Custom midi map drumpad to Drumgizmo

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#1

I’d like to to map the pads on my Akai MPD218 drum pad to different sounds in Drumgizmo. The Ardour manual has this article about midi maps but I think its only for controls and not midi notes (correct me if I am wrong).

Then I found a couple midi mapping plugins (MIDI Note Mapper and MIDI CC Map) either of which look like exactly what I need but they don’t seem to be working. Here’s a picture of the way I’ve got the plugins set up. Does anyone know to get this working? Any advice is appreciated!

#2

I have no experience in what you’re trying to do but maybe the other way round possible? DrumGizmo has a midimap.xml which loads. You can copy and edit that file adepted to your Akai?

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#3

@coenplanetc 's answer is spot on. Drumgizmo kits come with multiple midimap files. Pick the one you want, make a copy, and change it up.

For example, here is the “tiny” midimap for the Crocell kit:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<midimap>
        <map note="52" instr="ChinaR"/>
        <map note="49" instr="CrashL"/>
        <map note="57" instr="CrashR"/>
        <map note="42" instr="HihatClosed"/>
        <map note="46" instr="HihatOpen"/>
        <map note="36" instr="KDrumR"/>
        <map note="51" instr="RideR"/>
        <map note="53" instr="RideRBell"/>
        <map note="38" instr="Snare"/>
        <map note="48" instr="Tom1"/>
        <map note="47" instr="Tom2"/>
        <map note="41" instr="FTom2"/>
</midimap>
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#4

You might just remap the pads on the MPD218. There’s an editor for that. Idk, however, if it will work with WINE. Sure Drumgizmo doesn’t have MIDI-learn? It seems relatively mature.

#5

This worked for me. Thanks!

#6

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