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EFFECTS AND PLUG-INS IN AN OVERVIEW 173
BeatBox - Pattern editor buttons
1.
Pattern: Use the <> buttons to switch through the different patterns. The arrow to
the right opens a list of all available patterns, and the save button stores the current
pattern.
2. Clear track/all: All events for the selected instrument (track) or all events for the
pattern (all) are removed by clicking this button.
3. Bar selection: The bar you wish to edit can be selected via the corresponding
number button. Use the “Follow” button to select follow mode, i.e. the step display
follows the steps of the currently played beat. All shows all bars of the pattern.
4. "1>2-4" auto copy: If more than one bar is set as the pattern length, "Auto copy"
mode makes sure that the drum notes set in the first bar are automatically placed into
the next bars. This also makes it easy to create a continuous beat, even with a loop
length of four bars. Notes set in the bars further back are not affected by the "Auto
draw" function, which, for example, makes faint variations detectable only in the
fourth bar.
5. Bars: The maximum length of a drum pattern is four beats. The length can be
selected via the small scroll bar.
6. Shuffle: This controller changes the timing in BeatBox 2. If the fader is turned to the
right, the eighth of a rhythm is played more and more like a triplet. If that sounds a bit
too abstract – simply try it out, ideally with a pure 1/16 Hi-Hat figure; you'll soon see
what the shuffle fader is capable of.
7. Grid: Set the time resolution for BeatBox here. Choose from 1/8 notes (only for very
simple rhythms), 1/16 (default), and 1/32 (for more refined constructions).
BeatBox - Pattern editor matrix
This is the heart of BeatBox. A click on any position in the drum matrix creates or deletes
drum notes (events). Clicking and dragging draws in a series of notes. Together with the
velocity editing options (see velocity), it's easy to create drum rolls.
If "Shift" is held when notes in the range are clicked, a rectangle will be drawn out which
selects the notes contained within this rectangle (lasso selection). Selected notes can be
copied by dragging them to a new position. If "Ctrl" is also held down, then existing notes
will remain at the target position. Delete all selected notes by right clicking.
Two special commands are available for selection:
Shift + double click: Select everything in the beat that has been clicked.