Edit Percussion Kit dialog

The Edit Percussion Kit dialog allows you to make changes to percussion kits, including which instruments are included in them and how instruments are arranged in the different available kit presentations.

  • The Edit Percussion Kit dialog opens automatically when you create empty kits or combine existing instruments into a kit.

  • You can also open the Edit Percussion Kit dialog manually for existing percussion kit instruments by expanding the card of the player holding the percussion kit in the Players panel in Setup mode, then clicking the instrument menu in its kit instrument label and choosing Edit Percussion Kit.

Note

Percussion kit instrument labels are green in the Players panel in Setup mode.

Edit Percussion Kit dialog

  1. Name

    Allows you to enter or change the full name for the percussion kit. This is used in Full staff labels for percussion kits that use the five-line staff presentation type.

  2. Short name

    Allows you to enter or change the abbreviated name for the percussion kit. This is used in Abbreviated staff labels for percussion kits that use the five-line staff presentation type.

  3. Drum set

    Percussion kits are defined as drum sets when the checkbox is activated. Percussion kits that are defined as drum sets follow your settings for drum sets on the Percussion page in Notation Options, including for voicing and default stem directions.

  4. Presentation types

    Allows you to select a percussion kit presentation type in order to edit how the selected percussion kit appears in that presentation type.

    • 5-line Staff: Kit instruments are shown on a five-line staff. You can determine which instruments are shown on each line and in each space of the staff. A single staff label containing the name of the kit is shown.

    • Grid: Kit instruments are shown on a grid, with each instrument on its own line. You can customize how large the gaps between each line are. Staff labels are shown for each instrument in a smaller font than normal staff labels.

    • Single-line Instruments: Kit instruments are shown as individual instruments with their own lines. Normal-sized staff labels are shown for each instrument.

  5. Editor

    Displays the current arrangement of instruments in the selected percussion kit presentation type. You can change the order of instruments and the layout of lines and spaces in the grid presentation type by using the controls.

  6. Controls

    Allows you to change the order and stem direction of instruments in the selected percussion kit presentation type. It also allows you to add slash voices to the kit.

    • Edit Names: Opens the Edit Instrument Names dialog, which allows you to change the names of the currently selected instrument.

      Note

      This changes the appearance of percussion instrument names in all presentations. Depending on the percussion kit presentation type, staff labels might use different information than these instrument names.

    • Edit Percussion Playing Techniques: Opens the Percussion Instrument Playing Techniques dialog, which allows you to change how combinations of noteheads, articulations, and tremolos affect playback for the currently selected instrument.

    • Edit Noteheads: Opens the Override Percussion Noteheads dialog, which allows you to override the noteheads used by the currently selected instrument in five-line staff kit presentations.

  7. Action bar

    Contains options that apply to all presentation types.

    • Add New Instrument : Opens the instrument picker, which allows you to choose a new unpitched percussion instrument to be added to the kit.

    • Add Existing Instrument From Player : Shows a menu listing the other players in your project that are holding individual percussion instruments not in kits. You can select a percussion instrument from another player to move to this kit, bringing its music with it.

    • Remove Instrument From Kit : Removes the selected instrument from the kit, so it appears as an individual instrument. You can move individual instruments to other players or into other kit instruments.

    • Change Instrument : Opens the instrument picker, which allows you to choose a new unpitched instrument to replace the selected instrument while retaining its music.

    • Delete Instrument : Deletes the instrument from the kit, including its music.

  8. Export Kit

    Allows you to export the percussion kit as a library file so you can use it in other projects.