n-Track Frequently Asked Questions

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• How can I start the drums 10-15 seconds after the song starts?
  
  

  You can program the n-Track Drums in three ways:

  • You can use the step-sequencer built into n-Track Drums to program the drum sounds used by each measure of the song. You can open the step sequencer clicking in the "Steps" button in the n-Track Drums property page. You can then assign a blank (i.e. no sound) pattern to the measures corresponding to the first 10-15 seconds of the song and then non-silent patterns to subsequent measures.
  • You can use the n-Track Drums as a plain MIDI synth, create a regular n-Track MIDI track, program the drum notes during the length of the song by editing the MIDI track in the n-Track Piano Roll window, and assign the output of the MIDI track to be sent to the n-Track Drums plugin with the 'Output' drop-down list in the MIDI track properties box that appears double clicking on the MIDI track.
  • You can create one or more drum patterns in the pattern editing view of the n-Track Drums, then create a MIDI track and send MIDI notes on MIDI Channel 16 to switch between the patterns you created above. In this way you don't have to create a full MIDI track, you can simply trigger the patterns that are easily created inside n-Track Drums
  
  You can switch from the 1st to the 2nd method above by dragging the musical note button in the upper right part of the n-Track Drums steps view into n-Track's timeline window. This will make n-Track create a new MIDI track with the exact patterns that were used in the Drums steps sequencer. You can then set the MIDI track to have n-Track Drums as its output and edit the sequence in the main n-Track Piano Roll window.
  
  

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