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MIDI Editors
Drum Editor Operations
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• To make a drum sound use the channel of the track, set the channel in the
drum map to Any.
• To make the sound use the MIDI output that is selected for the track, set the
MIDI output for a sound in a drum map to default.
• To send the sound to a specific MIDI output, select any other option.
• To select the same MIDI channel or MIDI device for all sounds in a drum map,
click in the Channel column, press [Ctrl]/[Command], and select a channel or
output.
• If you make specific MIDI channel and output settings for all sounds in a drum
map, you can switch between drum maps to send your drum tracks to another
MIDI instrument.
Selecting a Drum Map for a Track
• To select a drum map for a MIDI track, open the Map pop-up menu in the
Inspector or in the Drum Editor and select a drum map.
• To deactivate the drum map functionality in the Drum Editor, open the Map
pop-up menu in the Inspector or in the Drum Editor and select No Drum
Map.
Even if you do not use a drum map, you can still separate sounds by name
using a name list.
NOTE
Initially, the Map pop-up menu only contains GM Map.
About I-Notes, O-Notes and Pitches
Going through the following theory helps you make the most out of the drum map
concept – especially if you want to create your own drum maps.
A drum map is a kind of filter that transforms notes according to the settings in the
map. It does this transformation twice; once when it receives an incoming note that
is when you play a note on your MIDI controller, and once when a note is sent from
the program to the MIDI sound device.
The following example shows a modified drum map with a bass drum sound that has
different pitch, I-note, and O-note values.