Assigning MIDI Patterns or Styles to Pads

You can assign MIDI patterns or styles to pads from various locations, by double-clicking, by using drag and drop or via the Load dialogs.

  • Double click a file on the Styles page or the MIDI page of the Load panel to assign it to the selected pad.

    Note

    If you double click a percussion style when a Beat Agent or Acoustic Agent kit is loaded, the style is converted to a MIDI pattern and opened in the Pattern Player.

  • Drag a MIDI pattern from the MIDI page of the Load panel onto a pad.

    You can also assign multiple MIDI files to consecutive pads this way.

  • Drag a style from the Styles page of the Load panel onto a pad.

    You can also assign multiple styles to consecutive pads this way.

    Note

    If the current player that is used for a pad does not support the dragged style, the file is converted to a MIDI pattern and loaded into the MIDI Player.

  • Drag a MIDI pattern or a style from the Load panel onto the Load field in the MIDI Player/Style Player.

  • Drag a MIDI pattern or a style onto a field on the Overview page.

  • Drag a MIDI pattern or a style onto the Select MIDI Pattern field at the top of the Pattern editor.

  • Drag a MIDI file from the File Explorer/macOS Finder or from the MediaBay of the Steinberg DAW onto a pad.

  • Drag a MIDI part from the host application onto a pad.

  • Drag a file from the File Explorer/macOS Finder onto the MIDI Import field in the MIDI Player. The file is imported to your user pattern library and assigned to the selected pad.

  • Select a pad, open the MIDI Player or the Style Player and select a file from the Select MIDI Pattern/Select Style pop-up menus.