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Step-By-Step

Follow along step by step to complete the exercise at your own pace.

  1. Choose a starting clip from the two options: Hip Hop or Dance Music

  2. Launch the corresponding scene on the Main track.

  3. After selecting, click and drag your clip into Arrangement View to start building your track.

  4. Click the Back to Arrangement button.

  5. Loop your clip by pressing Cmd+L (Mac) / Ctrl+L (Windows).

  6. Double-click on the MIDI clip to open the piano roll.

  7. Turn on MIDI Note Monitoring by clicking the headphone icon above the piano roll.

  8. Switch to the pencil tool, and start adding notes.

  9. Experiment with different grid sizes by pressing Cmd+1 to make the grid smaller and Cmd+2 to make it bigger.

  10. Create variations and build an arrangement that is at least 8 bars long.

  11. Save your work! Cmd+S (Mac) / Ctrl+S (Windows)