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:

1. 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!).
2. 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...