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Programming Drumkits

5 0 DM PRO REFERENCE MANUAL

THE TRIGGER NOTE ASSIGN FUNCTION

This Function assigns each of the 16 Triggers to their own MIDI Note Number.

Conceptually, the Trigger Note Assign Function is like creating a MIDI keyboard

with 16 notes. However, since the Trigger Note Assign Function is stored with each

of DM Pro’s 64 Drumkits, you can have 64 different “keyboards” (sets of Trigger

Note Assignments) from which to sound Drums.

Generally, drum pads are connected to the DM Pro’s Trigger Inputs. Using the

Trigger Note Assign Function, you can link each pad to a different MIDI Note in each

Drumkit, or keep the same Trigger Note Assignments from Drumkit to Drumkit and

instead change the Drums that occupy each MIDI Note. The system is completely

flexible.

To assign a Trigger to a MIDI Note, first press the [TRIG] button and then select the

Trigger you wish to assign by pressing < TRIGGER >. These two buttons will scroll

you through the 16 Triggers, all of which are perpetually visible at the bottom of the

display. The currently selected Trigger will flash.

When you select your desired Trigger, the display will automatically jump to the

Trigger Parameter that you last selected. Move the cursor beneath the current

Parameter, and then turn the Value encoder to select the Note Assign Parameter.

Next, move the cursor beneath the MIDI Note Number and then turn the Value

encoder to assign the currently selected Trigger to the MIDI Note of your choice:

Note: 72 C4

Drumkit

Tip: Notice that the DM Pro allows you to assign the same MIDI Note to multiple

triggers. This allows you to play, for example, the same snare drum from two

different pads.

Remember that Trigger Note Assign is a Drumkit Mode Function and not a Trigger

Mode Function. The Trigger Note Assign Values are stored within a Drumkit and not

within a Trigger Setup.

On the next page is a diagram which illustrates the default MIDI Note Number

assignments of each Trigger in the DM Pro.

1 2 ... 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 ... 174 175

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