CAKEWALK SONAR - Creating Custom Patterns

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To Use a Custom Pattern’s Pitch Values
1. Open a track in the Drum Grid pane.
2. In the Pattern Brush tool’s dropdown menu, select the custom pattern you
want to use. In the Pattern Brush tool’s dropdown menu, select Use Pattern
Polyphony.
3. Click the Pattern Brush tool to select it.
Your cursor should appear like this when in the Drum Grid pane.
4. Click where you want to begin placing notes and drag until you have inserted
all the notes you want.
5. Release the mouse button.
Creating Custom Patterns
You can create custom patterns and use the Pattern Brush tool to quickly paint
them into the Drum Grid pane. Use the following procedure to create a custom
pattern.
To Create a Custom Pattern
1. Create a new file, or open an existing MIDI file or pattern file that you want to
edit.
2. Right-click in the Time Ruler where you want the pattern to start and select
Insert Marker from the menu that appears.
The Marker dialog appears.
3. Enter the name you want to use for the first pattern and click OK.
4. In a MIDI track, enter a pattern of notes.
5. If you want to create a second pattern, repeat steps 2 through 4.
6. Create as many patterns as you want, ending the last pattern with a marker
called “end”.
7. Save the file as a MIDI file (.
MID) in the Pattern Brush Patterns folder in the
directory where you installed SONAR.
Note: You can change the default directory where SONAR looks for patterns
in the Folders tab of the Global Options dialog.
You may need to re-start SONAR to see the new patterns in the dropdown menu
next to the Pattern Brush. The name you gave the file appears with an arrow next
to it. Move your mouse over it to see a subdirectory which contains each of the
patterns you created.