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Setup
The top half of the synthesizer controls the rhythm section, the bottom half contro
bass section. Between the
ls the
two, on the left side you will see a symbol where both sections
can be turned on and off individually. You can turn off the bass section, for example, so
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lude the drum section in the mix file.
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Pro X2.
submenu "Velocity presets" contains some help
functions for programming of the velocity row.
The rhythm section (top half)
is lengthy
process is significantly simplified by the Drum & Bass machine. You just have to design
of six possible symbols.
Each symbol represents a different note or other way of playing the note. Every time you
bsolutely
necessary to know the exact meaning of each individual symbol in order to create cool and
authentic beats.
that you take only the drum section break beat into the arrangement. The MAGIX Video
X2 arrangement mix will then only inc
The volume control is on the right border, controlling the volume for both sections. The play
and stop buttons allow you to listen to your drum’n’bass creations up front in MAGIX Vide
The "Drum‘n’Bass" label covers a menu containing functions to load and save drum’n’bass
patterns (Load machine state/Save machine state), and functions to delete or generate
patterns (Clear all/Random all). The
You can easily create complex and authentic jungle break beat sounds. In a professional
recording studio, jungle break beats are created by dividing any given drum loop into
several small "bits" and putting them back together in a different order. Th
your own new play sequence.
You set up the new sequence in the top ("steps") row. The blue cells indicate the individual
sections ("notes") for the subdivision of the loop.
A left mouse click on one of the blue cells allows you to select one
click on one of the blue cells, the next symbol is chosen.
Rely on your own intuition and creativity when programming your beats. It is not a