Add Sounds

Essentials

What you'll learn

Add Instruments

Click New Track at the top left of the Timeline. In the Add a Track menu, select Instrument.
Browse sounds in the library. The header reads Instruments.
- Use Up/Down to move through the list. The timeline track title follows the selected row.
- Click a category: Keys, Bass, Lead, Pad, Plucks, Strings, Guitar, Wind, FX, Mallets, or Misc.
- Type in Find… to narrow the same list by name.
- Filter with the pills dark, bright, warm, clean, distorted, soft, hard, airy, and aggressive.
- Click more... to open Presets and search the community library.
Play the on-screen piano to preview the sound. The piano stays open while the library is focused, so Enter still confirms.
- Use Z and X to change octave. The control is labeled Octave.
- Hold Shift to toggle Sustain.
Confirm with Enter, Double‑click the row, or close the Library panel. The track stays.
Cancel with Esc. Cancel removes the device.

Click New Track at the top left of the Timeline. In the Add a Track menu, select Drums.
Browse sounds and categories in the Drums library.
- Use Up/Down keys to navigate.
Play the on-screen piano to preview the sound.
- Use Z/X to change octave down/up quickly.
Confirm your selection with Enter/Return or Double‑click or just by closing the Library panel.
Or Cancel with Esc.

Once you’ve added an instrument or drum machine, you can create and edit MIDI notes to play them.

In the timeline, Double‑click the track and timing where you want to add a new region.
Double‑click the MIDI region to open the MIDI Editor.
In the MIDI Editor:
- Double‑click to add and remove notes
- Drag edges to change note length
- Use Arrow keys to move selected notes around
- Use Shift + Up/Down keys to transpose by one octave
Use Humanize to add small timing and velocity changes. See MIDI Editor.
To loop a region Drag its top-right corner.
To duplicate Alt/Option + Drag a region, or use copy/paste Ctrl/Cmd + C/V.

Add samples from the library to your project.

Click New Track at the top left of the Timeline. In the Add a Track menu, select Samples.
Browse and preview samples in the Samples library.
- Use Up/Down keys to navigate.
- Samples auto-preview on selection.
Search and filter (optional):
- Search by name, description, and tags.
- Filter by often used tags.
- Filter by type: All, Loops, One-Shots.
- Filter by BPM while “Loops” is selected.
Add by Dragging a sample into the timeline.
- Drop the sample between tracks to create a new audio track.
- Drop the sample onto an existing track to add it to the track.

Position samples on the timeline by Dragging them to the desired location.
Create patterns by repeating samples:
- Alt/Option + Drag to duplicate a region.
- Use copy/paste Ctrl/Cmd + C/V.
Loop samples by Dragging the top-right corner of a region.
- This will create a loop of the sample.
- You can adjust the loop points by Dragging the edges of the region.
Delete samples by selecting a region and pressing Delete, or Right‑click the region and select Delete.

Trim sample regions by Dragging the edges of the region.
Cut/split samples at specific points:
- Hold C and Click the region to split it at the cursor position.
- Click the Cut tool and then Click the region to split it at the cursor position.

Check Editing → Audio for advanced editing features like fades, pitch adjustment, warp markers, and gain control.

Upload your own audio samples to use in your projects.

Open your local folder and locate the audio files you want to upload.
Drag the audio files from your local folder into the timeline. - Drop the sample between tracks to create a new audio track automatically. - Drop the sample onto an existing audio track to add it to that track.
The uploaded sample will appear in the timeline and is ready to use.
- You can arrange, edit, and loop the sample just like other samples in your project.

Hint

Added samples are uploaded to your sample library. Open them from the Library panel.