Plug-in Reference

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MIDI Effects
Beat Designer
• When you add flams before the very first drum step in a pattern, this is indicated in
the display by a small arrow in the top left corner of this step. This indicates that
you have to treat this pattern with special care in playback and arranging. Starting
playback at the normal pattern start would result in these flams not being played.
• Use the vertical sliders to the right of the flam sliders to set the velocity for the
flams.
4. Start playback to hear the flams you created.
Offsetting Lanes
To the right of the step display, you can find the Offset sliders for the lanes. These
allow you to offset all drum steps on this lane. Drag a slider to the left to make the
drum steps start a little earlier and to the right to let them start later.
For example, playing the bass drum or snare a little earlier allows you to add more
urgency to the drums, while delaying these drum sounds results in a more relaxed
drum pattern. Experiment with the settings to find out which fit best in your project.
Note that this function can also be used to correct faulty drum samples: If a drum
sound has an attack that is slightly late, simply adjust the Offset slider for the lane.
Saving and Loading Presets
You can save all 48 Beat Designer patterns as a pattern bank. This can then be
loaded in other projects. Pattern banks contain all the step and lane settings for a
pattern (Mute and Solo, number and order of the lanes, pitch, etc.).
To save a pattern bank, proceed as follows:
1. In the Beat Designer, click the Preset Management button to the right of the preset
name field.
2. On the pop-up menu select “Save Preset”.
A dialog appears.
3. Enter a name for the preset and click OK.
The preset is now available on the Presets browser, in the MediaBay and on the Load
Track Preset pop-up menu in the Inspector.
Pattern banks are handled much like track presets in the MediaBay. For further
information, see the Operation Manual.