MPC X, MPC Live, MPC One & MPC Key 61 Forum: Support and discussion for the MPC X, MPC Live, MPC Live II, MPC One & MPC Key 61; Akai's current generation of standalone MPCs.
By Alexis Sat Aug 06, 2022 3:54 pm
Is there a way to remap the drumsounds globally?

So if i load a GM Drum midifile the crucial sounds like kick, snare, HH, cymbals are played correctly? I want to do that once and not have to transpose notes of every midifile again after loading.

It is less important for me which pads then trigger which sounds also i would love to have control over that too. ;-)

Thank You! Alex
By T-Monk Thu Aug 11, 2022 9:12 pm
I don’t think there is an easy way. You may look into something like this which allows you to process your midi files and permanently change the notes of the midi file. I can’t vouch for it, but it looks promising.

https://www.midiremap.com/
By Alexis Mon Aug 15, 2022 10:40 am
Is it really not possible to somehow assign samples freely to note numbers in the MPC Key 61?

Thank you very much for the Remapping tool. As i use my drum files also for other purposes i don´t like to convert those or building up a second "MPC"-Library.
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By MPC-Tutor Mon Aug 15, 2022 11:19 am
You can remap the MIDI notes assigned to pads in an existing program:

Edit > Program > Note Mapping

There are presets, but not a GM one.

You cannot configure any global settings for this, the default mapping is now Chromatic C1 (used to be 'Classic MPC').

Best way to do this would be to create a blank GM program template to your exact specifications, save it somewhere (or save an entire project template with it inside) and then load this up when building your own GM drum kits from scratch.

Editing many existing MPC kits to a preferred GM layout is a laborious task in the MPC Software. It's actually easier to open the XPM file in a text editor and copy paste your GM layout note mapping to replace the existing mapping. This is the relevant section (this was taken from a kit with 'classic mpc' mapping enabled).

Code: Select all <PadNoteMap>
      <PadNote number="1">
        <Note>37</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="2">
        <Note>36</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="3">
        <Note>42</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="4">
        <Note>82</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="5">
        <Note>40</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="6">
        <Note>38</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="7">
        <Note>46</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="8">
        <Note>44</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="9">
        <Note>48</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="10">
        <Note>47</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="11">
        <Note>45</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="12">
        <Note>43</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="13">
        <Note>49</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="14">
        <Note>55</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="15">
        <Note>51</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="16">
        <Note>53</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="17">
        <Note>54</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="18">
        <Note>69</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="19">
        <Note>81</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="20">
        <Note>80</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="21">
        <Note>65</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="22">
        <Note>66</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="23">
        <Note>76</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="24">
        <Note>77</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="25">
        <Note>56</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="26">
        <Note>62</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="27">
        <Note>63</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="28">
        <Note>64</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="29">
        <Note>73</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="30">
        <Note>74</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="31">
        <Note>71</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="32">
        <Note>39</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="33">
        <Note>52</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="34">
        <Note>57</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="35">
        <Note>58</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="36">
        <Note>59</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="37">
        <Note>60</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="38">
        <Note>61</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="39">
        <Note>67</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="40">
        <Note>68</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="41">
        <Note>70</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="42">
        <Note>72</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="43">
        <Note>75</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="44">
        <Note>78</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="45">
        <Note>79</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="46">
        <Note>35</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="47">
        <Note>41</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="48">
        <Note>50</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="49">
        <Note>83</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="50">
        <Note>84</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="51">
        <Note>85</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="52">
        <Note>86</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="53">
        <Note>87</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="54">
        <Note>88</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="55">
        <Note>89</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="56">
        <Note>90</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="57">
        <Note>91</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="58">
        <Note>92</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="59">
        <Note>93</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="60">
        <Note>94</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="61">
        <Note>95</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="62">
        <Note>96</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="63">
        <Note>97</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="64">
        <Note>98</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="65">
        <Note>19</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="66">
        <Note>20</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="67">
        <Note>21</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="68">
        <Note>22</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="69">
        <Note>23</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="70">
        <Note>24</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="71">
        <Note>25</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="72">
        <Note>26</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="73">
        <Note>27</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="74">
        <Note>28</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="75">
        <Note>29</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="76">
        <Note>30</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="77">
        <Note>31</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="78">
        <Note>32</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="79">
        <Note>33</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="80">
        <Note>34</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="81">
        <Note>99</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="82">
        <Note>100</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="83">
        <Note>101</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="84">
        <Note>102</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="85">
        <Note>103</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="86">
        <Note>104</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="87">
        <Note>105</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="88">
        <Note>106</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="89">
        <Note>107</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="90">
        <Note>108</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="91">
        <Note>109</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="92">
        <Note>110</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="93">
        <Note>111</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="94">
        <Note>112</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="95">
        <Note>113</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="96">
        <Note>114</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="97">
        <Note>115</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="98">
        <Note>116</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="99">
        <Note>117</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="100">
        <Note>118</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="101">
        <Note>119</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="102">
        <Note>120</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="103">
        <Note>121</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="104">
        <Note>122</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="105">
        <Note>123</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="106">
        <Note>124</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="107">
        <Note>125</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="108">
        <Note>126</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="109">
        <Note>127</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="110">
        <Note>0</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="111">
        <Note>1</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="112">
        <Note>2</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="113">
        <Note>3</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="114">
        <Note>4</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="115">
        <Note>5</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="116">
        <Note>6</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="117">
        <Note>7</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="118">
        <Note>8</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="119">
        <Note>9</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="120">
        <Note>10</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="121">
        <Note>11</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="122">
        <Note>12</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="123">
        <Note>13</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="124">
        <Note>14</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="125">
        <Note>15</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="126">
        <Note>16</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="127">
        <Note>17</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="128">
        <Note>18</Note>
      </PadNote>
    </PadNoteMap>


You should see its fairly simple to edit this to create a custom GM map (padnote number 1 is pad A01). Once set up (make sure you don't repeat any MIDI numbers), copy paste this to replace the padnotemap section in your existing kits. Much quicker than using the software GUI. For example, for pads A01 to A04, with kick, snare, closed hat, open hat respectively:

Code: Select all  <PadNote number="1">
        <Note>36</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="2">
        <Note>38</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="3">
        <Note>42</Note>
      </PadNote>
      <PadNote number="4">
        <Note>46</Note>
      </PadNote>

And so on.....
By Alexis Mon Aug 15, 2022 4:04 pm
Thats great. I will try this. I don´t need to remap existing kits. Just one GM Drum Kit is ok for me. Thank you so much!