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PROCEDURE
Do one of the following:
On the toolbar, select the Object Selection tool, double-click the rst event you want to
delete, and drag to the right.
On the toolbar, select the Drumstick tool, click the rst event you want to delete, and
drag to the right.
RESULT
The note events are deleted.
Muting Notes and Drum Sounds
IMPORTANT
The mute state for drum sounds is part of the drum map. All other tracks using this map are
affected.
To mute individual notes, click or enclose them with the Mute tool, or select Edit> Mute.
To mute a drum sound in a drum map, click in the Mute column for the drum sound.
To mute all other drum sounds, click Solo Instrument (Requires Drum Map) on the toolbar.
RELATED LINKS
Selecting a Drum Map for a Track on page 624
Drum Maps
A drum kit in a MIDI instrument is most often a set of different drum sounds with each sound
placed on a separate key. For example, the different sounds are assigned to different MIDI note
numbers. One key plays a bass drum sound, another a snare, and so on.
Different MIDI instruments often use different key assignments. This can be troublesome if you
have made a drum pattern using one MIDI device and then want to try it on another. When
you switch devices, it is very likely that your snare drum becomes a ride cymbal or your hi-hat
becomes a tom, etc., because the drum sounds are distributed differently in the instruments.
To solve this problem and to simplify several aspects of MIDI drum kits, such as using drum
sounds from different instruments in the same drum kit,
Cubase features drum maps. A drum
map is a list of drum sounds with a number of settings for each sound. When you play back
a MIDI track for which you have selected a drum map, the MIDI notes are ltered through the
drum map before they are sent to the MIDI instrument. The map determines which MIDI note
number is sent out for each drum sound and which sound is played on the receiving MIDI device.
When you want to try your drum pattern on another instrument, you simply switch to the
corresponding drum map, and your snare drum sound remains a snare drum sound.
MIDI Editors
Drum Maps
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