings
of a single plug-in.
A single subtrack with its instrument, effect plug-ins and Smart Control settings is stored
as a kit piece patch.
The icon shown on tracks and channel strips always matches the pad icon, and updates
when a kit piece is exchanged or replaced.