Creating a gm drum hyper set – Apple Logic Pro 8 User Manual
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Chapter 17
Editing MIDI in the Hyper Editor
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Creating a GM Drum Hyper Set
General MIDI has an established keyboard assignment pattern (a MIDI note map) for
drum and percussion sounds. This mapping standard is often followed in non GM, GS,
or XG compliant sound modules, samplers, and synthesizers. In some cases, however,
you will need to make a few changes.
As the Hyper Editor is ideally suited for drum track creation and editing, you may wish
to create a hyper set that is specifically tailored for your drum sets, including the
correct drum names and hi hat modes.
To create a hyper set for a GM drum kit:
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Choose Hyper > Create GM Drum Set (or use the Hyper Set menu, or respective key
command).
You can change the names, positioning, and hi-hat modes of each event definition
(drum or percussion lane) in the hyper set. See “
page 432, for information on renaming each drum sound in your kit, if it doesn’t match
the GM mapping standard.
Using Hi Hat Mode
In hi hat mode, event definitions can be grouped together. Only one event from each
group can be played at any Bar ruler position. This function is typically used to prevent
different hi hat notes (open, closed, pedal) from being inserted at the same time
position. This mirrors the real world behavior of hi-hats, which can’t be simultaneously
opened and closed.
To define a hi hat group:
1
Click the dot shown to the left of the desired name column (kick 1, for example).
2
Click the dot shown to the left of other (adjacent) name columns (kick 2, for example).
A dotted line links the two instrument lanes in the the left-hand edge of the column.
3
Click the dots of each lane to switch off hi hat mode.
All lanes in a hi hat group must be vertically adjacent to each other. If you want to
group several events in non-adjacent lanes, simply move them by dragging the names
up/down the Hyper Editor window.
If you add an event to any lane in a hi hat group, all existing events at this time position
are deleted.