Plug-in Reference

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MIDI Effects
Beat Designer
Setting the Velocity
When entering a drum step, the velocity setting of this step is determined by where
you click: Click in the upper part of a step for the highest velocity setting, in the middle
section for a medium velocity and in the lower part for the lowest velocity setting. This
is a quick way of roughly setting the velocity on the fly while entering drum sounds. In
the display, the different velocity settings are indicated by different colors.
• To fine-tune the velocity setting for an existing drum step, click on it and drag up or
down.
The current velocity is indicated numerically while you drag.
• To fine-tune the velocity for a range of drum steps, click on the first step, drag up
or down to enter velocity edit mode, and then drag sideways and up or down to
modify the velocity for all the steps.
If you change the velocity for several steps at the same time, the relative velocity
differences are kept for as long as possible (until the minimum or maximum setting
is reached). The velocity for the steps is increased or decreased by the same
amount.
Ö If you hold down [Shift] while dragging up or down, you can change the velocity for all
steps on a lane.
• To create a crescendo or decrescendo for an existing range of drum steps, hold
down [Alt]/[Option], click on the first step, drag up or down, and then drag to the
left or right.
Editing Operations
• To move all drum steps on a lane, hold down [Shift], click on the lane, and drag to
the left or right.
• To invert a lane, that is, add drum sounds for all steps that were empty while
removing all existing drum steps, hold down [Alt]/[Option] and drag the mouse
over the lane. This lets you create unusual rhythmic patterns.
• To copy the content of a lane onto another lane, hold down [Alt]/[Option], click in
the section to the left of the lane that you want to copy, and drag.
Lane Handling
If you find that you have too many or too few lanes in the Beat Designer, you can add
or remove them.
• To add a lane, click the “Add Instrument Lane” button at the bottom right of the last
lane.
• To remove a lane, click the “Remove Instrument Lane” button in the controls
section at the far right of the lane.
• To change the order of the drum lanes, click in an empty area in the section to the
left of a lane, and drag it to another position.
• To mute or solo a lane, click the corresponding buttons to the left of the step
display.
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Lane operations always affect all patterns in the Beat Designer instance.