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The MIDI editors
The channel and output settings
You can set separate MIDI channels and/or MIDI outputs
for each sound in a drum map. The following rules apply:
• When a drum map is selected for a track, the MIDI
channel settings in the drum map override the MIDI chan-
nel setting for the track.
In other words, the MIDI channel setting you make in the Track list or In-
spector for the track is normally disregarded. If you want a drum sound to
use the channel of the track, set it to channel “Any” in the drum map.
• If the MIDI output is set to “default” for a sound in a
drum map, the sound will use the MIDI output selected for
the track.
Selecting any other option allows you to direct the sound to a specific
MIDI output.
By making specific MIDI channel and output settings for
all sounds in a drum map, you can direct your drum tracks
directly to another MIDI instrument simply by selecting an-
other drum map – you don’t need to make any channel or
output changes for the actual track.
Ö To select the same MIDI channel for all sounds in a
drum map, click the Channel column, press [Ctrl]/[Com-
mand] and select the desired channel.
All drum sounds will be set to this MIDI channel. The same procedure
can be used for selecting the same MIDI output for all sounds as well.
It can also be useful to select different channels and/or out-
puts for different sounds. This allows you to construct drum
kits with sounds from several different MIDI devices, etc.
Managing drum maps
Selecting a drum map for a track
To select a drum map for a MIDI track, use the Map pop-
up menu in the Inspector or in the Drum Editor:
Selecting “No Drum Map” turns off the drum map func-
tionality in the Drum Editor. Even if you don’t use a drum
map, you can still separate sounds by name using a name
list (see “Using drum name lists” on page 362).
The Drum Map Setup dialog
To set up and manage your drum maps, select Drum Map
Setup from the Map pop-up menus or the MIDI menu. This
opens the following dialog:
The Drum Map setup dialog.
This is where you load, create, modify and save drum
maps. The list to the left shows the currently loaded drum
maps; selecting a drum map in the list displays its sounds
and settings to the right.
Ö The settings for the drum sounds are exactly the same
as in the Drum Editor (see “Drum map settings” on page
359).
As in the Drum Editor, you can click the leftmost column to audition a
drum sound. Note: if you audition a sound in the Drum Map Setup dialog,
and the sound is set to MIDI output “Default”, the output selected on the
Output pop-up menu in the lower left corner will be used. When audi-
tioning a Default output sound in the Drum Editor, the MIDI output se-
lected for the track will be used, as described in section “The channel
and output settings” on page 361.
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Initially, the Map pop-up menu will only contain one
map: “GM Map”. However, you will find a number of
drum maps included on the program DVD – how to
load these is described below.