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[BillyHank]

Has Korg ever produced a Drum Map for any of these arrangers?

Seems to me Korg has been very secretive to not provide a list showing what sounds are included with each drum kit and the key number too.

If anyone has discovered these lists, I sure would appreciate a copy or the location where they may be found.

My need is to produce drum maps for Cubase - I will gladly share these when finished.

Bill G

[Nemik]

[BillyHank]

Than you Nemik - I appreciate the map.

But there are 131 different drum kits in the Pa3X, surely they don't all have the same instruments mapped - if so, then one should do.

I am really disappointed that Korg provides so little information about these keyboards.

I love this keyboard, but I am starting to feel like I made a huge mistake because of the lack of any useful information for MIDI, sysex and now drums maps.

Bill G

[DonM]

Bill, I suppose you have looked in the Advanced Edit Manual.

[BillyHank]

Don M

First place I looked - Not listed there-in.

What I am looking for is the key list for each drum Kit.
When you look in the Yamaha Datalist, you will see what sound to expect from each key in each drum kit.

Surely Korg has provided some named sounds that are different in at least several of the keys in the over 130 drum kits listed in the Advanced edit Manual.

No wonder the Korg drums keep getting beat up in the forums because no one has any idea of what is in the keyboard and my guess only about 3 or 4 of the kits ever get used for this reason. Just one big guessing game.

I love this keyboard, but it sure is hard trying to find out what is inside so you can use it.

Bill G

[BillyHank]

Sorry to say some one sent me a message about the drum map and I accidentally deleted it before I could read - please resend if you will.

Regards,

Bill G

[Thoraldus]

There are 90 kits with ~84 mappings each on the PA3X. That would take another thick manual to print out. I find it easy just to open a kit in SOUND mode and play the keyboard to see whats mapped there in DRUMKIT mode. All the regular kits have similar sounds mapped to the same keys just like the GM map above. The Advanced Edit Manual has everything else you need to know.
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[BillyHank]

Who prints manuals any more?

True, many of the same sounds are mapped to the same keys in a lot of the kits, but there are a lot of sounds that have been moved to different locations in some of the kits.

I guess they could have done the same for all the voices, you could just name them all "voice" and just load them to see what they sound like and if they would be of any use in what you're trying to accomplish.

Lazy! Lazy! Lazy!

Bill G

[Thoraldus]

[BillyHank]

Yes of course out of the over 1,000 voices in the Pa3X, you at least have a few with the name "violin" from which to start your search for a "violin".

The Lazy I am referring too is Korgs in not including the information they already have in their manuals. Drum maps and "all" the MIDI coding tables.

Yes, you can go all the way back to the i30 for that, if those tables still apply to the Pa3X. And of course, if you were aware that the i30 even existed.

I guess I am one of the few who still reads the manuals and think the Korg manuals are excellent - except for the lack of "all" the needed and useful information. Seems most folks would rather just come here and ask for the information rather than read the manuals - that's another kind of LAZY!

I don't know why Korg includes all the capabilities for making styles, sounds and more when it is likely less than 1% of keyboard owners ever use any of those capabilities. They would rather just download someone else's work. That is another kind of LAZY!

So now I get it - rather than provide the requested help, just bash the question as being an unreasonable or stupid request.

Thanks for providing the other LAZY!

[karmathanever]

[BillyHank]

Sorry - I meant Manufacturers - I should have been more specific.

Seriously tho - the Manufacturers are now producing these manuals in PDF format so we can download them and having them before we purchase makes it much easier to make the decision whether to buy or not.

I just knew I had to have the 900 after reading the manual - I would never have bought it if not for the manual being available.

And - we can print them all or just the parts we need - I think that really does save a lot of trees. Generally not known - we in Alabama are growing trees faster than we are cutting them down.

Bill G

[Thoraldus]

[BillyHank]

Rick,

Sorry, your post came across that way to me.

When making styles on my DAW(Cubase) or converting other brand styles, it would be very helpful to know which kit to use and what is in each kit for selecting the needed instruments in the Drum Kits without having to go to the keyboard, switch to Sound Mode and play the keyboard to make that decision. I will make Cubase Drum maps for each kit and will be able to do the sound check while I am in the DAW, as I can do with the regular voices.

I want you to know I value your help and I was hoping someone already had those maps and could help me with this project.

I can and will just go ahead and do the task of making the maps, one key at a time for the over 130 kits. Just seems that Korg could have provided this information as it surely is not proprietary.

My regards,

Bill G

[Nemik]