Drum

Drum gives one instrument twelve percussion sounds, numbered D01–D12. Choose a drum number in Phrase to play that sound. No WAV file is needed.

Each row shapes one drum. The highlighted cell is the parameter you are editing.

Try a beat

1. Open an instrument and select Type. Use Left / Right to choose DRUM.
2. Return to Phrase with Shift + Left and assign that instrument to your drum notes.
3. Enter D01 on row 00, D07 on 04, D03 on 08, and D07 on 0C.
4. Press Play to hear the pattern. Use separate tracks if two drum sounds need to overlap.

On a Drum NOTE cell, hold Enter and use Left / Right to choose the previous or next drum. Up / Down moves by ten drum numbers. The selection wraps between D01 and D12; the project scale does not skip drums. Change a drum's pitch with TUN, not an octave number.

Shape a drum

The blue Voices divider shares the PIT / TUN / DEC / WAVE column-header row. The Kit section below the twelve voices contains Character.

Use Up / Down to move between drum rows. Use Left / Right to select a parameter column. Moving to another drum row keeps the same column selected.

Column	What it changes
PIT	How quickly the pitch envelope decays
TUN	The drum's base tuning; higher values raise the pitch
DEC	The volume envelope's decay
WAVE	The pulse, triangle, or noise source

For PIT, TUN, and DEC, hold Enter and press Left / Right for a small change, or Up / Down for a large change. These values use hexadecimal 0–F. The bottom bar shows ±1 / ±10 in the same notation; a large change reaches the end of this one-digit range. Only the selected parameter changes.

Choose a waveform

Select WAVE to see a description of the current waveform in the bottom bar. Hold Enter to show the scrolling selector, then use Left / Right to cycle through the waveforms. Up / Down also selects the next or previous waveform. Release Enter to return to the description. The selector wraps at both ends.

Display	Waveform
P12.5	12.5% pulse
P25	25% pulse
P50	50% pulse
TRI	Triangle
GB	Game Boy-style noise
NES	NES-style noise
SN	SN76489-style noise
WHITE	White noise

Add variation with Character

CHARACTER (00–FF, initially 00) adds random variation to trigger timing, pitch, and level across the whole kit. Leave it at 00 for consistent hits; raise it to explore less predictable rhythms. It does not name or select a drum.

Starting kit

These descriptions identify the starting sounds, not fixed names. Editing a row can turn it into a different sound.

Drum	Starting sound
D01	Bass drum
D02	Rim shot
D03	Snare 1
D04	Clap
D05	Snare 2
D06	Low tom
D07	Closed hi-hat
D08	Mid tom
D09	Pedal hi-hat
D10	High tom
D11	Open hi-hat
D12	Crash

Playback tips

A new hit replaces the previous drum voice on the same track. Spread hits over multiple tracks for overlapping cymbals, kicks, and snares. Note Off stops the drum rather than starting a release tail.

The live-note bar also shows D01–D12 for Drum tracks. Song's main grid still shows Chain numbers. Existing projects keep their drum sounds: older C notes display as D01, C# as D02, and so on, regardless of their octave.

Drum handles VOL for level and the low digit of CSH for bit crushing, as well as KIL for a timed stop. The drive part of CSH is not used. Not every Sample instrument effect applies to Drum.

See Choose an instrument for naming, importing, and exporting sounds.

Credits

The Drum instrument is adapted from copingTracker by n1LS. Thanks to n1LS for the original instrument.