To create a new sample, press the Add New Sample button.

To record a new sound from the microphone into the current sample, press the Record button.

To load an existing .WAV file into the current sample, press the Import button.

To copy a recorded sound from the clipboard into the current sample, press the Paste button.

To copy a recorded sound from the current sample to the clipboard, press the Copy button.

To hear the current sample, press the Play button.

To filter, reverse, trim, adjust the volume or pitch of the current sample, press the Edit button.

To delete the current sample, press the Delete button.

To assign the current sample to a different row on the rhythm grid, click the Rhythm Row list box.

To adjust the volume of this sample, relative to other samples, click the Volume list box.

After creating your samples, you can insert them into the rhythm track the same as any other drum sound.

There are several things you can do to increase the volume of a sample. Experiment with one or more of the following until you get the sound you want.

In the window brought up by Edit Samples..., set Volume all the way to the right.

In that same window, press the Edit... button to edit the waveform. Then, press the Louder button until it warns you that doing so would introduce distortion.

On the Composer page for the Rhythm track, set the volume control all the way to the right.

On the record page, set the volume for the rhythm track all the way to the right.

On the Mixer page, set the volume for Audio all the way to the right.