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179Logic Pro Instruments
How Drum Machine Designer handles notes
MIDI notes received on the master track are distributed to subtracks, in accordance with
the input and output notes assigned to the pads. This is true for both notes played by
regions on the master track, and for notes played in realtime when the master track is
the focused track. For example, if the pad assigned to the first subtrack is set to input
note C1 and to output note G2, a C1 played on the master track is converted to a G2. This
note value is passed to the first subtrack and plays a G2 on the instrument inserted in the
subtrack channel strip.
In contrast, notes played on a subtrack are not altered, and are passed directly to the
instrument inserted in the channel strip, enabling you to play a subtrack instrument
chromatically and polyphonically.
You can separate the notes in the master track MIDI region by doing one of the following:
Select the master track MIDI region, then choose the Edit > Separate MIDI Events > By
Note Pitch command.
Control-click the master track MIDI region, then choose the MIDI > Separate by Note
Pitch command from the shortcut menu.
Individual regions, containing note events, are created on each subtrack and can be
handled and edited in the same way as any other MIDI region.
Drum Machine Designer sounds
You can access Drum Machine Designer kit patches and kit piece patches in the Library.
When the Library is open:
Click the kit name pad to view and select kit patches in the Library.
Click a kit piece pad icon or pad background to view and select kit piece patches in the
Library.
Drum Machine Designer features an extensive collection of premapped kit patches and
also a huge number of individual sound (kit piece) patches that you can add or use as
replacement elements for pads, to create custom kits.
You can assign sounds to pads with patches from the Library, or drop audio material
directly into Drum Machine Designer from the Browser, Loop Browser, or Audio Browser.
You can also drop MIDI or audio regions onto Drum Machine Designer pads or to master
track or subtrack headers.
Note: You can assign any type of instrument or sound to a pad. Should you choose to
assign a Vintage B3 Organ patch to a pad, for example, the Smart Controls pane shows
drawbars and other B3 parameters.
Note: You may need to download additional content to use all Library patches.