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The Beat Page
Editing Patterns on the Beat Page
Editing Patterns on the Beat Page
Creating a Pattern
You can now preview the beat patterns and edit them on the Beat Page.
1. Start playback.
The beat pattern shown in the Beat Page step display is played back.
2. Click the lane selector for a drum sound.
The corresponding lane is highlighted in the step display.
3. Click the highlighted lane to enter a step.
The drum sound is triggered.
• To delete a step, click on it again.
4. Enter more steps or remove them until you are satisfied with your pattern.
Your beat pattern is automatically stored on the selected pattern selector pad, by
default the first one.
Editing Steps and Lanes
You can edit steps and lanes on the Beat Page in the following ways:
• You can draw in a step by clicking in the step display.
• You can add a flam, that is, two beats played almost simultaneously, by activating
the Flam tool and clicking.
See “Flam” on page 91 for details.
• You can move all steps on a lane by holding down [Shift], clicking on the lane and
dragging to the left or right.
• You can invert a lane, that is to say reverse the order of the steps, by holding down
[Alt]/[Option] and dragging the mouse over the lane.
This lets you create unusual rhythmic patterns.
• You can copy the content of a lane onto another lane by clicking in the section to
the left of the lane you want to copy and dragging to the new position.
• You can add a swing rhythm to all lanes using the Swing slider.
See “Swing” on page 90 for details.
• You can offset a whole lane using the Offset slider.
See “Lane Offset” on page 91 for details.
Pattern Functions
menu
Steps in the
step display
Lane
selectors
Pattern
Selector Pad