can i trigger channels in the mixer with my Edrums?

[oriel levi]

hey! i am trying to trigger the mute button on my compressor bus in the mixer with my Edrums. i used the midi learn function. for some reason it doesn’t function well… sometimes it triggers the mute button and sometimes it doesn’t respond…

basically i want to turn the mute button on the bus channel in my mixer on and off every time i hit the tom on my edrums.

what should i do? and is it even possible?

i am using the standalone version and not with the daw.

best regards.

Superior Drummer 3 version: 3.1.4
Operating system: macOS Mojave (10.14)

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[Henrik Ekblom]

The MIDI Learn system is listening to CC data, and not MIDI notes (which I assume your tom is sending when you hit it).

To use MIDI learn on something, you need to either:

• Use a MIDI controller that sends CC data
  • Like a drum pad that has knobs, which when turned will send CC data
• Use some software that can transform MIDI notes to CC
  • In Logic, for example, you can write custom scripts that can send some CC data when it receives a certain MIDI note.

Some instruments send CC data when used, like a hi-hat, where the CC is used to indicate if it’s opened or closed. This is however probably a tricky route to take, to try to match an instruments CC position with a state in the mixer…

Henrik Ekblom - User Experience Designer
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• This post was modified 6 years, 4 months ago by Henrik Ekblom.

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