EZdrummer remap to Akai Essentials

[Jose.Ortiz]

I have EZDrummer, Latin Percussion and Classic. Also have the new MPC Element from Akai which uses MPC Essentials.
I can play the Toomtrack instruments mentioned above, on MPC element as plugin, but the drums are placed all over
and not on the pads in the order I want each instrument to be. They are scatter all over.
How can I remap EZdrummer 1.3.3 so I can place drums on the places I want on the pads on MPC Element/Essentials?
I am on PC – Win 8.1 — Your help will be greatly appreciated.

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[Nathan]

You will have to place EZD in a host app that allows a remapping plugin to translate the MPC pad MIDI notes to the ones required for EZD.

EZD doesn’t allow internal MIDI remapping, you need its big brother Superior Drummer for that.

REAPER has a MIDI remapping JS plug that would do it. You create a ASCII text (notepad) file with all the MIDI in and out note combinations and place it before EZD in the FX chain.

If you give me the (sixteen?) pad MIDI outs and what you want them to play, I’ll do the configuring for you if you want, I have some studio down-time.

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SD2.3, NYII, C&V, MC, MF, ED, Latin Perc, Twisted, Pop, N1H, Electronic, Classic, Funkmasters, Rock Solid, Blues, Indie-Folk.

[Jose.Ortiz]

Thank you Planetnine.

By reading the dif options I had I already knew about Superior Drummer 2.0, but I was and still afraid that I buy it
and it does not do the job. But if I want to use Akai and Latin Percussion I do not think I have too many choices.
I appreciate your help and your offering. I will let know my progress. Again, thank you very much.

[Nathan]

Heyup Jose, it’s a JS plug called the IX/MIDI Keymap. I’ve just inverted one octave onto the octave below it using it.

In theory you could insert your MIDI mapping values in the text file to work your EZD from your MPC and almost forget about it. I’m working from a laptop so I can’t test out latency or anything on EZD for real.

I think you can even wrap JS FX in a VST wrapper to use in other hosts. Let me know if you need any help configuring it, it took me only a few minutes to set up the above test.

Superior Drummer isn’t that frightening, you don’t have to dig under the bonnet until you’re ready. I know it maps MIDI well for live pad inputs because I’ve done it, and you can also combine your favourite EZD instruments from any and all library packs into one kit, MIDI map it and save it as a template…

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SD2.3, NYII, C&V, MC, MF, ED, Latin Perc, Twisted, Pop, N1H, Electronic, Classic, Funkmasters, Rock Solid, Blues, Indie-Folk.

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