Key Mapping for MPK 249

[Ronald Gutzky]

I’m a newbie to using EZ Drummer and a MIDI Controller.  I’m trying to figure out what key on the keyboard corresponds to what sound in the software.  I printed the Keyboard layout PDF but I’m using a 49-key controller (Akai MPK-249) and the map doesn’t seem to match.  Any ideas on how to correlate the document to this device?

Operating system: Windows 10

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[Brad]

Ronald Gutzky wrote:

I’m a newbie to using EZ Drummer and a MIDI Controller.  I’m trying to figure out what key on the keyboard corresponds to what sound in the software.  I printed the Keyboard layout PDF but I’m using a 49-key controller (Akai MPK-249) and the map doesn’t seem to match.  Any ideas on how to correlate the document to this device?

Operating system: Windows 10

Hi there,

What kit and preset have loaded? (Just so we’re on the same page)

What instrument do you hear when you press the lowest “C” key?

EZdrummer version: 3.0.1
Operating system: macOS Monterey (12)

Mac Studio M1 Max, RAM 64 GB, 1TB Drive, OSX 12.x/13.x and Windows 10 (VM)
DAW: Studio One Pro (always up to date)
DTX Express III (Extreme triggers), Nektar LX88
OWC Thunderbay Mini (4 X 1TB Sata SSD), Express 4M2 (4 X 2TB M.2 SSD), Envoy Express (1TB M.2 SSD)
Presonus Quantum, Faderport & Faderport 8
Black Lion Sparrow Mk2 A/D, FMR-RNP-RNC, MIDI Xpress 128, BM5A, KRK VXT4, Equator D5
2020 Macbook Pro 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD Audio(mobile rig)

[Ronald Gutzky]

I have EZ Drummer 3 main Room loaded and the box to the right of that says Studio Basic. Pressing the lowest C yields the kick drum

[Brad]

Ronald Gutzky wrote:

I have EZ Drummer 3 main Room loaded and the box to the right of that says Studio Basic. Pressing the lowest C yields the kick drum

That’s good and kind of what I expected. I have an LX88 as the name implies, it’s an 88 key controller.

So your D0 position is a snare (yes?) F0 floor tom… etc.

What’s not correlating, I guess is a better question?

 

EZdrummer version: 3.0.1
Operating system: macOS Monterey (12)

Mac Studio M1 Max, RAM 64 GB, 1TB Drive, OSX 12.x/13.x and Windows 10 (VM)
DAW: Studio One Pro (always up to date)
DTX Express III (Extreme triggers), Nektar LX88
OWC Thunderbay Mini (4 X 1TB Sata SSD), Express 4M2 (4 X 2TB M.2 SSD), Envoy Express (1TB M.2 SSD)
Presonus Quantum, Faderport & Faderport 8
Black Lion Sparrow Mk2 A/D, FMR-RNP-RNC, MIDI Xpress 128, BM5A, KRK VXT4, Equator D5
2020 Macbook Pro 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD Audio(mobile rig)

[Ronald Gutzky]

I guess I was reading it incorrectly, thanks for straightening me out.  What are all these keys labeled ‘Alias’?  Thanks again (I miss the good old days of fat user manuals).

[Brad]

Ronald Gutzky wrote:

I guess I was reading it incorrectly, thanks for straightening me out.  What are all these keys labeled ‘Alias’?  Thanks again (I miss the good old days of fat user manuals).

Ha ha… yes, big fat manuals…. I have read a lot of them since the 80’s…. not sure I miss carrying them around… and they were harder to search… but I do know what you mean…

Aliases are duplicate articulations, instead of having dead/silent keys. On a MIDI controller sometimes you want to do a roll on the same instrument, it’s easier with 2 different keys, one example of their usefulness.

EZdrummer version: 3.0.1
Operating system: macOS Monterey (12)

Mac Studio M1 Max, RAM 64 GB, 1TB Drive, OSX 12.x/13.x and Windows 10 (VM)
DAW: Studio One Pro (always up to date)
DTX Express III (Extreme triggers), Nektar LX88
OWC Thunderbay Mini (4 X 1TB Sata SSD), Express 4M2 (4 X 2TB M.2 SSD), Envoy Express (1TB M.2 SSD)
Presonus Quantum, Faderport & Faderport 8
Black Lion Sparrow Mk2 A/D, FMR-RNP-RNC, MIDI Xpress 128, BM5A, KRK VXT4, Equator D5
2020 Macbook Pro 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD Audio(mobile rig)

[Scott Eshleman]

You may have to shift your 49-key controller to ‘play’ a lower octave (or two)
to reflect the appropriate range of triggers listed in the pdf.

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