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Patterning Pro Tips : Project Drum Kits

October 14, 2025 10:18 AM

Project Drum Kits are a powerful feature for vastly expanding your sound palette in Patterning 3. 

Learn how to use Project Drum Kits in Patterning 3 to unlock sonic possibilities in your beats.

This feature lets you assign different drum kits to different patterns within the same project, giving you access to unlimited sounds and instrument settings.

In this tutorial, I'll show you:

  • What Project Drum Kits are and how they work
  • How to create and assign project drum kits,
  • The new Auto-Create feature for automatic drum kit generation
  • Practical examples of using different samples and settings per pattern

Whether you want to change just one parameter or load completely different drum kits for each pattern, this feature makes it easy to expand your sonic palette within a single Patterning project.

Timestamps
0:00 - Introduction to Project Drum Kits
0:33 - What is a Drum Kit in Patterning
1:02 - Accessing the Project Drum Kits Tab
1:16 - Duplicating Patterns and Shared Drum Kits
1:40 - Demonstration: Changing Settings on Shared Kits
2:03 - Creating a New Drum Kit for a Pattern
2:20 - Using Different Settings Per Pattern
2:50 - Loading Completely Different Drum Kits
3:26 - Switching Between Drum Kits Within Patterns
3:54 - NEW FEATURE: Auto Create for Project Drum Kits
4:37 - Demonstration: Auto Create in Action
5:10 - Workflow Benefits of Auto-Create
5:28 - T-shirt Announcement & Credits

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