How do I create my own drum loop in Cubase 7 essentials

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I am a retired session musician and have started to use Cubase for making demos. Although I find the facilities in Cubase unbelievable I also find it ridiculously over complicated and that is also speaking as a retired Microsoft Engineer.

All I want to do is create a very simple drum loop and stick it on a track which took me 10 minutes to learn on a drum machine. I wasted an entire day yesterday looking at instructions and videos which seem to be geared towards people who already have a knowledge of Cubase

I add track > vst instrument and choose groove agent which appears. Brilliant. Fantastic sounds but now what? How do I go from there to creating a loop?

There is not a word in the documentation and after a day of searching through hundreds of videos I can't find a single video that deals with just this.
 
Hello,

I think I can help.
After adding the VST Instrument track with Groove Agent > Load a drum set that you like.
Once you find one, make sure to enable the monitor on the Instrument track so you can playback the sounds. (The monitor button is the one that looks like a speaker.)

On the track go to MIDI Inserts > and select Beat Designer.
Select the instruments that you want E.g. Drum Base, snare, HH, etc..
The number of steps and the step resolution.

To hear your beat press play > Once you are done and you like it drag the key where your pattern is on the keyboard onto the project page and drop it on the first bar.

There you have your first beat! To loop around it, simply select that part and then press the letter "P" on your keyboard to set the locators and enable the cycle on the transport bar.

Best regards,
GN
 
I loaded GA and played the sounds but can't find anywhere I can insert beat designer. I am using Elements 7
 
Hello,

delboy007 said:
I loaded GA and played the sounds but can't find anywhere I can insert beat designer. I am using Elements 7
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I see, Beat designer is a MIDI plug-in, Cubase Elements 7 does not include MIDI plug-ins only Cubase 7.5 (The full) version.
In your case you will have to create an empty MIDI part using the pencil tool.
Open the drum editor and draw the hits manually.

Best regards,
GN
 
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