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WORKING WITH PLAYERS362
Beat Map
The Beat Map Algorhythmic Drummer is a Player that generates drum patterns based on built-in beats, algorithms
and simple but powerful controls. It's normally used with a drum instrument such as Kong, Rytmik or Umpf, but can
also be used with melodic instruments for interesting results.
Included content
To browse the content of Beat Map, click "Rack Extensions" in the Browser and then double click the Beat Map
folder:
Beat Map comes with a number of patches, both for the Player itself and for several different drum devices. The drum
device patches are tailored to work well with Beat Map, but you can of course use any patch from the Factory Sound
Bank, or make your own.
If you want immediate results, start by loading one of the patches in the Combinator Style Patches folder! These
combine Beat Map with drum devices and effects for instant rhythmic goodness.
If you want a taste of what can be done with multiple Beat Maps in combination with other devices, check out the
Demos and Song Starters folder.
! Note that some of the combi patches use Rack Extensions included with Reason Suite.
Finally, the Template Key Mappings folder contains Beat Map patches where the keys (note numbers) have been
adapted for other drum configurations such as GM, Reason Drum Kits and various 3rd party drummers.