Drum Map for Keyswitches PITA!

[ModMan]

Hi,

I'm trying to create a drum map for IK Modo Bass so I can have the keyswitches named as well as having the standard playable midi notes. 

Man, what a massive pain to set this up. That drum-map editor is out of the ark. I'm wondering if there's any plans on the horizon to either:

1) Support adding named keyswitches to PRV

2) Improve the editing of the drum map process - perhaps based upon XML so I can edit in my own editor

Here's hoping!

Mike

[ModMan]

[ModMan]

That was such a chore but if anyone is using MODO Bass, here's the keymap. 

You'll have to set your bass pitch for octaves like this:

There's other CC controllers to use so I'll be adding these automation lanes to a track template for re-use.

 

MODO Bass KS.map

[scook]

No doubt the whole issue of alternate note names and MIDI translation needs to be revisited. That said there are options today that may be useful.

2 hours ago, ModMan said:

1) Support adding named keyswitches to PRV

Today this is done by extending the .Note Names and .Instrument Definitions in master.ins. Here is a discussion about this from a few days ago

 

2 hours ago, ModMan said:

2) Improve the editing of the drum map process - perhaps based upon XML so I can edit in my own editor

There is a free third party tool which can convert files containing an .ins formatted .Note Names section into a simple drum map. This allows one to use any existing Windows program capable of writing text files to create a drum map. From http://forum.cakewalk.com/SONAR-Cakewalk-by-BandLab-CbB-Resources-and-Utilities-m3392713.aspx#3472457

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Ins2map.zip (Listed Nov 18 2015)
ralf (Ralf Sesseler)
This tool will convert an instrument definition (ins file) into a drum map for Cakewalk SONAR. (Essentially, any text file with a mapping from midi note number to drum instrument name can be used.) The created drum map uses default values for most parameters and is not linked to a particular virtual instrument, so it's mainly the first step and may require enhancements to be done in SONAR directly. 
Download and Further Information http://dis.sesseler.de/ In the left menu area, click on “Cakewalk SONAR”. Then select “Instrument to Drum Map” to download the file.

 

[ModMan]

Excellent tips thanks Scook.