![]() ![]() So what’s the solution? Editing the MPC Program’s Note Mapping ![]() Owners of keyboards with built in pads (such as the Akai MPK and Arturia Minilab) experience similar issues as the pads on these controllers will be set to play chromatically, often starting at MIDI note C1, so again, there will be empty pads and an unintuitive order for the samples that are present. But on a MIDI keyboard, the sample order is all over the place, just take a look at the first octave on a keyboard, starting at C1: When this kit is played on the MPC pads, there’s no problem – the drums run in the order you set them to, as do the bass tones. Consider a very basic MPC kit, with kick, snare, closed hat and open hat assigned to pads A1 to A4 (a very common layout), and some chromatically mapped bass tones assigned to pads A5 to A8 (because MPC DRUM programs are often used for musical one shots as well!): The problem is that this layout isn’t particularly intuitive for finger drumming and it also isn’t typically compatible with the way most modern kits tend to be set up. This is same MIDI layout used by every MPC since the MPC60. While keygroup and plugin programs use a standard ‘chromatic’ MIDI note layout identical to what you would expect when playing a keyboard, DRUM programs use a layout that seems based on a General MIDI Drum standard (I’ve added the GM instruments in green below): The problem is down to the default MIDI note mapping found in MPC ‘DRUM’ programs (this is the default type of program used for building drum kits). ![]() So why is this happening and how can we fix this? The Crazy MIDI Layout For DRUM Programs One thing they are quickly discovering is that while keyboards work really well for plugins and keygroup programs, they experience a strange mapping issue if they ever try playing MPC ‘DRUM’ program using their keyboard. These days a lot of MPC users are attaching MIDI keyboards to their MPCs, which are perfect for playing expressive, multi-octave instrument parts. ![]()
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