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MIDI Effects
Beat Designer
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• If you import patterns that sound before the first step (due to flams or lane
offsets), the MIDI part is lengthened accordingly.
The inserted MIDI parts can now be edited as usual in the project. For example, you
can fine-tune your settings in the Drum Editor.
NOTE
Once a pattern is converted into a MIDI part, it cannot be opened in the Beat
Designer again.
RELATED LINKS
Pattern Functions Menu on page 168
Triggering Patterns
If you want to modify your drum patterns in Beat Designer while working on the
project, you can trigger the patterns from within the project.
You can trigger the patterns in Beat Designer using note-on events. These can
either be events on a MIDI track or be played live via a MIDI keyboard. Which pattern
is triggered depends on the pitch of the MIDI notes. The trigger range is four
octaves starting with C1 (that is, C1 to B4).
PROCEDURE
1. Open Beat Designer for a track.
2. Click the Jump field to activate Jump mode.
In this mode, a MIDI note-on event triggers a new pattern.
• To trigger the patterns using a MIDI part containing trigger events, you can
specify whether the pattern is switched directly (at the moment the event is
received) or at the next bar: Activate the Now button to switch patterns
immediately. If Now is deactivated, patterns switch at the beginning of the next
bar in the project.
• If you want to trigger the patterns live via a MIDI keyboard, the new patterns are
always played when the next bar in the project is reached. Switching
immediately would always produce an undesirable interruption in playback.
3. Play back the project and press a key on your MIDI keyboard to trigger the
next pattern.
The pattern starts at the next bar line.
4. Create a MIDI part and enter notes at the positions in the project where you
want to switch patterns.
Depending on the Jump mode setting, the new pattern is played directly, or starts at
the following bar.