The Drum Map Setup dialog allows you to load, create, modify, and save drum maps. Drum maps are lists of drum sounds with settings for each sound.
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To open the Drum Map Setup dialog, select Drum Map Setup from the Map pop-up menu or from the MIDI menu.
The list on the left shows the loaded drum maps.
The settings for the drum sounds are the same as in the Drum Editor. For a detailed description of drum maps, refer to the Operation Manual.
- New Map
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Adds a new drum map to the project. The drum sounds are named “Sound 1”, “Sound 2”, etc. The map is named “Empty Map”.
To rename the drum map, click the name in the list, and type in a new name.
- New Copy
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Adds a copy of the selected drum map to create a new drum map. You can then change the drum sound settings of the copy and rename the drum map in the list.
- Remove
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Removes the selected drum map from the project.
- Save
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Allows you to save the drum map that is selected in the list. Drum map files have the extension .drm.
- Load
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Allows you to load drum maps into your project.
- Output
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Allows you to select the output for the drum map sounds.
Drum Sound list
The drum sound list displays the sounds and the settings of the selected drum map.
If you audition a sound in the Drum Map Setup dialog and the sound is set to the MIDI output Default, the output that is selected on the Output pop-up menu in the lower left corner is used. When auditioning a default output sound in the Drum Editor, the MIDI output selected for the track is used.
- Pitch
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Shows the note number of the drum sound.
- Drum Sound
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Shows the name of the drum sound in the map.
- Snap
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This is used when entering and editing notes.
- Mute
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Allows you to mute drum sounds.
- I-Note
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Input note for the drum sound. When you play this note, it is mapped to the corresponding drum sound and automatically transposed according to the Pitch setting for the sound.
- O-Note
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The MIDI output note that is sent out every time the drum sound is played back.
- Channel
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The MIDI channel on which the drum sound is played back.
- Output
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The MIDI output on which the drum sound is played back.
- Display Note
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The display pitch at which the note is shown in the score.
- Noteheads
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Allows you to assign a notehead set to each percussion instrument in the drum map.
Each notehead set in the library defines a set of notehead symbols for different note durations. Each percussion instrument in the drum kit is assigned to a notehead set.
- Voice
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Allows you to assign all notes with this pitch to a particular voice, so that they get a common rest handling and stem direction. You can choose from 4 voices: Stem Up 1, Stem Down 1, Stem Up 2, Stem Down 2.
- Instrument Type
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Shows the unpitched percussion instrument.
NoteIf you work with a custom drum map, you must set the Instrument Type for each pitch. Otherwise, no notation is displayed.
You can remove the instrument type for an entry by selecting None. This hides the pitch from the score.
- Technique
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Allows you to select a playback technique for the instrument.