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=== 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.
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