The R8 drum pads are internal sample triggers., the keystrokes are not intended to be exported outside the R8. You assign drum patches to each pad and can then play the pads in real time during R8 track playback. I believe you can also record keystrokes to create a drum sequence.
I've started playing around with this idea in my head since the pads on the R8 are really tactile and velocity sensitive.
There is a Reaper plugin that logs MIDI data and events that goes thru the channel. If I can somehow get any sysx data from the pads and work out some sort of drum map from Cakewalk...
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I've started playing around with this idea in my head since the pads on the R8 are really tactile and velocity sensitive.
There is a Reaper plugin that logs MIDI data and events that goes thru the channel. If I can somehow get any sysx data from the pads and work out some sort of drum map from Cakewalk...