Recording the Notes Created by Note Repeat

You can record the Note Repeat output using the pattern player. This way, you can record complex rhythmic patterns that would be difficult to play live or use the recorded notes to trigger another plug-in.

Prerequisite

You have added two instrument tracks in your Steinberg DAW.

If you record a drum pattern in a loop, you can add different instruments with each cycle using various note repeat variations.

Note

It is not recommended to route the recording track back to the kit that you are using to generate the note repeat notes, because if you want to record a second cycle, notes that have been recorded in a first cycle will also be affected by this second cycle.

Procedure

  1. Leave the first kit slot empty.

    This slot is used to generate the notes.

  2. Open the Perform page for the first kit slot and activate the note repeat functionality by clicking the Active button.
  3. Select kit slot 2 and load the kit that contains the drum sound that you want to use for the repeated notes.
  4. In the DAW, route the first track to kit slot 1. This way, the notes that you play on your MIDI keyboard are routed to the Note Repeat page for the first kit slot.
  5. Set up the note repeat parameters for kit slot 1.
  6. Activate the Monitor button on the first track in the DAW.
  7. For the second track, open the Input Routing pop-up menu, and select Groove Agent Kit 1.
  8. Set the MIDI channel for the track to channel 2. This way, the notes are sent to the second kit slot.
  9. Record-enable the second track.
  10. Activate the Record button and play an instrument key together with a note repeat variation key to generate and record the notes.