Plug-in Reference

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MIDI Effects
Beat Designer
Patterns and Subbanks
The Beat Designer patterns are saved as pattern banks. One pattern bank contains 4
subbanks which in turn contain 12 patterns each.
In the pattern display in the lower part of the Beat Designer, subbanks and patterns
are displayed graphically. To select a subbank, click on a number (1 to 4) at the top of
the display. To select a pattern within this subbank, click on a key in the keyboard
display below.
Initial Settings
The steps represent the beat positions in the pattern. You can specify the number of
steps and the step resolution globally for a pattern:
• Click in the “Number of steps for this pattern” value field and enter a value.
The maximum number of steps is 64.
• The playback length, that is, the note value for the steps, can be specified on the
“Step Resolution” pop-up menu.
On this menu, you can also set triplet values. These also affect the Swing setting,
see
“The Swing Setting” on page 130.
Selecting Drum Sounds
You can click in the drum name field for a lane and select a drum sound from the pop-
up menu. The available drum sounds depend on the selected drum map. If no drum
map is selected for the track, the GM (General MIDI) drum names are used.
Ö To find the right sound, you can audition the selected drum sound by clicking the
“Preview Instrument” button (the speaker icon).
Entering Drum Steps
You can enter a drum step by clicking on the step field where you want to add a beat.
For example, add a snare drum on each downbeat for a lane and a bass drum on a
second lane.
You can also click and drag to enter a continuous range of drum steps.
Ö When working on drum patterns, it is a good idea to play back a section of the project
in a loop while inserting the drum sounds, as this allows you to hear the result
immediately.
Removing Steps
• To remove a drum step, simply click on the corresponding field again.
• To remove a range of drum steps, click and drag over them.
Step resolution
Number of steps for this pattern