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● 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.
● Version: Allows you to indicate the percussion map version so you can identify the most
recent one.
● Map denes sounds for: Allows you to choose one of the following options, 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.
● Single Instruments: Choose this if the patch for which you are creating a map
contains only a single percussion instrument, perhaps with multiple playback
techniques for that instrument. For example, a snare drumline patch in Virtual
Drumline or another specialist sound library.
This can also be useful when your VST instrument has several patches that have the
same playback 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.
NOTE
● ID and Version are locked by the Lock Info button. You must click this button in order to
change the information in the elds.
● 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.
5 Drum Kit Note Map section
Contains subsections that allow you to view, edit, and control the drum kit notes in the
selected percussion map.
6 Drum Kit Note Map table
By default, the table shows the drum kit notes in use by the selected percussion map
in numerical order. The table also contains the following columns, which display the
corresponding available data about the selected drum kit note:
● MIDI Note: Shows the MIDI note number, such as “48”.
● Note Name: Shows the pitch and octave of the note, such as “C3”.
● Name: Shows the name of the technique, such as Snare “(long roll)”.
● Instrument: Shows the unpitched percussion instrument, such as “Snare Drum”.
● Key Switch: Shows the number of the key switch that triggers the note, such as “24”.
● Playing Techniques: Shows the playback techniques triggered by the note, such as
“Roll”.
At the bottom of the table there are the following options:
● Show all: Shows all MIDI notes from 0 to 127.
● Show MIDI Notes in Use: Only shows the MIDI notes in use by the selected percussion
map.
● Add Key Switch Alternative: Duplicates the selected drum kit note.
● Clear: Deletes the selected drum kit note.
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