Apple Logic Pro X - Manual (Page 365)

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Drummer overview
Drummer allows you to add a virtual drummer to your project, using a Drummer track. You can
choose drummers from different genres—Alternative, Rock, Songwriter, and R&B. Each drummer
comes with its own drum kit and a distinct playing style. You can change the drummer’s playing
style in the Drummer Editor.
Note: To edit Drummer regions in the Piano Roll Editor, Event List, or Step Editor, you first need to
convert them to MIDI regions.
The Drummer Editor lets you choose between different presets, tweak the generated pattern
using various settings, or have Drummer regions follow the rhythm of another track in
the project.
You can further influence the sound of the drums by choosing patches in the Library, or by
exchanging drums and editing the settings of individual kit pieces in Drum Kit Designer.
You can only have one Drummer track per project.
Drummer track Drummer regions
Drummer Editor
When you add a Drummer track to your project, a drummer and a default patch associated
with that drummer is loaded. The default patch is based on a stereo mixdown of the full, multi-
miked drum kit mix. These patches are optimized for performance and recommended while
using the Drummer Editor to compose and edit the drum performance. Once you’re happy
with a drummer’s performance and want to fine-tune the actual drum kit mix, you can replace
the stereo mixdown with the original producer patch (Producer Kit), offering full access to all
mix options.
Add a Drummer track
1 Do one of the following:
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Choose Track > New Drummer Track. (If you use this method, you can skip steps 2 and 3.)
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Choose Track > New Tracks (or press Option-Command-N).
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Click the Add Tracks button above the track headers.
Add a drummer to your project
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