Re-Mapping Midi Notes - Drum Pads in REAPER

[@bernoulli884]

Kenny, whenver I search for a Reaper tut video, if I see one of yours in the the results, it's the first click. Always so concise and clear. Just to let you know your work is appreciated.

[@vcoona102]

Thank you, this is so helpful. It's very difficult to find this info elsewhere in a consolidated manner.

[@JesseP.Watson]

That voice... Mafia hit-men are doing how-to videos now then. "Jus' re-map the forkin' drums Paulio!"

[@dontshootimfri3ndly853]

Forget about it.

[@mrsbisset5903]

I have no idea why you don't have more likes on this vid, It's unbelievably good, well informed, clear communication (despite being the coolest voice I've ever heard). I've watched another of your vids before, Seriously good skills, I'm only half way through and I'm buzzing by just how well this is working with my current set up with home drums electric kit and reaper. If I could like 100 000 times I would

[@DelReiRock]

Cant believe how complicated this simple task became.....

[@johnwalter6410]

In studio one you can just drag the note where you want this. This shit is dumb

[@jbaker7323]

I was going crazy trying to figure out why the mapping was showing as changed but the sound was still the original mapping! I had the Map to Key filter below the sound FX which changed the mapping AFTER the sound was initiated. So yeah, make sure your Remapping FX is ABOVE the drum or synth in the FX list. Thanks for the vid, huge help!

[@madmoney3445]

I know I'm a year late, but I was just going crazy trying to figure out the same damn thing! I would have never figured that out myself, thanks man!

[@madmoney3445]

I know I'm a year late, but I was just going crazy trying to figure out the same damn thing! I would have never figured that out myself, thanks man!

[@henry18497]

@@madmoney3445 did this work for u?

[@benji4032]

My JS: MIDI Map To Key V2 plugin doesn't have the Note IN & Note OUT fields, but a black "screen" that says: Mapping Nothing to see here. But nothing ever happens. What am I doing wrong?

[@decambra89]

same here

[@fe_fanby2278]

Having the same issue, no clue how to fix it

My great unknown friend, you just saved my life, lol. thank you very much.

[@inarisound]

You are Master Yoda for all Reaper users! Thank you a lot for your incredible work!

[@geoffdoucette8235]

Hey man, just want to say thanks for making this video! This technique is by far the easiest way to do this that I have found, and the way you've presented it made it that much easier. Been wanting to learn this for over a year.. Lots of these other tutorial guys are incredibly vague, can't articulate what they're trying to say, and really have no idea how to walk someone through any sort of process like this (as in-depth, step by step) and are often too specific or too broad. Liked and subbed, thanks for being smart.

[@Vagen_d]

This is fantastic. I just took a GGD Invasion midi grove and used this to map it to EZ Drummer 2 Metal. I put the MIDI to Key plugin in the regular FX slot and put the midi track as a subfolder to my drum track that is running EZ Drummer. Now I can remap any kit to my EZ Drummer kit.

[@genmce]

This gets to the heart of how difficult configuring daws can be, in particular editing drum maps. Most people just want their shinny new controller to "work" without having to "do" anything. I know I do. You have given us, by example, a great how to edit the text files and not be afraid of it. This small bit of text editing can free us to use our controllers, the way we want to work. Editing and saving different drum maps for our drum plugins tied to our specific controllers. Your detail and specificity on why we should use the map with the js effect, will save me and my students, much frustration in the future, as I set up my studio for high school kids. Thanks much! Any chance you can do a video on super8?

[@GWoodward29]

Kenny, you rock. Your explanations are super clear. I'm a noob... but so far, you've been able to answer pretty much every question I've had in Reaper. Thank you!

[@brendanlg]

brilliant , could not find this info , even on akai FQA page, youre an absolute champ , is there anything you dont know!! started on a tascam 4 track cassette in the early 80 's , now rediscovering home recording.....these tools were pure fantasy back in the day.... youve been a great help for those of us not born into the software universe....... many thanks from australia

[@StevieBoyesmusic]

Will try this on an old launchpad I have. Then I just have to figure out a way to send the right midi messages to get some pretty lights!

[@zymegaucillama8611]

You are the man. YOU ARE THE MAN! I needed this video. YOU ARE THE MAN! I owe you a 3 cases of beer when I see you. YOU ARE THE MAN.

[@saxmidiman]

Rocket Science?...well maybe not, but EVERY time I watch a Kenny video, even if I think I already know this stuff, I ALWAYS learn something new from him. Many tips related to the subject matter of the videos are usable in other ways also. Keep learning folks! Thanks again Kenny for the great educational vids. Peace!

[@jerroneous8549]

Thanks Kenny! Ive been struggling with this for a minute

[@Mindrex327]

Great Job ! You just saved me from returning my Launchpad mini out of Frustration ! You Rock Man !

[@tonimeloni409]

MIDI Map to key v2 unfortunately does not work at my PC. When I use it, the Note In and Note Out drop down menus do not exist and below there is just a black screen with the text "Nothing to see here". Anyone else has this problem and knows a fix?

[@dabanjo]

I have found the fix to this. Just go in and edit the map text file as in the video. The note in and out drop down menus are not needed. they only show you what key is being pressed. You have to figure out what your map is, then edit the file as you want. Find the channel that your drum pad works on (mine was 10 as well) and everything should work just fine with your new map.

[@luke847]

Perfect tutorials, thank you Kenny.

[@joshuasy10]

This is EXACTLY what i needed

[@TheREAPERBlog]

super helpful.

[@coreblo77er]

Great video. I gotta problem, though. For some reason my JS Midi Map to Key 2 in Reaper doesn't show "Note In" or "Note Out," so I can't see what the notes are on my keyboard when I hit them. What should I do? I have an Arturia MicroBrute synth which can also be used as a Midi controller. I want to use the keyboard on it to control drums in Reaper. Help!

[@briangoodstein4269]

Hi, I'm having this same problem... no Note In or Note Out on my JS Midi Map to Key... were you able to figure this out or find a work around?

[@coreblo77er]

Thought I responded to this. No, I never found an answer. I just program drums in Reaper itself using my mouse.

[@PracticaProphetica]

Yeah, it doesn't have "note in/out" displayed. You can use "ReaControlMidi" and "Show Log" to see the note you are playing instead. The rest of the "MIdi Map to Key v2" works the same as he explained.

[@mwasie]

Fl Studio makes it simple with their mpc type vst. Reaper makes it so complicated. I hope they changed this in 2019.

[@avior4319]

they haven't

[@Deathoutofhell]

@@avior4319 haha thank you for confirming that I still have to watch this video then and not waste 12 minutes on something that got changed. I just get into Reaper and Kennys videos are great but I already stumblet onto some things that changed in the past 3 years ^^

[@SounDesignR]

I logged out of my alt account and into my real account just to say thank you for this!

[@cesarsilva2403]

I don't know who you are but you saved my studio session yesterday sir, many thanks from Portugal

[@REAPERMania]

Great to hear!!!

[@metatron7515]

got the exact same midi controller & was asking myself this very question, as usual so helpful

[@LucianoClassicalGuitar]

Took me forever to get it but got it working in the end. Amazing!

[@BkuBrown]

There is no option for note in note out on my version

[@PracticaProphetica]

Yeah, it doesn't have "note in/out" displayed. You can use "ReaControlMidi" and "Show Log" to see the note you are playing instead. The rest of the "MIdi Map to Key v2" works the same as he explained.

[@jimp5713]

im trying this with REAPER v6.80 in evaluation mode and for the JS MIDI Map to Key v2 plugin I am not seeing the same Note In & Note Out values /cells in there just FX name, Input Channel, and Mapping File. Is that only for older versions?

[@PracticaProphetica]

Yeah, it doesn't have "note in/out" displayed. You can use "ReaControlMidi" and "Show Log" to see the note you are playing instead. The rest of the "MIdi Map to Key v2" works the same as he explained.

[@MrJeffryL]

This is awesome, I tried to do the same in Ableton Live. Figured it out, with Midi Rack and Equally division by key and the Pitch utility for each key... but that was far more work. Did manage to get the Session Drums working with vDrums though...

[@juliodrums9456]

There is no replacement for Kenny. So even if you don’t like is vocal stylings you will be back regardless.

[@vanhaze2000]

Excellent, just excellent !

[@demonicsweaters]

thank you so much man

[@TrochiTV]

What software did he use to visualize the midi pads on screen?

[@MrAmitaph]

fantastic tutorial

[@ТимурГиев]

Thank you! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@proxxima038]

Thanks a lot! Great to learn more and more about reaper! Very clear explanation!

[@gledsonbatera]

Kenny, nowadays does this method work for the sheet percussion notation too? I am desperated tryin to have a correct drum sheet while I play my electronic drums in real time! Please, help!!!

[@TeoLizarraldeOliver]

This is exactly what a needed! Thank you very much!

[@kassemir]

Surely there must be an easier way to do this, than having to duplicate and open a .txt file. Can't you just some how drag and drop sounds to the drum pads? Or, is that just not possible? Maybe why people love Ableton so much hmm...

[@anthonymlakar5739]

This is much more complicated than it needs to be. I found myself here for the first time looking to figure out how to set up my new electric kit with GGD(get good drums) through reaper. It ended up being as easy as just having kontakt open and the drums set as a midi input device, and just clicking the sense buttons beside each drum(button looks like a record icon) and hitting which pad i want it to correspond to.. Extremely easy and 1000 times more simple than this.

[@pr0ph3t5]

its not picking up my input within the input midi map to key plug in?

[@mastertimb]

Thank you Kenny!

[@NorthAmericanDogmanProject]

great tutorial Kenny!

[@francischannel]

Thank you so much!you save my drummer's life :D

[@llTheSystemll]

As always, great Video Kenny. Do you know if it is possible to do something similar using a Receive from say a drum VST like Jamstix on a different track instead of an external MIDI device? I want to use Jamstix with 2 Drum sample libaries. I mapped the first library to match what Jamstix is sending for each kit piece. That works great and was painless. However on the second library, it looks like that mapping is hard-coded and is not configurable if you can believe it. I like the HHs better than what are in Jamstix and BFD3 (first library) Thanks Brian

[@EDEN-LIMINAL]

Fantastic!

[@nickaldrich1664]

How did you get your "JS: MIDI map to key v2 to respond to your midi pads? I'm getting sound out of my pads, but the plugin is not responding to my pads. The "Note in" and "Note out" values are not changing to reflect what i'm playing.

[@st0rm3995]

Did you ever find a solution to this problem? I am using a Korg Nanokey2 and having the same issue.

[@marcchurch1245]

His controller uses MIDI channel 10. Maybe yours uses a different one. Try selecting a different channel in the JS plugin.

[@alexvedom]

thank you very much!!!!

[@XCenturionX]

As usual, great tutorial!

[@calwebb9379]

Thanks Kenny great videos man

[@GScott50]

Just the information I needed, thanks :)

[@TKOthunder]

Can you do this using realsampler? I am trying to use my own edited drum samples and I need to map the drum pads

[@raceface_m2579]

Is there no drag and drop method onto a pad? I have MPC Essentials that came with my MPK mini, but it only allows to record one track. And although it’s easy to map the pads with a simple drag and drop, the software itself doesn’t have as good of an explanation on how to use it and it’s not open like Reaper. Also, is there any way to have a list of sounds, choose a specific one, and then customize the sounds of each pad?

[@max89051]

That is AMAZING!!!!! Thank You!!!! Im happy!!

[@kenradkenrad7020]

Awesome job! Thank you!

[@nomdutilisateurism]

Kenny, you the man!

[@santerisainio7582]

My midi map fx does not show midi note being played. Is it because my midi device is connected to computer via Usb?

[@PracticaProphetica]

Yeah, it doesn't have "note in/out" displayed. You can use "ReaControlMidi" and "Show Log" to see the note you are playing instead. The rest of the "MIdi Map to Key v2" works the same as he explained.

[@michaelpurdy9165]

How do you see which keys you press?

[@rorysmom2004]

Thanks again Kenny!

[@theholylynch]

Thanks man, very much... Just starting with a keyboard with pads and couldn't figure it out.

[@jondnz]

The mapping plug in says "nothing to see here" even when correct MIDI channel selected. What did I do wrong?

[@IlLatoMarcioDella360]

same problem man. Don't know how to solve it

[@alleycatjack4562]

Not sure why it's not showing note in and out anymore but I found a work around. Add a second FX called VST: RealControlMIDI (Cockos) and then click the Show Log button. This will show what note and channel your pads and key presses are on the MIDI controller and you can edit the mapping file as he did in the video. After you are finished, just remouve the second FX.

[@IlLatoMarcioDella360]

@@alleycatjack4562 Really thanks, I will try this method!

[@IlLatoMarcioDella360]

Anyway, I've just discovered that Midi Map to Key v2 works fine. When you change parameters of the .txt file (as Kenny shows), the plugin will report you the new changes (and finally no more the "nothing to see here" phrase). I will try the @Alley Cat Jack method anyway, cause this way of remapping is so ridiculously cumbersome!

[@Vagen_d]

@@alleycatjack4562 I wish this advice would get pinned to the top of this video. Thanks for the work around.

[@greasybumpkin1661]

Is it possible to import note names into the mapping text file?

[@aceg81]

Did they change the plugin? Mine doesn't look anything like this, I'm afraid. No "Note in" or "Note out."

[@PracticaProphetica]

Yeah, it doesn't have "note in/out" displayed. You can use "ReaControlMidi" and "Show Log" to see the note you are playing instead. The rest of the "MIdi Map to Key v2" works the same as he explained.

[@juliodrums9456]

Can I do the same for external synth?

[@John-mz8rj]

Good program but when you are Tring to compose all this work brakes your consentration. When you open up automation and there are many options for the instruments controls trying to find the Wright button to automate is difficult. The name of the button does not show up in the list.

[@Stenfeldt111]

thanks a lot for this tutorial!

[@kevinsmith1644]

Kenny, looking at the latest version of Map to Key in Reaper, there aren't note in and note out options, only the other 3. Am i doing it wrong?

[@REAPERMania]

No. They changed it but it still functions the same way. You just see the changes below in the new version of the plugin.

[@kevinsmith1644]

@@REAPERMania Hmmm, I'v got the pads working but don't see the changes, just says "nothing to see here".

[@kevinsmith1644]

@@REAPERMania Got it. Took my dumb ass a minute. Thanks Kenny.

[@allbowtojames]

@@kevinsmith1644 What were you doing wrong? I have the same issue.

[@ksmit]

@@allbowtojames Once i got the text file correct, set to channel 10, choose the mapping file(make sure it's in the correct place), reload the map and it should work.

[@carlosmaranhao5637]

muito obrigado pelo video me ajudou muito...

[@albertgomez2710]

I need to install the drums? Or they go equipped with kontakt?

[@tommybelgum8504]

Super helpful, I was actually able to apply the keymaps part to trigger drum samples i had recorded and made into a drum machine with Reasamplomatic5000, thanks so much. I am having trouble making it sound very good, any suggestions? Like there's no crescendo on the crashes, just every time I hit them it just triggers the loud version of the sample, and theres no sense of a snare role. I can't seem to get the hi hat to play both open and closed, just seems to be one or the other. Help would be greatly appreciated! thanks again!

[@kaljan]

I fuckin love this dude for his voice. (+the tutorials ofcourse XD)

[@wolechair]

when I create a new mapping file it just will not show up in midi map to keys v2 . its extremely stressful. I made a copy called "01 -Basic.txt" and it will not show up even after I put the map to keys v2 in offline then back online tried every type of name . it just will not work restarted reaper too .. please help thank you

[@thrash_jesus]

Thanks, it was helpful.

[@jortjick3927]

Bro, my edrum hihats and floortom have the same note-in (46) in reaper map but in my direct audio out from module they are correct and have different note numbers. How can I correct/separate these two drum parts inputs in reaper map? Hope you can share something or anyone of you reading this. Thanks alot.

[@dontstop2517]

thanks a lot bro!

[@hv2623]

Perfect. Is there a way for Reaper to automatically load the JS plugin and Midi mapping text whenever I load the drum plugin?

[@Siranonim]

You can make a track template

[@catatonicphobos]

Hi, let me ask a question, it is about midi mapping and learning... For example, Sitala Sampler uses Learn to map the Midi command, but my drum pad on midi keyboard just don't send notes as CC, is it a keyboard specific setup or maybe reaper won't do it?

[@davidmontiel8680]

Hey! Can I trigger samples with the pads and play the keys with another VST? A lot of thanks

[@josedealva4205]

what I dont understand is why am I able to configure my pads in the controller with the midi notes I want but reaper is getting an entirely different note. my pad is c2 and reaper says its a4 but the midi console reads also c2. this is a minilab mk1, I guess I´ll just use this plugin and forget about it until I can come up with a better way to troubleshoot. maybe arturia sucks.

[@jasonmccorkle8760]

Thank you

[@ConspiracyOfOneSolo]

Hi Kenny, great video. I've done everything you said with my duplicate mapping file, but it doesn't seem to re-map. I'm using a Yamaha DTXplorer electric drumkit which by default (in Reaper) gives me a snare when I hit the kick pedal, crash when I hit snare etc. Also using EZDrummer2 and I'm on Windows 10 if that helps. Have you come across any other people who this didn't work for and found a fix? Thanks, Nathan.

[@ConspiracyOfOneSolo]

Never mind, I got it working in the end. FYI for anyone else struggling, I didn't think I would need to select channel 10 like Kenny did as I was using a different drum machine, but turns out channel 10 worked for me too. If you try everything Kenny says and it doesn't work try each individual channel until one hopefully works.

[@henry18497]

@@ConspiracyOfOneSolo I will try this, the explanation didn't work and I don't know why!

[@alexandeurross4169]

You're a lifesaver :)

[@venelinpetrov6811]

Is it possible to do the same thing for pre-recorded midi file? I tried adding MIDI Map To Key 2 before the sampler but it didn't work.

[@REAPERMania]

Wouldn't it be easier to go to the MIDI Editor, right click a note and move it?

[@juliomariner1462]

I have a laser harp controler, this is very helpful to remap only the midi notes a wanna play in the beans! But can someone help me in how can I create a midi file of this changes so then I can save as a preset in my laser controler ?

[@BeastmodeBeats]

The real question is why did M-Audio produce a 2nd generation controller that doesn’t have pad banks, and secondly doesn’t have 1 velocity knob, and thirdly doesn’t have patch jumping capabilities like the Axiom Pro 49

[@Maladroit69]

PAPA BLESS REAPER Mania

[@laperch8813]

thank supermuch!

[@tomcootemusic]

Unfortunately this method doesn't work anymore (April 2023).

[@唐加和]

how do I know if input channel is 10?

[@LYSHEmusic]

Drums usualy located on channel 10 in midi sequencers so midi controllers assign pads to midi channel 10 by default, I think. Sure it can be changed in the settings of your controller to any other midi channel.

[@Voiceoftheseed]

Not working for me. Reaper must have updated something and it doesn't work. I did it step for step. I'm using an mpd218

[@nicholasalvarez6609]

Have u figured it out how to use it with something eles now in December I got a mpd 218 and I need help

[@garrettwilson9664]

cant get anything to show up in the JS plugin

[@KawiMusician]

thanks,I hope it works..the Co. I got my drum sample pack from isnt helpful AT ALL...

[@MikBurlak]

okay i have now "Nothing to see here" issue

[@abeldork]

fuck yeah kenny!

[@locutz]

that is way too much work for something so simple

[@mrmcmahon9746]

produceHer

[@SebastianMehenka]

This is ridiculous