Emu XL-7 & MP-7 User's Group

2011/11/11 D F Tweedie <bienpegaito@...>
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> Not tried in any serious vein. But with the GM standard it is so simple to sequence across drum sound sources ... who wants to have to learn 15 different midi key formats to basically do the same thing?

That's why I would welcome the GM kit in every synth.

> I'm also wondering what would be an 'intuitive' way to map a keyboard for drums. I could imagine a split at C3 with the snare hits on the right upper keys and the hat and ride on the left ... but where does the kick go?

Well, that's the whole point. I would assume though, that creators of
GM standard didn't even go that far in considering the kit design. But
I think that with some key remapping, a more intuitive way can be
achieved... playing a bit with grid/live recording of drum patterns I
found it far easier to produce interesting drum patterns, than just
sequencing them in Cakewalk.

Just my $.02

Bruno