Drum Set Sidestick

I selected a drum set in Setup. I figured out which lines are snare, kick, hi-hat, etc.; but I cannot find the sidestick. Which line is it on in the perc staff? Thank you.

Hi @konradh,

  • editing the Percussion Kit you can edit the different Playing techniques for a specific instrument:

  • In Note Input (caret activated), the up/down arrow lets you switch the instruments, while Option(Alt)+up and down arrow cycles (inside the current instrument) between all available Playing techniques of that instrument, to input the note with the desired PT:
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  • Alternatively you can visualise/edit the notes assigned to different playing techniques, in the key editor (for each PT there is a different lane):


    If you want to change the PT for an existing note, you do this outside Note Input (no caret), with Shift+Option(Alt)+up or down arrow. Or you can drag the note to another PT lane in the key editor:
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Very interesting–thanks for all the effort!

In DAWs, each is normally a different note value, but Playing Technique makes more sense musically. :slight_smile: