EZ Drummer & Addictive Drums MIDI

BobF
Anybody have a whiz-bang easy way to get the MIDI tracks from these converted to GM?

Slugbaby

abacab
 
Just drag a pattern out of AD2 to a new MIDI track and assign it to channel 10 in TTS-1?

I didnt think AD uses GM mapping.  If it doesn't, the MIDI notes will trigger the wrong drums.

BobF
midifilemapper looks promising.
 
I'm actually wanting files.  I want to load them in a keyboard/workstation.  I guess the easiest way is to open PRV and drag notes to the correct values, then drag the clip out to create a file

• EZD to GM

Select Input Files

Select Mapping Rules

Select Output File Details

Convert Files

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<MidiMappingRules>
 <General
 Name="Transpose 2 Semitones"
 Author="Mark Heath"
 Description="Test file"
 />

 <NoteMap Name="Transpose All Notes" InChannel="1-9,11-16" InNote="*" OutNote="+2" />
 <NoteMap Name="Don't Transpose Drums" InChannel="10" InNote="*" OutNote="*" />
</MidiMappingRules>

abacab

BobF
Looks great.  But it doesn't do **** all.  Why crayola development?  Doesn't anybody just write software anymore?
 

LOL. I hear ya!
 
Are all of your Microsoft .NET Frameworks up to date?

BobF

abacab
Since it requires server access, maybe it's your browser or firewall preventing it from running?
 

I hope so.  That means they're doing what they're supposed to be doing. 

Kalle Rantaaho
Doesn't AD include lots of actions that GM doesn't, like cymbal mutes and such?
Doesn't that affect the mapping and/or conversion?

BobF
For my purposes capturing feel is good enough.  I don't need nuance.
 
The details:
 
I have a newly acquired Roland FA 06.  All of the built in rhythms (drum patterns) are 4/4.  I want to add some basic patterns for other time sigs (6/8 right now), which the FA supports by way of importing MIDI files.  I *assumed* it would be a trivial task to get a basic set of patterns out of EZD and/or AD that I could use for this purpose.  I also have EZ Player Pro, so I might be able to use that to do the mapping and record the MIDI out of it.  I'm not sure yet if that will work.
 
These don't need nuance because they won't end up being the final drum tracks.  Just something to work with to get song ideas going.  The drum tracks will be replaced in SONAR later.
 
I think suffering thru piano roll conversions or even just buying/scrounging some bits that are already GM will be the easiest approach.
 
The midifilemapper discussed above is prolly handy as a pocket on a shirt, but I'm not going to reconfigure my network/PC settings to use it.  I have no problem suffering in support of my principles

TheMaartian

abacab

Kalle Rantaaho
Doesn't AD include lots of actions that GM doesn't, like cymbal mutes and such?
Doesn't that affect the mapping and/or conversion?

I guess any AD extra actions just need to be remapped to the bit bucket, or to an alternate key.  Better no note, than the wrong sound, eh?
 
I looked at the conversion rule sets that ship with MIDI file Mapper, and saw one included for "EZDrummer to GM", but none yet for "AD to GM".  But there is one for "GM to AD".
 
You would probably need to lay out the drum map specs for AD & GM side by side, then create the custom XML rules for what you wanted to replace.  That option is provided

That may be because the AD MIDI files are in some kind of proprietary format and are only available to be dragged out of AD into something else.
 
Unless...
 
You know the secret, hidden webpage in your XLN account. Log in, and append "/offline" to the URL so it looks like "https://www.xlnaudio.com/myaccount-myproducts/offline", press Enter, scroll to the bottom of the page, and there you'll find all of your purchased MIDI packs in MIDI format, perfect for use as INPUT to MIDI File Mapper.
 
Who's gonna write the AD to GM rule set? 

Rob[atSound-Rehab]
 
nice. who figures this stuff out? thanks

abacab

Rob[atSound-Rehab]
 
nice. who figures this stuff out? thanks

Only a TheMaartian could have done that