Windows Media Encoder SDK banner art

To add a variation to a pattern

  1. Open the DemoMIDI pattern in the editing window.
  2. Select all the tracks in the DemoMIDI pattern, as you did in the previous lesson. Select measures 3 and 4 by dragging the cursor along the timeline strip.
  3. On the Edit menu, select Copy to place measures 3 and 4 in the Clipboard.
  4. Reopen PatternA in the editing window.
  5. Expand the display of each part by clicking the maximize button at the left end of the strip. For each part, you now see 32 variation buttons. Button 1 is selected.
  6. In each part, double-click Button 2 so that it is the only one that is selected. Right-click on the button and click Enable on the shortcut menu. Buttons 1 and 2 should both be light gray, indicating that both variations are enabled.
  7. Select the first two measures of PatternA.
  8. On the Edit menu, click Paste and Overwrite.

You can now view the notes in each variation by selecting Button 1 or Button 2. If you select both buttons, you see the notes for both variations.

Note that the other buttons are dark gray. This means those variations are disabled. Each time the pattern plays, disabled variations are ignored. By enabling one or more of these buttons, you can make silence a possible variation for that part in the pattern. For more information, see Part Variations.


© 2000-2001 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.