Place a note by clicking on a spot in the row corresponding to the drum you want. This will open a blank window that looks like the one in the picture below.ģ) Select the pencil tool in the top left corner (highlighted in yellow on the picture) and draw in the drums where you want them to be played!Ĥ) You can see the names of the drum sounds on the left-hand side of the window. When you add more instruments, it is good practice to have them all in different patterns, because this way you have more control.Ģ) Right click on the FPC channel and select Piano Roll. Cool, huh?ġ) Choose the pattern in which you will place your drums – pattern 1 is fine. MIDI lets you type out a sequence of notes, and then plays them back for you exactly as written. Steps 3, 4, and 5 can realistically be done in any order – it depends on what you want to do with your sample! In this case, I chose to add a basic drum beat first, and then fit my sample around the drum loop.įPC uses MIDI, which stands for Musical Instrument Data Interface.
