Steinberg Cubase Le 8 Manual

MIDI Editors
Drum Editor
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Controller Display
The area at the bottom of the Drum Editor window is the controller display.
It consists of one or several controller lanes that show one of the following 
properties or event types:
• Velocity values of the notes
• Pitchbend events
• Aftertouch events
• Poly Pressure events
• Program Change events
• System Exclusive events
• Any type of continuous controller event
Velocity values are shown as vertical bars in the controller display. Each velocity bar...

MIDI Editors
Drum Editor
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Drum Sound List
The drum sound list lists all drum sounds by name and lets you adjust and 
manipulate the drum sound setup in various ways.
NOTE
The number of columns in the list depends on whether a drum map is selected for 
the track or not.
Pitch
Actual note number of the drum sound. This is what links notes on a MIDI track 
to drum sounds. For example, with the GM Map, all MIDI notes with the pitch 
C1 are mapped to the Bass Drum sound.
Instrument
Name of the drum sound....

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Drum Map and Names Menus
Below the drum sound list are two pop-up menus that are used for selecting a drum 
map for the edited track or, if no drum map is selected, a list of drum sound names.
R
ELATED LINKS
Drum Maps on page  495
Drum Editor Operations
This section describes the principa l editing operations within the Drum Editor.
Creating and Editing Note Events with the Drum Tool
• To create a note, select the Drumstick  tool  and click in the Drum Editor.
If...

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• To move note events via the Nudge Palette buttons on the toolbar, select the 
note events and click a Nudge Palette button.
This moves the selected note events by the amount that is set on the 
Quantize pop-up menu.
• To move note events to the project cursor position, select the note events and 
select Edit > Move to > Cursor.
• To move a note event via the info line, select a note event and edit the 
Position or Pitch on the info line.
• To transpose note...

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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...

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The list on the left shows the currently loaded drum maps. The sounds and settings 
of the selected drum map are displayed on the right.
NOTE
The settings for the drum sounds are the same as in the Drum Editor.
Output
Allows you to select the output for the drum map sounds.
Drum Sound List
Lists all drum sounds and their settings. To audition a drum sound, click the 
leftmost column.
NOTE
If you audition a sound in the Drum Map Setup dialog and the sound is set 
to...

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Load
Allows you to load drum maps into your project.
Save
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files have the extension .drm.
Edit head pairs
Allows you to customize the note pairs.
Init Display Notes
Allows you to reset the Display Notes entry to the original setting, that is the 
Pitch entry.
RELATED LINKS
Drum Map Settings on page 497
Channel and Output...

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• To make a drum sound use the channel of the track, set the channel in the 
drum map to Any.
• To make the sound use the MIDI output that is selected for the track, set the 
MIDI output for a sound in a drum map to default.
• To send the sound to a specific MIDI output, select any other option.
• To select the same MIDI channel or MIDI device for all sounds in a drum map, 
click in the Channel column, press [Ctrl]/[Command], and select a channel or 
output.
• If...

MIDI Editors
Drum Editor Operations
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I-Notes (Input Notes)
When you play a note on your MIDI instrument, the program looks for this note 
number among the I-notes in the drum map. If you play the note A1, the program 
finds that this is the I-note of the bass drum sound.
This is where the first transformation happens: the note gets a new note number 
according to the pitch setting for the drum sound. In our case, the note is 
transformed to a C1 note, because that is the pitch of the bass drum sound....

MIDI Editors
SysEx Messages
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Drum Name Lists
Drum name lists allow you to use the Drum Editor even if no drum map is selected 
for the edited MIDI track. The drum sound list then consists of the columns 
Audition, Pitch, Instrument (drum sound name), and Quantize.
This means that you can use the drum sound names in any loaded drum map 
without using I-notes and O-notes.
In the drum name list mode, the names that are shown in the Instrument column 
depend on the selection on the Names pop-up menu at...