[How to] make a drum map shorter

Cubase
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I am not sure if it’s an obvious thing how to edit a .drm file to get a nice, short drum map for any purpose you need.

  1. Create a drum map that matches your preferences in Cubase.
  2. Save it as a .drm file.
  3. Open the file in a text editor.
  4. Look for a line which contains the following: " list name=“Order” type=“int”".
  5. Remove all items which you don’t use (example "item value=“35"” ) from this list.
  6. Load a file into the Cubase.
  7. Done.
  8. Don’t remove items from Map list (“list name=“Map” type=“list””) as it makes a mess in the drum map.

This helped me a lot as I don’t have to scroll the screen all the time to find the range where all my drum sounds are. I wish that Cubase could apply vertical scroll depending on the drum map notes count though.