In the StyleMaker, what is the difference between a drum grid pattern and a live drum pattern?
There are two types of drum patterns – (1) patterns that you input into the drum grid editor, and (2) “live” drum patterns that are imported from MIDI files, usually after having been recorded using an external synth/drum machine. Many of the newer Band-in-a-Box styles use live drum patterns, which are identified in the main StyleMaker window with a red outline around the pattern. To edit an existing live drum pattern, select the pattern and click on the Notation button to open the StyleMaker Pattern Editor. You will notice that each different MIDI note is for a different drum sound. Live drum patterns cannot be edited using the drum grid editor. To record a new live drum pattern, you must first record the drums outside the StyleMaker. You can use either Band-in-a-Box or a MIDI sequencer such as PowerTracks Pro Audio. Save the recording as a MIDI file, then use the Pattern | Import Pattern from MIDI file command to import it into the StyleMaker. Note that by default all drum patterns a
