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Session Drummer
Arranging Patterns Into a Song
Playing patterns from the pattern pane is as easy to use as a drum
machine. However, at some point you may get bored hearing the same
pattern over and over again. This is where the Song pane comes in. You
can add patterns to the song pane, control how many times and in what
order they play. When you are Þnished, you can save the arrangement as
a preset, or you can print the contents into the track.
When you click play in the transport toolbar, the arrangement of
patterns that you just added to the song pane will play back in order. A
dotted box shows you which pattern is playing so you can follow along.
To remove a pattern from the song pane, select it and click the button
or hit the Delete key. To remove all patterns from the Song pane, click
the
button in the toolbar.
Creating Drum Styles for the Session
Drummer
The Session Drummer supports standard Type 0 MIDI Þles so that you
can easily create or add new styles and patterns to it. Patterns are stored
in a single track (10) and are separated by Markers. When you see the
patterns listed in the Session Drummer, what you are really looking at is
To Create a Song…
1. Open Session Drummer.
2. Select a style from the Style pane.
3. Double click on a pattern in the pattern pane to move it to the
song pane. You can also use the
button in the toolbar.
4. Click the Loop count field and type a + or – key to set the
number of repetitions.
5. Add other patterns using step 3
6. Re-order a pattern by selecting it and clicking the or
buttons.
The contents have been added to the track. Session Drummer
data always begins one measure into the track regardless of the
Now Time