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== Drum Editors ==
Many DAWs have ''drum editor'' views for MIDI data, similar to a piano roll, with the keyboard displayed vertically, and a timeline grid displayed horizontally. Each hit is displayed as a diamond or some other marking that helps clearly see the timing aligning to the grid, with no length or size indicating the note duration, since drums don't traditionally have variation in length. Additionally, there is a rectangular area with a vertical bar for each hit representing the velocity that can be quickly edited.
=== Reverb ===
A bit of reverb adds an in-the-room feel. A lot of reverb can fill the mix with a simple groove better than some crazy technical madness with no reverb.
Many drum plugins feature a room microphone, designed to get a more ambient, in-the-room sound. You can play with using less room mic in the mix, instead using a reverb plugin where you have more control over the tone, decay, etc.
=== Software Assistance ===
There are [[Popular_Virtual_Instruments/Plugins#Drums|dedicated drumming VSTi's]] that will automatically vary the samples based on consecutive hits and such to help make them less stiff.
== Drum Mapping ==
Every MIDI device or plugin that accepts or outputs MIDI, expecting it to align with other devices/software, must map certain drums to certain notes. This includes:
* Electronic Drum Kit Modules
* Drum Machines
* Keyboards/MIDI Controllers
* Drum-centric Virtual Instruments
* General MIDI Drum Kits
Many will allow you to set up the MIDI mapping for each drum inside its setup parameters, and many will conform to some General MIDI Kit mapping. But some unfortunately do not do either. Also, you may not want to alter a device's global drum mapping just to conform to a certain virtual drum software that you may not use all the time. These situations can be solved by using <u>MIDI Maps</u> that allow you to transform the MIDI message to remap some (or all) keys to others. MIDI maps consume very little storage and can be quickly loaded, so it's low-cost to make maps for your preferred way of using your devices for some or many virtual kits.
=== GM Drum Mapping ===
{|
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{|class="wikitable"
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! MIDI # !! Note !! Drum/Cymbal
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| 81 || A4 || Open Triangle
|-class="blackKey"
| 80 || G#4|| Mute Triangle
|-
| 79 || G4 || Open Cuíca
|-class="blackKey"
| 78 || F#4|| Mute Cuíca
|-
| 77 || F4 || Low Wood Block
|-
| 76 || E4 || High Wood Block
|-class="blackKey"
| 75 || D#4|| Claves
|-
| 74 || D4 || Long Güiro
|-class="blackKey"
| 73 || C#4|| Short Güiro
|-
| 72 || C4 || Long Whistle
|-
| 71 || B3 || Short Whistle
|-class="blackKey"
| 70 || A#3|| Maracas
|-
| 69 || A3 || Cabasa
|-class="blackKey"
| 68 || G#3|| Low Agogô
|-
| 67 || G3 || High Agogô
|-class="blackKey"
| 66 || F#3|| Low Timbale
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| 65 || F3 || High Timbale
|-
| 64 || E3 || Low Conga
|-class="blackKey"
| 63 || D#3|| Open High Conga
|-
| 62 || D3 || Mute High Conga
|-class="blackKey"
| 61 || C#3|| Low Bongo
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| 60 || C3 || High Bongo
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|}
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{|class="wikitable"
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! MIDI # !! Note !! Drum/Cymbal
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| 59 || B2 || Ride Cymbal 2
|-class="blackKey"
| 58 || A#2|| Vibra Slap
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| 57 || A2 || Crash Cymbal 2
|-class="blackKey"
| 56 || G#2|| Cowbell
|-
| 55 || G2 || Splash Cymbal
|-class="blackKey"
| 54 || F#2|| Tambourine
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| 53 || F2 || Ride Bell
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| 52 || E2 || Chinese Cymbal
|-class="blackKey"
| 51 || D#1|| Ride Cymbal 1
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| 50 || D2 || High Tom 1
|-class="blackKey"
| 49 || C#2|| Crash Cymbal 1
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| 48 || C2 || High Tom 2
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| 47 || B1 || Mid Tom 1
|-class="blackKey"
| 46 || A#1|| Open Hi-hat
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| 45 || A1 || Mid Tom 2
|-class="blackKey"
| 44 || G#1|| Pedal Hi-hat
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| 43 || G1 || Low Tom 1
|-class="blackKey"
| 42 || F#1|| Closed Hi-hat
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| 41 || F1 || Low Tom 2
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| 40 || E1 || Snare Drum 2
|-class="blackKey"
| 39 || D#1|| Hand Clap
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| 38 || D1 || Snare Drum 1
|-class="blackKey"
| 37 || C#1|| Side Stick/Rimshot
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| 36 || C1 || Bass Drum 1
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| 35 || B0 || Bass Drum 2
|}
|}
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