what is the function of Drum Mapper and TTS1 in MC5?

a drum map allows you to change the input and/or output of the MIDI notes; it's a translator between the input and output.  make sure you work thru the tutorials in the help files.  there's one on drum maps.

TTS-1 is a General MIDI 2 softsynth.  there are lots of different things you can do on the console including audition sounds and tweak them (chorus, reverb, tuning, etc).  there's also a tutorial in the help files on MIDI which uses TTS-1 that will help you learn a little about TTS-1.

I also have an advanced tutorial on drum maps using TTS-1 on my website.

The HELP button at the lower right corner of the TTS-1 GUI will open a fairly detailed manual.
It's worth reading, and you will probably find things you didn't know TTS-1 could do.
Probably the most important button on the GUI is the SYSTEM button. This is where you direct the instruments to the four available outputs, if you choose multiple outs.

As for drum mapping, you don't really need to worry about it with TTS-1.
Select Bank-15360 Preset Rhythm, and a named patch, and the drum map will automatically be created for you.
If you open the PRV, you will see drum names instead of a piano keyboard.
As Beagle noted, a drum map allows you to manipulate the MIDI I/O path. The map has nothing to do with the sound.
It simply directs a certain key to play a certain drum. And it gives you an onscreen display of what that drum is (in PRV).
For that reason, I do use drum maps for Studio Instruments Drums (which you have), and Session Drummer2.
There are preset maps for both of these.
You do need to insert your synth with a MIDI source track, and audio output. Drum maps don't work with simple instrument tracks.
hth


edit:lol, Bobby. you type faster than I do

Beagle

Guitarhacker


TTS is a decent synth but it only plays GM sounds. Cake walk Sound Center  (CSC) uses samples which sound better and are included with MC5... it also has drums built in....sampled drums.

However, I urge you to explore the TTS console GUI...click on things...all sorts of goodies lie hidden beneath the GUI.

As far as drum mapping.... I wouldn't mess with that. You can get such good sounding drums from the CSC drums.... why bother with mapping midi drums? Unless it's just to learn more about midi and how it all works in which case, knock yourself out. 

On my web site I have some basic stuff about TTS that you might find useful.

The name "drum map" is very misleading.  it is not a drum synth or even a tool only for drums.  as I said above, it allows you to remap MIDI input and/or output notes.
 
for example, if you are using a drum machine.  drum machines are notoriously NOT General MIDI mapped on their MIDI output.  in other words, if the drum machine outputs the KICK on MIDI note 49, and you use TTS-1 as output for the drum machine's input, then you would get a CRASH sound out of TTS-1 instead of a KICK because the output of the drum head is not mapped to GENERAL MIDI note numbers.  so you would use a DRUM MAP to change the INPUT (MIDI note from the drum head) 49 to change the MIDI OUTPUT (into the TTS-1 softsynth) to a 35 or 36 - which is the General MIDI NOTE for KICK.
 
but just because I used a drum head and softsynth example doesn't mean it's restricted to drums - although it is the most common use since for some reason drum machines and drum softsynths tend to ignore the general MIDI standard for note names.

Maybe I didn't explain it clearly in my reply, but I do understand the purpose of drum mapping. It's just that I never use it since all the synths I use for drums are mapped internally from the git go....and sampled, not GM... 


Every time I ever used TTS ch 10 drums everything was mapped correctly...so again, I never felt a need to try to fix something that did not appear to be broken.