Drumline × Drumline Highway Studio
A connected workflow that turns hits from your USB MIDI kit into a live note highway, then hands editable percussion notation to Highway Studio.
The signal path
The complete handoff · 00:48
The performance and the notation review are not separate demos. This compilation follows one groove from the physical kit into Highway Studio.
00:00–00:23 — A drummer performs on an electronic kit while the Drumline highway fills with mapped notes in real time.
00:23–00:36 — The exported groove opens in Drumline Highway Studio and plays in its highway view.
00:36–00:48 — The same groove switches into sheet view for notation review, then returns to the highway.
Two views of the same groove
The phone footage proves the physical performance. The screen capture proves the handoff. Together they show where each part of the workflow happens.
Chapter 01 / Live capture
Drumline listens to mapped MIDI events from the connected e-kit. After the count-in, recognized hits appear as timed notes on the highway while you play.
Chapter 02 / Studio handoff
Export the take as compressed MusicXML, open it in Drumline Highway Studio, then compare its playable highway with the generated sheet view.
Portable music data—not rendered video. The handoff carries mapped percussion notes, timing, tempo, meter, and notation cues into an editable score workflow.
Start-to-finish guide
Six deliberate steps take you from a connected kit to an editable score. Use the clip links to jump back to the proof in the footage.
Open Drumline in Chrome or Edge, connect your e-kit over USB, and confirm the MIDI status. If a pad lands on the wrong lane, use Map pads….
Open Record your own. Choose tempo and time signature. Optionally select a backing track, its level, and the Beat 1 at offset.
Press ● Record. After one measure of count-in, mapped MIDI hits appear on the highway. Press ■ Stop recording when the take is complete.
Name and preview the take. Keep it as played, or quantize to 1/8, 1/8T, 1/16, 1/16T, or 1/32 before saving or exporting.
Choose Export .mxl for the Highway Studio route. Use Export .mid for a DAW, or Save groove to keep practicing inside Drumline.
Open the `.mxl`, play the imported layer, compare highway and sheet views, and refine the generated notation wherever the musical intent needs a human decision.
What crosses the handoff
Drumline’s compressed MusicXML export is shaped for the next step, while leaving engraving decisions visible and editable.
Beyond the handoff
The same app that captures a take also gives you a place to hear it, drill it, and improve it.
Your kit is already the interface
Capture the performance in Drumline. Shape the score in Drumline Highway Studio.