Custom midi map in Ardour, Drumgizmo?

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Custom midi map in Ardour, Drumgizmo?

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I've got Drumgizmo set up in Ardour and just wondering how to map the midi pads on my MPD218 controller to different drum sounds. It seems like it has something to do with editing either a midi map file in the ardour config or editing a midi map file for drumgizmo but I'm not exactly sure. Does anyone know how to do this?

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can you not change the notes the pads play on the controller?

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Sorry for not answering your question, but maybe this could be a possible tool for you:
http://x42-plugins.com/x42/x42-midifilter
You could translate the midinotes/-events instantly while playing from you controller to the matching notes/events in drumgizmo without changing the map.

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Re: Custom midi map in Ardour, Drumgizmo?

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Largos wrote: Fri Jan 05, 2024 4:04 pm

can you not change the notes the pads play on the controller?

Maybe with the Akai software but it doesn't run on linux.

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erlkönig wrote: Fri Jan 05, 2024 4:05 pm

Sorry for not answering your question, but maybe this could be a possible tool for you:
http://x42-plugins.com/x42/x42-midifilter
You could translate the midinotes/-events instantly while playing from you controller to the matching notes/events in drumgizmo without changing the map.

I'm trying the MapCC LV2 from that right now but can't seem to get it to work. Another plugin that looks like it does that is the Midi Note Mapper by Alby Musaelian which I think is included with Ardour. However I haven't been able to get them to work. Here's the settings I have on the plugins: https://imgur.com/a/KCxZnjv

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Re: Custom midi map in Ardour, Drumgizmo?

Post by erlkönig »

I had a look at Drumgizmo and i think, changing the Midi assigment via its map
https://www.drumgizmo.org/wiki/doku.php ... xml_format
was the simplest. IIRC, there is a midi monitor plugin, that comes with ardour, which shows you, which pad of your akai sends which note.

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erlkönig wrote: Fri Jan 05, 2024 4:05 pm

Sorry for not answeringsurvivor io your question, but maybe this could be a possible tool for you:
http://x42-plugins.com/x42/x42-midifilter
You could translate the midinotes/-events instantly while playing from you controller to the matching notes/events in drumgizmo without changing the map.

I thought I had to write a thank you note right away because the tool you introduced really worked for me.
I was able to translate event nodes instantly without changing the map. Too convenient. I'm so lucky that I read your comments :D

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Re: Custom midi map in Ardour, Drumgizmo?

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erlkönig wrote: Fri Jan 05, 2024 4:05 pm

Sorry for not answering your question, but maybe this could be a possible tool for you:
http://x42-plugins.com/x42/x42-midifilter heardle 80s
You could translate the midinotes/-events instantly while playing from you controller to the matching notes/events in drumgizmo without changing the map.

I appreciate your willingness to help! That's what I am looking for.

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Re: Custom midi map in Ardour, Drumgizmo?

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Does this apply to midi drum files taken from SSD 5.5? I would rather process my own drums than use the ones that are genetically processed through all of these plugins that's why I really love Drumgizmo.

I can't get the SSD 5.5 working properly on Linux so I would grab the files off of a Windows laptop and then put it in ardour on Linux then try to get Drumgizmo to play it.

Well of course the mapping is all over the place because these commercial companies only create maps for other commercial plugins.

X42 makes any of these 25 plus plugins that would align everything? If yes, could somebody save me the time so I don't have to try all 25 plus? Thank you in advance!

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