The drum system
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## The drum system

### The default drum system

If you choose neutral clef 1 or neutral clef 2 from clef dialog:

the pitches are mapped according to the General MIDI system. This conficts with usual drum notation. To avoid this NtEd offers a drum system which orientates towards the convertional drum notation.

To activate the drum system choose the 3rd drum clef (The 3 isn't printed). In current version you should use only the following 20 drum elements:

These notes are mapped to MIDI such a way that the appropriate drum element sounds during replay. Furthermore, these notes are exported to LilyPond.

Note further: To get the drum sound you have to select a certain channel (often channel 10). See The MIDI Tab!

### Configuration of the drum system

The default drum system comprises the most usual drum elements. Users, who want to use more drum elements can re-configure the drum system:

File → Drums ...

The drum configuration dialog appears:

The central table lists all drum elements: the name, the short name (equal to the LilyPond name), the line, the head of the note, and the appropriate MIDI pitch. If you select a drum element, the note head buttons and the little preview window reflect the current state of the drum note. You can change the line by clicking the up/down arrows or by cursor up/down keys on PC keyboard. The note head is changed by clicking the approprioate note head button. If you click on `change element`, the new note head and the new line is changed permanently.

To reload the default values, press the `load defaults` button. You can save and reload a configuration in a file, by pressing the `save to file` and `load from file` button.

The `play element` buttons plays the appropriate drum element (if your MIDI out device is correctly configured).

### Note

If you place 2 drum elements at the same line with the same note head NtEd uses the first appearence of this configuration.

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