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181Logic Pro Instruments
Manage Logic Pro Drum Machine Designer kits
Drum Machine Designer shows a grid representation of the kit for the currently loaded
patch. Each pad represents a kit piece. You can edit a number of settings for the entire kit,
discussed in this section. To learn about interacting with kit pieces, see
Drum Machine Designer Pad controls bar and
Use Drum Machine Designer pad controls.
The kit controls bar above the grid shows the active kit name and provides access to kit
parameters. Click the kit name pad or the Kit Controls button to interact with global effects
and control settings for the entire kit in the Smart Controls pane. If the Smart Controls
pane is not visible, click the disclosure triangle at the lower left of the grid.
Kit controls bar parameters
To view kit Mute, Solo, and Action menu parameters, move the pointer over the kit controls
bar.
Kit name pad: Click to view kit parameters in the Smart Controls pane. Double-click the
kit name to rename it (and the master track). Click the speaker icon to stop all playing
sounds. The Kit Controls button is lit when working with kit parameters in the Smart
Controls pane.
Note: The Kit name pad displays a muted speaker icon when you move the pointer over
it during playback. This can be used to immediately stop playback of all kit pieces. This
is useful when you want to silence a long One Shot sample that you are previewing in a
Quick Sampler-based kit piece, for example.
Kit Controls button: View kit parameters in the Smart Controls pane. The button is lit
when working with kit parameters in the Smart Controls pane. See Kit Tone and Effect
Smart Controls.
Note: The Kit Controls button is visible only if the Smart Controls pane is shown.
Mute button: Use to silence the kit. This mutes the master track channel strip.
Solo button: Use to hear the kit in isolation. All other tracks and channel strips are
muted, indicated by a flashing Mute button.
Action menu: Choose a command that globally affects the appearance and behavior of
the kit.
Select Pad by Key: Choose to turn on or turn off the automatic selection of pads
with a MIDI keyboard. When on, the pad with an input note that corresponds to the
incoming played MIDI note is selected.
Note: MIDI notes played by Logic MIDI regions do not select pads, regardless of the
setting of this menu item.