Plug-in Reference

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MIDI Effects
Beat Designer
Beat Designer
The Beat Designer is a MIDI pattern sequencer that allows you to create your own
drum parts or patterns for a project. With the Beat Designer, you can quickly and
easily set up the drums for a project, by experimenting and creating new drum
sequences from scratch.
Normally, you work on a short sequence, adjusting and modifying it while playing it
back in a loop. The drum patterns can then either be converted to MIDI parts on a
track or triggered using MIDI notes during playback, see
“Converting Patterns into
MIDI Parts” on page 132 and “Triggering Patterns” on page 132.
Overview
When you open the control panel for the Beat Designer for the first time, it shows a
display with 8 empty lanes, each containing 16 steps.
Density Determines the density of the controller curves that are sent out.
The value can be set to “small”, “medium”, or “large”, or to
rhythmically exact note values. The higher the note value, the
smoother the controller curve. For example, if you set this to 1/16, a
new controller event is sent out at every 1/16 note position.
Value Range These sliders determine the range of controller values that are sent
out, in other words, the bottom and top of the controller curves.
Option Description
Cubase
LE
Cubase
AI
Cubase
Elements
Cubase
Artist
Cubase Nuendo NEK
Included with
– – – X X – X
Flam position settings
Pattern display
Swing settings
Swing and Offset
controls
Jump mode
Step display