Changing the Drumpad preset
: Left Click in the LCD name zone : A two criterias dropdown menu Will Display a list of all the
Drum sounds included in your libraries, sorted by category ( Snares, Kicks, HH, etc) . You can replace the current sound by another
one by selecting it in the list.
Save your Drum Sound with a different name
: Left Click in the LCD name zone : Select the ‘Save As’ menu item. A dialogue Box
will open. From top to Bottom
New name : Click in the name zone, write a new name for your drumpad preset. Click again to validate this name.( Or click ‘enter’ )
Additionally you’ll find the following functions in the drop down menu thats is displayed when you Left Click on the Drumpad Name
area :
Save
: Will overwrite the current incarnation of your preset ( please note that factory presets can’t be overwritten, so choose the Save
As function oif you want to save an edited factory preset )
Delete
: Will delete the current preset ( Factory presets can’t be deleted )
Sort By
: You can choose a second criteria to filter and refine the list of the drumpads. By default the first display criteria of a
Drumpad is it’s category ( BD, Snare, etc) , and it can’t be changed. The criteria available to filter the list are :
•
Bank
: Will filter the drumpads by Category, then by Soundbank
•
Author
: Will filter the drumpads by Category, then by Author
•
Recommended Gate Time
: Will filter the drumpads by Category, then by Recommended Gate Time
•
SubCategory
: Will filter the drumpads by Category, then by SubCategory ( Example If Cymbal is the category, Ride and
Crashes will be subcategories. IF Snare is the Category, Rimshots and claps will appear in the SubCategories etc )
•
Synthesis
: Will filter the drumpads by Category, then by Synthesis ( Synthesis can be Virtual Analog, Samples, Virtual
Sample, FM + Analog etc )
•
All
: No second criteria is chosen. The list will only be sorted using the Category criteria.
Example 1 : You want to display only the Snares made with virtual Analog Synthesis : Choose Synthesis in the ‘Sort By’ menu, then
the ‘Analog’ Kicks in the list
Example 2 : You wish to choose only the drumpads created by Sound Designer J.Doe or yourself : Choose Author in the ‘sort by’
menu, and J.Doe, or yourself, in the list.
Please note that now browsing the list with the +- arrows will cycle thru a sublist of the drumpads restricted by the TWO criteria you
have chosen
Export Drums
: This function will exported all the drumpads included in the current list in a single file. Current list means all
drumpads sorted with the main and secondary criteria. So for example if you have filtered your list with your Sound Designer name
( Author field) the exported file will include all the drumpads for this category (Like the snares) that you have created.
Import Drums
: Will import a file exported with the above function
Import/Export function : Please note that the FACTORY drumpads are automatically excluded from the Drumpads export/import
function, as you don’t need to export them, as they are always present in StiX.
Return to the Eazy Edit Page
(9) : Click on the Eazy toggle control, located at the right of the Advanced Synthesis tab.
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