X3

194 Soundtrack
A tip: The typical speed for Drum’n’Bass is usually around 160-180 BPM.
The Drum & Bass machine also fits in perfectly with other music styles, e.g.
bigbeat (120 BPM) or trip hop (80-90 BPM).
Setup
The top half of the synthesizer controls the rhythm section, the bottom half
controls the bass section. Between 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 that you take only the drum
section break beat into the arrangement. The MAGIX Video Pro X3
arrangement mix will then only include the drum section in the mix file.
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 Video Pro X3.
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
submenu "Velocity presets" contains some help functions for programming
of the velocity row.
The rhythm section (top half)
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. This lengthy process is significantly simplified by the
Drum & Bass machine. You just have to design 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.
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