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              More than 20 >dynamite< drum-patterns for Music-x!     
                                                                     
                       On this disk - and ready for use              
                                                                     

In  the "MIDIFiles" directory on this issue of AM/FM you will find two Music-X
performance  files, which each consist more than 20 killer drum-patterns.  The
two  files,  submitted  to  AM/FM  by  Kevan  and  Gareth  Craft,  are  called
"RX21Drums.MX.pp"  and "GenericDrums.MX.pp".  These files are both packed with
PowerPacker  and need to be decrunched before they can be loaded into Music-X.
To decrunch them, use the program "Decrunch" stored in the C-directory on this
disk.

Here's what Kevan and Gareth had to say about the drum patterns:


There  are  two  Music-X  files presented here as 2 separate 'Drum.perfs', the
first  file,  'RX21DRUMS.MX'  contains  various drum patterns gleamed from the
Yamaha  RX21 owners manual but there also exists some patterns that Gareth and
myself,  Kevan,  which  we  have  written  from  various sources such as music
magazines, drum books etc...

The  second  ,  'GenericDrums.MX'  is  a  variation  of the first file but the
relevant  note data which makes-up the drum patterns has been modified to suit
the electronic tones/voices for a MIDI Keyboard or Multi-timbral module etc.

The  different  drum  patterns,  which are fairly good for keeping as data for
either  a  Music-X file or as a MIDI file, are, we have found, a a good way of
obtaining a drum pattern instead of creating a new pattern from scratch!

A  good  tip  for  Music-X users is to load one or the other Drum Pattern data
file  and  once  listened  to by clicking on and off etc, then access the step
editor page as if you were going to edit the sequence but save the sequence to
disk  instead.   Complete  the process for the collection of drum patterns and
this  will  enable  the  user  to  load  the separate drum sequences back into
Music-X for use when composing.

Second  tip - do exactly the same for bass seqences then all you have to do is
change  the  'musical'  key.   What  this  enables  you  to do therefore is to
build-up  a  collection of different sequences for differnt kinds of composing
from Music-X .

Gareth  and  I have plans in the future to build up a library of drum patterns
together  with  other  libraries containing bass lines and musical riffs which
will be of some use to other sequencer musicians.

Hope  you  find  these drum patterns of some use for Music-X or alternatively,
they may be converted to MIDI files for use wherever.

[Ed: I'm sure a lot of readers will find them useful - I myself certainly did
- thanks, Kevan and Gareth.]

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