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● Name
Allows you to specify the display Name for the percussion map that appears in the
Endpoint Setup dialog.
● ID
Allows you to set the unique ID of the percussion map. You can enter any content in
the ID eld.
It can be useful to include the instrument and sound library for which you created
the map, as well as your name, for example, xmap.user.paulsmith.hso.cowbell.
NOTE
The Endpoint Setup dialog is where you set which percussion map Dorico Elements uses
for each channel on your VST instrument or MIDI output device.
You can choose one of the options for Map denes sounds for, as appropriate for the
current percussion map:
● Multiple Instruments
Choose this if the patch for which you are creating a map contains many different
percussion instruments, such as the General MIDI drum map.
● Singe Instruments
Choose this if the patch for which you are creating a map contains only a single
percussion instrument, perhaps with multiple playing techniques for that
instrument. For example, a snare drumline patch in Virtual Drumline or another
specialist sample library.
This can also be useful when your VST instrument has several patches that have the
same technique mappings. For example, there are both large and small cymbal
patches in HALion Symphonic Orchestra which provide natural strike and roll
sounds. Creating a single individual instrument percussion map allows you to use
the same mapping for these sounds for multiple patches.
3 Drum Kit Note Map section
Lists all MIDI notes from 0 to 127. You can specify which combination of unpitched
instrument and playing technique is produced by each note.
4 Edit Drum Kit Note section
Allows you to specify data in the following elds for the MIDI note selected in the Drum Kit
Note Map section:
● Name
The display name for the specic combination of instrument and technique. You
may choose to input whatever name is used in the manufacturer’s documentation
for your VST instrument or MIDI output device.
● Instrument
Select an instrument for the MIDI note selected in the Drum Kit Note Map section
from a list of all the unpitched percussion instruments you can create in Dorico
Elements.
● Techniques
Select a playing technique to apply to the instrument selected in the Instrument
eld from a list of all the playing techniques you can create in Dorico Elements.
● Keyswitches
Specify the MIDI note number of the key you want to use as a key switch if this
sound requires another MIDI note to be played to trigger this specic combination
of instrument and playing techniques.
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Percussion maps
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