Creating Custom Patterns - CAKEWALK SONAR User Manual

Your cursor should appear like this
5. Click where you want to begin placing notes and drag until you have inserted all the notes you
want.
6. Release the mouse button.
SONAR creates a series of notes, at equal intervals.
To Paint a Custom Pattern of Notes Using the Pattern Brush Tool
1. Open a track in the Drum Grid pane.
2. In the Pattern Brush tool's dropdown menu, select the custom pattern you want to use. If you need
to create a custom pattern, see "Creating Custom Patterns" on page 313.
3. Click the Pattern Brush tool
Your cursor should appear like this when in the Drum Grid pane.
4. Click where you want to begin placing notes and drag until you have inserted all the notes you
want.
5. Release the mouse button.
To Use a Custom Pattern's Note Velocities
1. Open a track in the Drum Grid pane.
2. In the Pattern Brush tool's dropdown menu, select the custom pattern you want to use. In the
Pattern Brush tool's dropdown menu, select Use Pattern Velocities.
3. Click the Pattern Brush tool
Your cursor should appear like this when in the Drum Grid pane.
4. Click where you want to begin placing notes and drag until you have inserted all the notes you
want.
5. Release the mouse button.
To Use a Custom Pattern's Pitch Values
1. Open a track in the Drum Grid pane.
2. In the Pattern Brush tool's dropdown menu, select the custom pattern you want to use. In the
Pattern Brush tool's dropdown menu, select Use Pattern Polyphony.
3. Click the Pattern Brush tool
Your cursor should appear like this when in the Drum Grid pane.
4. Click where you want to begin placing notes and drag until you have inserted all the notes you
want.
5. Release the mouse button.

Creating Custom Patterns

You can create custom patterns and use the Pattern Brush tool to quickly paint them into the Drum
Grid pane. Use the following procedure to create a custom pattern.
To Create a Custom Pattern
1. Create a new file, or open an existing MIDI file or pattern file that you want to edit.
when in the Drum Grid pane.
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