[SOLVED] Editing Pitch Names for BFD3 in Studio One

Executive summary to spare interested parties the trouble of wading through the tree; 
 
> SO3 loads the "active" keymap in BFD3 on startup and displays the long names from the xml files for the kit pieces. They cannot be edited in SO3. 
> The work around requires two key steps. 
1. Creating a "multi-instrument" in SO3 using two instances of BFD3.
2. Setting the individual outputs in two different places. 
    2.1  In the BFD3 mixer channel as expected
    2.2  AND in the SO3 VST "wrapper" for BFD3.
> Issue resolved with timely and useful guidance once I managed to post in the Community Support Forum. 
 
I am able to:
- Use multiple color coded MIDI tracks
- Route individual kit pieces in BFD3 to SO3 channels for FX processing
- Save it all as a template
 
NB. Old dogs gotta learn new tricks if they want to eat. "Intuitive" and "obvious" are sometimes merely entrenched behaviors reinforced with years of repetition. 
 
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Finally getting around to exploring candidates and hit a MIDI speed bump on the very first project.
 
Studio One Pro is unable to display custom pitch names for a BFD3 keymap. The Pitch Name Map displayed is not editable and pretty much unusable.
 
After putting in significant effort to RTFM, could not come up with a work around (manual appears to be out of date?). There might be one, but I can't afford to spend days figuring out basics.
 
Posted on the Presonus forum. After 7 days, >100 views, not a single reply or suggestion (the reply listed is my update on a related issue which I managed to figure out). The SONAR forum might have been a bit "lively" at times but generally came through with timely, informed and useful suggestions. The Presonus forum is a significant downgrade based on my experience.
 
The specifics in case you're interested.
 
1: S1 Pro will load a custom keymap defined in BFD but does not support the display of custom kit piece names. It will only display the long winded kit piece names pulled from the xml files supplied by BFD which is pretty useless as the fields in the MIDI Pitch Name map are not long enough for the full name, even with the hard coded fine print font.
2: Tried to edit the Pitch Name Map but the editor will not allow selection in the program.
3. Tried to load a custom xml file created outside of Studio One, but the editor will not allow selection.
4. Tried the full screen mode for the MIDI Editor, but unable to increase the length of the Pitch Name fields.
5. Also noting that loading a new keymap in BFD will track the samples triggered (of course note names are the same) but does not update the Pitch Names displayed. (smh)
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May seem like a small thing but this is a major productivity hit and a show stopper for me. A pity, as there were features I was interested in exploring further. 
 
On to the next one...

Well - you are at 51 views and 0 replies here!  
 
Anyway...
 
I have Studio One but not BFD, but I do have some experience with editing the pitch map, since I am "The Drum Map Guy" (self-titled) around here.
 
I have a Pearl Mimic Pro hooked up to Studio One and I've created a pitch map for it.  While there is no "display of custom kit piece names" (not sure what that means), I haven't had any problem creating a map of kit pieces named as I want them and at the notes I expect them to be.  There are a TON of things that I think are inferior on the drum mapping side of the program, but there is a Pretty Active FR over at Presonus for improvement on this.
 
The application itself has a LOT of promise for me, so I'm looking past the drum mapping capabilities and accepting that the names of notes is good enough.
 
So, when I go to the Midi Editor screen for a track with drum assignment (and click the little drum icon at the top left), then click on the Wrench in the upper left, scroll down to a note, click once, then I can name it what I want, click OK and it stays that way.
 
If you are using a special plugin, do the rules change?  Not being sure, I loaded up Addictive Drums, created a midi track, and followed the same procedure as above.  Still worked the same for me.
 
What am I missing from your steps?

I don't have many drum type virtual instruments apart from Impact in Studio One.  I play drums and generally sequence drum machine like parts in a different way.
 
So I cannot test that. It maybe something between Studio One and BFD 3. Maybe some others might chime in. I might check on the Presonus forum as well.
 
 

Jackson, after reading your post here, I actually looked for your post over at studio one forum to out my comment there to stoke the flame a bit but I couldn't find it there. Being a participant in most of the forums I frequent, I hate when posts go completely unanswered.

Got a link?

Tried posting an update, apparently a victim of the forum bots.

@Blades
Apparently my initial post was in the wrong forum ("Forum") instead of the "Community Support Forum". Re-posted and at least seeing some signs of response if not a solution. 
 
thx.