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 corresponds to a note in the note display. Higher bars correspond to higher velocity values.

Events other than velocity values are shown as blocks. The block corresponds to the event values. The beginning of an event is marked by a curve point.

When you select a line in the drum sound list, only the velocity controller events that belong to the note events on this line are displayed in the controller display.

If you select more than one line in the drum sound list, the controller lane shows all velocity controller events for all notes on the selected lines. This is useful when you have to adjust the controller values between different drum sounds.

Note

Unlike note events, controller events have no length. The value of a controller event in the display is valid until the beginning of the next controller event.