Programming MIDI – drawing notes and step input
The first technique we are going to explore is drawing notes and inputting steps. Let’s start with some drums!
Create a new empty MIDI track, or use one of the already available ones in Live, and follow these steps:
- Head to the browser, choose Drums, and find a preset that you really like (you will learn how to build your own Drum Racks in Chapter 8, Exploring Device Racks in Live 11!).
- Insert it onto the MIDI track.
You will notice that you can see the Drum Rack in the Device area (see Figure 4.3 and Figure 4.4):
Figure 4.3 – The Drum Rack loaded in Session View
The Drum Rack is loaded in Arrangement View too:
Figure 4.4 – The Drum Rack loaded in Arrangement View
Now that we have a drum kit to work with, we can move on to how to add the MIDI notes to trigger the sounds.
First, we are going to have a look at how it is done...