Drum Player Parameters

Activates the Drum Player.

Allows you to select a pattern for the Drum Player.

The Save and Delete buttons to the right of the Pattern field allow you to save and delete patterns.

Allows you to play back the pattern. Click again to stop playback.

Allows you to export the phrase using drag and drop.

Allow you to create eight variations of your pattern.

If this button is activated, the pattern plays back in a loop.

Synchronizes the pattern to the tempo of your host application.

If Sync is deactivated, you can use the Tempo control to set the internal playback speed of the Drum Player. The playback speed of the phrase is specified in BPM.

If Sync is activated, the Tempo parameter is not available.

Defines the speed at which the pattern is running. You can specify a value in fractions of beats. You can also set dotted and triplet note values.

For example, if you change the Tempo Scale setting from 1/16 to 1/8, the speed is cut in half. If you set it to 1/32, the speed is doubled. Other values increase or decrease the speed accordingly.

Allows you to prevent the pattern from stopping or changing when the keys are released.

• If Off is selected, the pattern changes as soon as you release a key. The pattern stops immediately when you release all keys.

• If On is selected, the pattern plays to the end, even if the keys are released. If Loop is activated, the pattern repeats continuously.

• If Gated is selected, the pattern starts to play when the first key is played. It plays silently in the background, even if the keys are released, and resumes playback at the current position when you press any of the keys again. This way, you can gate the playback of the pattern.

Determines at which moment the Drum Player changes the pattern when you switch to another variation.

• If this is set to Immediately, the pattern changes as soon as you switch to another variation.

• If this is set to Next Beat, the pattern changes on the first new beat after you switch to another variation.

• If this is set to Next Measure, the pattern changes at the first new measure after switching to another variation.

Determines whether the Drum Player is restarted when a note is triggered.

• If Off is selected, the player is not restarted if it is already running.

• First Note restarts the player if a note is triggered and no other notes are playing.

• Each Note restarts playback every time a note is triggered.

• Sync to Host aligns the playback with the beats and measures of your host application. Playback is synchronized every time you start the transport.

• Follow Transport follows the transport control of your host application. Playback starts and stops automatically as soon as your host application starts and stops playing.

This option is available for new chords and new notes. If this button is activated, changing a variation restarts the Drum Player, even if no new notes or chords were triggered.

Determines whether the black and white keys trigger or mute the assigned instrument.

• Off triggers the pattern with any key.

• Trigger triggers the note that is defined with the Out Note parameter. Playback uses the sound of the track. Keys that are not assigned to any In Note play back the pattern.

• Mute mutes the track for as long as the corresponding In Note key is held. Release the key to unmute the track again. Keys that are not assigned to any In Note play back the pattern.

Determines the length of the pattern, that is, the number of steps. The maximum number of steps is 64.

Shifts the timing of notes on even-numbered beats. This way, the pattern gets a swing feeling. Negative values let the notes play earlier, positive values let the notes play later.

Allows you to shorten or lengthen the notes of the pattern. At a value of 100 %, the notes play with their original gate length.

Allows you to raise or lower the note-on velocities of the pattern. At a value of 100 %, the notes play with their original velocity.

Allows you to adapt the timing of a pattern to an external MIDI file by dropping this MIDI file on the Groove Quantize drop field. You can quantize the playback of the pattern to the timing of a sliced loop by dragging its MIDI file from the MIDI export drag field to the Groove Quantize drop field.

The Groove Quantize Depth parameter determines how accurately the pattern follows the timing of the MIDI file.

The Low Key and High Key parameters determine the key range that is used to trigger pattern playback.

The Low Vel and High Vel parameters determine the velocity range that is used to trigger pattern playback.