Yamaha Multi 12 Mapping In SD3 Question

[lostlure]

Hey guys, Has anyone here used a Yamaha Multi 12 as a mini drum kit to trigger SD3 ?  I have a hi hat pedal and hat pad connected to the Multi 12, When I play the hats I am also triggering a crash cymbal. How can I fix this ?

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[drumjack52]

You have to watch what the DTXM12 is sending as some of the internal kits send more than one note on message at the same time to trigger different sounds at the same time. Some are separated by velocity. Wading through the Yamaha documentation is a real pain – I know because I have the M12 and have had other Yamaha synths. Sorry but you’re going to have to slog through Yamaha’s docs to see what’s sending what. I set up a kit that sends just one specific note on per pad – no velocity tricks or layers. Wasn’t easy. Would have been nice of ToonTrack to do a MIDI preset for the M12.

You don’t say what operating system you’re on (you really should as it’s easy here) but when diagnosing MIDI issues I usually say to grab a free MIDI monitor utility. For Mac users that’s snoize and Windows user should get MIDI-OX. Run it standalone and see what’s coming out of the M12 when connected to your computer.

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[lostlure]

Thank you for the reply, I am running on Windows 10. Would it be easier to make a user kit from scratch and assign each pad ?

[lostlure]

Well I may have found a solution, I tried using a mono cable and the hi hats work perfect now LOL

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[drumjack52]

Glad you found a solution. Making a kit from scratch is what I ended up doing. Yamaha documentation isn’t easy to follow as what one needs is all over the manual in different places and following the trail is a nightmare. Then again Yamaha docs have never been child’s play.

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[lostlure]

Do you know of any videos showing how to build a kit with external triggers and midi assigning each pad ?

I appreciate all your help so far, I am just stuck on this.

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[drumjack52]

lostlure wrote:

Do you know of any videos showing how to build a kit with external triggers and midi assigning each pad ?

I appreciate all your help so far, I am just stuck on this.

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No I don’t. You’d have to do the same thing I would have to do and that’s to Google for an answer. I can’t do all your homework for you.

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[lostlure]

Well I found this video that was VERY helpful and wanted to post it for anyone else that finds themselves in this same search for answers !

Yamaha DTX Multi 12 – MIDI layers explained – YouTube

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[drumjack52]

lostlure wrote:

Well I found this video that was VERY helpful and wanted to post it for anyone else that finds themselves in this same search for answers !

Yamaha DTX Multi 12 – MIDI layers explained – YouTube

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Thanks for the link. Will take a look at it in the morning. Been a long day and I’m beat (bad pun there).

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