Creating the Different Sections of a Drum Track

To create the different sections of your drum track, for example, an intro, a fill, a main part, and an ending, it is useful to start by copying the current style to other pads. And then, to modify the style for those pads.

Prerequisite

You have set up a pattern pad to play back a style.

Procedure

  1. To copy the settings of the current pad to another pad, hold down Alt/Opt and drag the pad onto another pad.
  2. Repeat this until you have four pads with the same settings.
  3. Select the second pad. Set the dial to a fill.

    You can choose between eight fills.

  4. Set up the fill to your liking. For example, change the complexity, activate half-time, try out different intensity settings, etc.
  5. When you are done, right-click the pattern pad, select Rename Pad from the context menu, and enter a name for the pad, for example Fill.
  6. Set up the pads for intro and ending in the same way.

After Completing This Task

You can now record trigger notes for the pads in the DAW or transfer the patterns to the DAW by dragging them into a project.