Real Basic!

Ok up to now I've been makin my beats by laying everything (kicks, snares, melodys, etc) on top of each other onto a sequence, but I know it would make more sense to assign different parts to different tracks, like track 1 - kicks, track 2 - melody, etc. I just can't work out how to do it!

Anyone help?

Also do you have to assign them to the tracks everytime you want to make a new sequence?

you can switch to a new track while you're recording, so its as easy as moving the jog wheel everytime you move on to the next bit you're laying down. i wouldn't worry to much about it if you want to put hats and kicks and snares on one track (for ease of entry) cause you can always copy the track a few times and delete extra info so you end up with hats alone and snares alone and so on.

if its a technical thing keeping you from doing this (kinda hard to say from your wording), maybe you just need it pointed out that within each sequence is a number of tracks (so you go to the track field and use the jog wheel to get to the next).

its nice to have everything isolated, cause then in track mute mode, you can make on the fly arrangements - like dropping out just the snare for a bit, but you need to have the snare by itself on a track to do that.

i dunno if this was what you're looking for . . . let me know if it isn't

record different pads to different tracks. After recording a kick on a track, data wheel to a different track and do the snare.
Or
You can do them both on track1, copy that to track2, then delete the snare from track1 and delete the kick from track2.

i never understood that step edit thing. i still dont to this day. everytime i open up the step edit window nothing is there. but anyway i didnt know you could switch tracks WHILE recording and continue to record the next instrument without stopping. i guess thats what u meant.

but thats tight. thanks

when you open step edit and there's nothing there. its because there is no note on the track you are in (if you are on track 2 and hit step you will be stepping in track 2) at the point in time you are at (top right - bars-beats-ticks).

when you are in step edit use your transport controls to navigate. you can step forward and back in increments (the < STEP > buttons) that depend on what your quantize is set to. if you have quantize off you need to hit step forward 96 times to get to the next beat. you can also use the controls to step from event to event (hold down GO TO and one of the STEP buttons).

so once you know how to navigate you can enter data at any point using the drum pads (and you can also tweak alot of the event properties - like decay and velocity). also you can cut paste copy and delete events.

Also, if you hit OPEN WINDOW while in step mode you can turn "Auto Step Increment" on. that comes in handy sometimes. what that does is when you enter a note with the drum pad it automatically goes to the next step (remember where that is depends on the quantize setting). really nice for like, a drum and bass track, where there is a note happening at every interval. like:

Kick, Hat, Snare, K, H, S, K, H ..... on the 8th notes. that way if you know the pattern you just need to find the right tempo....

i dunno, step comes in mad handy. i hope this gets you all hype on it....

thanks so much bidi thats good to know. appreciate that

Ill try to make it simple...

In the main screen, you can use the (F_) buttons near the middle to go left or right in the tracks (in your seq). Start at track one, record your metronome, then press the track right button, and record your snare, etc...

Since the 1000 doesn't do track volumes, you dont have to seperate everything. The reason you should, and i do, is because you can go into the "track mute" button's screen and play each track seperatly/together, whatever... Its easier to record into your computer when you can play everything seperate. You can really customize your beat when you have everything seperate.

Thanks for all the help people...appreciate it