To copy a pattern:

1 Click the Copy button above the Matrix dis-

play. Event switch 1 lights up red, and Event
switches 2–16 blink, indicating that they are
available to receive a copy of the selected pat-
tern.
2 Click Event switch 2. The Event Bar returns to
its normal state, and pattern 1 will be copied to
pattern 2.
3 If you decide before doing so that you don’t
want to copy the pattern after all, just press any
other button or move any other control besides
the Event switches, and the Copy action will be
cancelled.
Controlling Boom with MIDI
Boom becomes much more powerful when con-
trolled using MIDI. Boom responds to two main
ranges of MIDI notes:
C1–D#2 •Plays each of the instruments in the
current drum kit. Used primarily when using
Pro Tools MIDI or instrument tracks to con-
trol Boom, rather than Boom’s built-in pat-
tern sequencer. These mappings closely match
the General MIDI standard, for ease of use
with pre-existing MIDI sequences.
MIDI Note Instrument Played

4 Press Event switch 2, then set the Edit Mode C1 Kick

switch back to Pattern Edit mode. You’ll see that
C#1 Rim
you now have an identical copy of pattern 1 to
work with. Make a simple edit to the pattern, by D1 Snare
adding a rhythmic fill.
D#1 Clap
To create a simple fill:
E1 Snare
1 Select Snare Drum, and toggle Event switches
13–16 to on. This will give you a simple 4-note F1 Lo Tom
snare roll at the end of the pattern.
F#1 Clsd Hat
2 Try switching between patterns 1 and 2 to
hear the new pattern and the fill you’ve added. G1 Lo Tom

G#1 Clsd Hat

A1 Hi Tom

Event switches 13–16, toggled on to create a roll A#1 Open Hat

B1 Hi Tom

C2 Hi Tom

C#2 Crash

D2 Hi Tom

D#2 Ride

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