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• Voice Mute Mode button: Playing MIDI note C1 and above mutes the corresponding
sound in the Ultrabeat mixer. A subsequent MIDI note of the same pitch unmutes it.
This is ideal for spontaneous rearranging of patterns and/or muting single elements of a
pattern without deleting them. This is especially useful in a live performance or remixing
situation.
All creative pattern switching options discussed in this section are achieved with MIDI note
messages and can be recorded, edited, arranged, and automated in Logic Pro.
Ultrabeat tutorials
Sound programming in Logic Pro Ultrabeat
The Ultrabeat tutorials presented in these sections cover a number of specific sound
creation tips. These tutorials will help you explore the possibilities available to you in
Ultrabeat. You will discover that there is hardly a category of electronic drum sound that
Ultrabeat can’t create easily.
As you become familiar with drum sound programming, you may begin thinking in building
blocks, realizing that drum sounds usually consist of different components.
After you mentally—or physically—write down your list of components, try to emulate each
component that contributes to the sound character, making use of the different sound
generators available in Ultrabeat. Assigning dedicated amplitude envelopes to the different
components allows you to control their temporal behavior individually. For example, you
can emulate the body of a drum with oscillator1 and the sound of the stick hitting the skin
(or first transient) with the noise generator. Additional overtones and harmonics can be
provided by oscillator2 or the ring modulator.
When you begin thinking that drum sounds consist of several building blocks or layers, the
design of the Volume controls in the individual sound generators might make more sense to
you—this is the place where the blocks are combined, balanced, and controlled.
Note: Select the Tutorial Kit from the Ultrabeat Settings subfolder in the Tutorial Settings
folder. This kit contains all drum sounds discussed in the tutorials. The Tutorial Kit also
includes the Standard Tut(orial) drum sound, which is a default set of neutral parameters
that provide an excellent starting point for many of the examples.
All Ultrabeat tutorial sections are listed below:
• Create kick drums in Logic Pro Ultrabeat
• Create snare drums in Logic Pro Ultrabeat
• Create tonal percussion in Logic Pro Ultrabeat
• Create hi-hats or cymbals in Logic Pro Ultrabeat
• Create metallic sounds in Logic Pro Ultrabeat
• Tips for extreme Logic Pro Ultrabeat sounds