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Title: Beatstep Pro General MIDI is not standard GM
Post by: PurpleNurple on March 20, 2018, 02:07:43 pm

Hey Guys,

Wondering if someone could share some Beatstep Pro knowledge with me. I recently purchased a unit from ebay and the default General MIDI value for Pad 1 (labelled as C on the controller) is 39, and then pads 2, 3 and 4 etc. are assigned MIDI values sequentially from that number. There is no value 36, 37 or 38. Is pad 1 not supposed to be 36 (C1) as it is labelled as being C? In my mind this is general MIDI.

I am trying to figure out if the initial owner of the unit has changed some settings or whether I am just using it wrong.

Dan

Title: Re: Beatstep Pro General MIDI is not standard GM
Post by: I grec on March 20, 2018, 03:51:48 pm

Hi PurpleNurple,
Custom, Spark, General MIDI, Chromatic values are for Drum Map only (Drum Mode). The notes under the pads are not relevant in Drum Mode.

Regards,
Y.

Title: Re: Beatstep Pro General MIDI is not standard GM
Post by: PurpleNurple on March 21, 2018, 11:56:46 am

Hey I grec,

In Drum Mode, by default, my pads are set to General MIDI in the MIdi Control Centre, however, the default value for pad 1 is 39 - and upon pressing all the pads there is no 36. I thought if my drum mode were to be set to General MIDI, pad 1 would be my kick drum MIDI CC 36 C1. But as I mentioned, pad 1 is 39 and all other pad values are from 40 onwards.

It seems like no matter what mode I put it in I never get MIDI CC 36, 37 or 38.

Dan

Title: Re: Beatstep Pro General MIDI is not standard GM
Post by: megamarkd on March 23, 2018, 01:40:10 am

Create a user drum map to match the GM spec.