Hi Ryan, and welome to the forum!

I use the Melody or Soloist track to do just that for songs that have long intros where I want to create the illusion that the band is sitting out and then comes in at the right time.

The trick, after entering the notes where you want them, probably one hit on each beat per bar, is to change the MIDI channel for the Melody or Soloist, whicheve one you use, to MIDI channel 10, which is the Percussion Track. The note choice determines which percussion sound you get. For example, Closed Hihat is Gb3.

I have a file I created quite a few BB versions back that I use to perform Zawinul's "Mercy Mercy Mercy" in which I emulate the original Cannonball Adderley band's recording where just the Rhodes piano does the long intro.

I now use it with RealDrums invoked by making sure I'm in Notation View, Melody Track so that I can see the hihat notes highlight as the songfile runs. I hear Realdrums when the band comes in, using the visual cues of the notation highlighting as a visual clicktrack to play the long opener to and with just a little practice time am able to pull it off quite convinvingly. You might like to give that a try as well, whether using MIDI or RealDrums for your endeavor, as the audience won't hear the hihat. If using MIDI drums, you can set the notes in your click track to a very low Velocity setting such that they are not heard or just barely heard while you use the visual cue note highlighting as your guide.

Hope this helps,


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