[Chad Prewett]

Just in case anybody stumbles across this post, MIDI note 18 is a hi-hat that can be controlled by the mod wheel, and it will retain the mod wheel’s setting even after the wheel has stopped moving. I posted this because my MIDI terminology isn’t strong enough to differentiate between a “trig note” and an individual note articulation. So I just couldn’t understand the trig note advice, no matter how many times I was told. Once I figured it out in terms of a particular MIDI note to map to the hihat, I got it working.

[Chad Prewett]

Holy cow, thanks planetnine! This is an immense help.

I swear that I’ve learned more about my MIDI controller keyboard in the last 48 hours than I have in the 5 or 6 years that I’ve owned it.

Let me digest the info that you’ve posted, and try some practical applications, and see what all questions I come up with. Thanks again!

[Chad Prewett]

Thanks, RickyB, for you input. Much appreciated.

I finally found the right combination of resources to figure this out, although it still isn’t optimal. I found the MIDI keyboard mapping here: http://www.vettaville.com/ezdrummer_midi_keyboard_layout.htm), which I found out is included in the Toontrack install directory. This still didn’t help because it doesn’t show all of the key mappings. It would be a good idea to put up a new key mapping that shows all 88 keys instead of only a subset of all mappings.

Out of all of the hihat samples assigned to various notes on the keyboard, there is only 1 that will remember the position of the mod wheel after the wheel stops moving. That is assigned to F# below C0 (not sure what to call that note…F#-1?). All other hihat mappings will immediately disregard the mod wheel position and revert back to their most closed position, as far as I can tell. F# below C0 with the mod wheel all the way open seems to be the only way that I can even get an open hihat sound at all, which is frustrating. Looking at the MIDI map, hihats that are listed as “open” all sound like they’re playing their minimum level of openness as soon as the mod wheel stops moving.

So I have a temporary workaround, but I would much rather have ALL hihats not only pay attention to the mod wheel position (which they seem to), but to REMEMBER the mod wheel position once it stops moving.

[Chad Prewett]

I’m having the exact same problem.

Using Reaper and EZDrummer, the mod wheel seems to immediately revert back to “closed” once I stop moving it. I can hear it affecting the hi-hat openness as long as I’m moving the mod wheel, but as soon as I stop moving it, it reverts back to the closed position.

I didn’t have this problem in Battery with this same MIDI controller, sequencer, and operating system.

Any further information on this issue?

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