Im using groove agent 5 SE and loaded a drum kit -
It has 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 pattern grid when I click them they play a sound.
problem - my midi keyboard wont play anything before the 3rd pattern group. I need to move the triggers/pads/keys over to the right so I can access more sounds the kit has to offer besides clicked them with mouse. any help would be greatly appreciated. thank you
So yeah just trying to move the keys to the right spot on my piano/midi controller so I can use all the sounds offered, they seem to be cut off and Im not sure how to move them.
Look in the track inspector for the Instrument or MIDI track of which youâd like to âtransposeâ input from your controller(s).
Open the MIDI Modifiers tab.
Transpose by half steps up or down as much as you require.
Another alternativeâŚ
Some MIDI controllers have a transpose feature built in. It might even have buttons to quickly transpose up or down by octaves with a single push of a button.
PS
If youâd like to remap individual kit pieces to different trigger keys, you can do that in GA.
See Hardware Controller Mapping in the GA SE Ownerâs Manual.
Thanks! that moved it over and I can play more sounds. I also found âtranposeâ in my keyboard its self.
One thing though - The sounds on page 2 of âsamba trapâ (sub bass) are only clickable no matter where I move the midi modifier. Any ideas?
Whatâs going on here is that the âpatternâ pads are over-riding the bass sounds in bank 2 of the âinstrumentâ pads.
If you donât plan to use the pattern banks, you could simply toggle this little button in the PATTERN tab so it turns yellow.
Those bass pads can now be triggered via incoming MIDI events.
If youâd like to use those patterns and also have access to the bass sounds then youâll want to change the MIDI channel that youâll use to trigger those patterns.
Click the âPATTERNâ tab.
In the lower left corner click where it says âomniâ (or it might be set to channel 1)
and set it to an alternative channel.
At this point you should find that the bass sounds now play with the B-1 through G#0 octave from your MIDI controller on channel 1.
To trigger those pattern pads, youâll want to do that over channel 2.
OR, you could keep it on the same channel with INSTRUMENT pads, but remap the patterns inside GA to different trigger notes that donât conflict. The pattern pads even have a handy âlearn triggerâ feature if you right click a pad.
Itâs a pretty common for Groove Agent to have a separate MIDI track setting off pattern pads from the one used to trigger instrument pads.
Also be aware that deeper in the instrument there may be ways to change up how those pattern pads behave (Full GA 5 might have more/different abilities than SE in this respect). I.E. Should they only play while the pad is being âHELD DOWNâ, or should they play all the way through in one shot fashion at a single âtapâ of the padâŚor perhaps even modes that loop a specific number of times on a one shot.
If youâd like to be able to work in real time from a MIDI controller over multiple channels like this youâve got a few options.
If your MIDI controller has extra pads or buttons (MPC style, or a row of buttons that can send assignable MIDI notes), then you could send those off to trigger patterns on one channel, while the keys send over the instrument channel.
Some MIDI controllers allow you to build âsplit zonesâ across the keyboard. I.E. A lower octave transmitting over a different channel from the rest of the keyboard.
If your MIDI controller doesnât provide these sorts of features, Cubase can do it for you a few different ways!
Method 1: Set up a project MIDI transformer thatâd swap the channel of incoming notes in real time as required.
Method 2: Use an extra MIDI track for the pattern events. Set it to the channel youâve established in GA for playing pattern pads. Keep your Main Groove Agent track set to use channel 1. Build âtrack transformersâ for each track to âfilter outâ any zones of events that should NOT be passed through into GA.
Also, for what itâs worth, the full version of Groove Agent 5 is a bit more robust than the SE variant. It can host up to 4 complete kits at a time. You can set each kit to receive over any MIDI channel you like (While SE only hosts one kitâŚinstruments over channel 1, and the pattern pads can have an alternate MIDI channel). Full GA5 also has an extra âMIDI portâ that can optionally be used to keep the pattern banks even more isolated from the instrument banks.
Either wayâŚwith GA SE, or the full versionâŚ
Donât overlook the amazing Diamond Drum editor that Cubase provides! With GA, you can âimportâ a matching drum map thatâs all ready to go!
Thank you very much brian. This helps a ton!
