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The MIDI editors
The note display
The note display of the Drum Editor displays notes as dia-
mond symbols. The vertical position of the notes corres-
ponds to the drum sound list to the left, while the horizontal
position corresponds to the note’s position in time, just as in
the Key Editor. Note, however, that the diamond symbols do
not indicate the length of the notes. This makes sense,
since drum sounds most often are “one-shot” samples that
play to their end regardless of the note lengths.
Drum map and name pop-up menus
Below the drum sound list you will find two pop-up menus,
used for selecting a drum map for the edited track or (if no
drum map is selected) a list of drum sound names. For an
explanation of drum maps, see “Working with drum maps”
on page 202.
Controller display
The controller display in the Drum Editor is the same as in
the Key Editor. You can add or remove controller lanes via
the context menu, and create and edit events as described
in the section “Editing in the controller display” on page
193.
• Note that when you select a line in the drum sound list
(to the left of the event display), only the velocity controller
events belonging to the note events on this line are dis-
played in the controller display.
• You can select more than one line in the drum sound list
(using [Shift] or [Ctrl]/[Command] as usual), which will
show all velocity controller events for all notes on all se-
lected lines.
This will help you when having to adjust the controller values between
different drum sounds.
Drum Editor operations
The basic handling (zooming, playback, auditioning, etc.)
is the same as in the Key Editor (see “Key Editor opera-
tions” on page 186). The following sections describe the
procedures and features specific to the Drum Editor.
Creating and editing notes
The standard way of entering notes in the Drum Editor is
to click with the Drumstick tool.
When you move the pointer in the note display, its bar position and
drum sound is indicated in the toolbar, making it easy to find the right
sound and position.
The position of the created note depends on the following
factors:
• If Snap is deactivated on the toolbar, the note will ap-
pear exactly where you clicked.
In this mode, notes can be positioned freely.
• If Snap is activated and Use Global Quantize is deacti-
vated on the toolbar, the note will snap to positions ac-
cording to the quantize value set for the sound in the drum
sound list.
You can set up different quantize values for different drum sounds. You
may for example want hi-hat notes snap to sixteenth notes, but snare and
bass drum snap to eighth notes.
• If Snap and Use Global Quantize are activated, the note
will snap to positions according to the Quantize setting on
the toolbar (next to the Use Global Quantize button).
The length of the inserted note is determined by the Insert
Length setting on the toolbar. However, if this is set to
“Drum-Map Link”, the note will get the length of the quan-
tize value for the drum sound.
Ö You can quickly audition the drum sounds by clicking
in the leftmost column in the drum sound list.
This plays the corresponding note.
Ö Clicking with the Drumstick tool on an existing note
will remove it.
This makes drum pattern editing very quick and intuitive.