Programming a sample sequence with midi?

If I program a simple drum beat in general midi, is it possible to assign each different midi note to trigger a different sample?

For example: All the bass drum midi notes trigger a kick sample, all the electric snare midi notes trigger a snare sample, and so on...

The reason why I'm aksing is because I like the simplicity of the midi piano roll view, and I find it really easy to work with.
I have Cakewalk Home Studio 9 (pretty amateur). Can most midi/audio software do this or do I need to get a specail software program?

a setup like this could work. what you need to do is make a standard midi map so that note whatever in cakewalk corresponds to note whatever on the mpc. cause the standard mpc midi map is all over the place.... then you could save the midi file in cakewalk and load it into the mpc. the tricky part is making the mpc .pgm file but it shouldn't be that hard once you have a system together.

then there is also the difference between midi type 0 (a single track) and midi type 1 (multiple tracks) to contend with. with careful thought you should be able to get it working.

Okay, thanks.
But is there a way to do all this "within" the software, or just within the computer without any external devices? I have all the samples I wanna use on the computer...

i think if you have a decent soundcard with wavetable synthesis there is a way to program it to play sounds instead of the general midi kit, but i have no idea how - except i've been told its not the simplest thing to do.

i asked about that on the akai mailing list - as i backup my beats to pc it would be nice to preview them without zipping everything over to the mpc - the short answer was zipping them to the mpc would still be easier unless someone felt like writing an application to take care of the assigning of things....

there is a template for gm'ing your sounds in the mpc.
http://www.mpc2000xl.com[/url]

I'm not talking about using the mpc, only the computer...
Does anybody know how to do what I described in my first post?

Using a software sampler I think you should be able to do this.

There are many ways to do this, although i'm not sure drawing in notes on a grid will give you a very good beat.
A softsampler is one way, NI Battery is probably the best softsampler for drums.
But there are many drummachines in software as well.
Something like Rebirth ( http://www.propellerheads.se/ ) or Linplug RM ( http://www.linplug.com/Products/RM_IV_4 ... update.htm ) will do the job.

Try downloading some demo's to see if it works.

Okay, thanks people!

I'm still wondering though, if there is a way to do it within a program like cakewalk, cubase or logic?

Yeah. As long as you have some sort of sampler, either software or hardware.

The short answer is........... yes.

The not so short answer is longer than I want to get into. You can use a software sampler/drum machine like the ones ieism mentioned(I've been usin' the LinPlug RMIV lately). What you would do is insert the soft synth/sampler on a aux track in the host program(Pro Tools, Logic, etc.) and create a midi track to record all the midi notes which you could assign to any sample you had loaded in the sampler(I'm leaving a lot of details out but I don't wanna take all the fun out of learning these programs). So again, the answer to your question is yes, you can do what it is you're trying to do with software. Get some demos and read the pdf manuals they come with and try some stuff out.

Thanks again! I'll try some different stuff...