Instruments
Drum Sampler
Drum computer.
In this guide
Add it to a track
Select a MIDI track and choose this instrument from Library → Instrument Tools. Instruments turn notes into sound; an empty MIDI region needs notes before it will play.
Controls
This device organizes other devices or content. Add compatible items inside its slots or chain, then use each child device's own controls.
Work with this device
Start with a short passage that represents your material. Change one control at a time. Compare at a similar listening level, using the device's power control to bypass it. Save a version of the project before making a large change.
Current behavior
Drop samples onto pads. The octave selector changes which assigned MIDI notes are visible. Select a pad to expose its own sample editor and chains. Its controls include Pitch (−1,200 to +1,200 cents), Start/End (0–100% of the source), Attack/Release (1 ms–5 s), Volume, Pan, Reverse, Decay (1 ms–10 s), Sustain, Filter, Cutoff (20–20,000 Hz) and Resonance.
Gate Off plays a one-shot, On follows the held MIDI note and Loop repeats while held. Mono retrigger stops the prior pad voice; Poly allows overlap. Choke ranges from 0–16; matching nonzero groups stop each other. Vel low and Vel high range from 0–127. Filter selects Off, LP, HP or BP. A completed pad edit can be undone.
Drag a loaded pad onto an audio track to place only its selected Start–End slice. Preserve the original sample. A populated pad or waveform is not proof that a device or recording setup has been qualified.
Dawnamite user guide for macOS. For changes between versions, see update history.