Best GM standard Drumkit app

ecstaticax

Hi, what’s the best GM standard app that has AU support? I have many midi files that I have to render using Roland Soundcanvas as IAA, but I would like something with better sounds.
Regards.

RajahP

@ecstaticax said:
Hi, what’s the best GM standard app that has AU support? I have many midi files that I have to render using Roland Soundcanvas as IAA, but I would like something with better sounds.
Regards.

I guess you can take time and set up EG Pulse how ever you like.. and there is Bram Bos’s Ruismaker/FM..

Edit.. @ElliottGarage has been really quiet recently.. Must be cooking up something special for EG Pulse..

Forgot about DigiStix also..

RajahP

Oh.. and BeatHawk 2.

ecstaticax

Is beat hawk drum mapped in general midi?

mojozart

Many of BeatHawk's drum kits are GM compatible, e.g., 808, 909, Drum Designer(s)

mojozart

This Mozaic plugin may help remap as needed: https://patchstorage.com/remap-multi-channel-midi-drums/

Xequence 2 has built-in drum maps, by the way

Moderndaycompiler

Bs-16i is auv3 and plenty of GM kits are available. Imho this one covers the full GM drum range. Didistix and EG Pulse are really good but I couldn’t find anything that mapped to the full GM standard drum range like you are expecting from sound canvas.

Gilbert

@ecstaticax said:
Hi, what’s the best GM standard app that has AU support? I have many midi files that I have to render using Roland Soundcanvas as IAA, but I would like something with better sounds.
Regards.

Hi, it is apparently not so well known but DrumPerfect Pro come with an excellent GM drum kit ( better that the Roland Sound Canvas ( imho ) as well as an advanced midi import extracting the drums part from standard midi files and quickly converting them into patterns and a song. Which can be then finely tweaked with humanized and other functions. With this enhanced kit ( multisampled ) come a selection of 64 patterns with ( dynamic variations ) of worldwide styles ( Rock, pop, jazz, blues, latin, funk, etc... ).

Midi export of patterns or full song is easy.

Inserted as a midi sender in Audiobus DPP can control any other midi (drum) module ( BeatHawk, bs-16, etc... )

https://forum.audiob.us/discussion/19346/drumperfect-pro-now-updated-with-midi-out-how-to-start-using-it

Last but not least DPP while not being Auv3 itself, come with a Auv3 player ( DPPlayer ) which plays any song or playlist of songs loaded as presets. It is in fact a stripped down version of DPP without editing/import-export commands; a player.

hisdudeness

@ecstaticax said:
Hi, what’s the best GM standard app that has AU support? I have many midi files that I have to render using Roland Soundcanvas as IAA, but I would like something with better sounds.
Regards.

Cubasis , imports them right
also visually great , can also reassign any error filled lines quickly ( not the greatest drum samples though).

Drumperfect Pro , you can get easily lost with this app ( GUI has a learning curve)

Another app with nice sample is Gladstone ( KG) .. but not GM

You have to remap samples. One time process only

ecstaticax

Thanks to all of your answers

Strizbiz

@Moderndaycompiler said:
Bs-16i is auv3 and plenty of GM kits are available. Imho this one covers the full GM drum range. Didistix and EG Pulse are really good but I couldn’t find anything that mapped to the full GM standard drum range like you are expecting from sound canvas.

+1

joegrant413

Just bought EG Pulse because of this thread. But I see the drum kit instruments vary in pad order and MIDI assignments. How easy is it to reassign the MIDI to the GM standard?

Thanks,
Joe

P.S. What IS the GM assignment standard for a drum kit? (Drum=99, Snare=99, etc.)

Samu

@joegrant413 said:

P.S. What IS the GM assignment standard for a drum kit? (Drum=99, Snare=99, etc.)

GIYF (Google Is Your Friend)
https://www.midi.org/specifications-old/item/gm-level-1-sound-set

McD

@joegrant413 said:
Just bought EG Pulse because of this thread. But I see the drum kit instruments vary in pad order and MIDI assignments. How easy is it to reassign the MIDI to the GM standard?

Thanks,
Joe

P.S. What IS the GM assignment standard for a drum kit? (Drum=99, Snare=99, etc.)

Key#  Note    Drum Sound  Key#    Note    Drum Sound
35    B0  Ac. Bass Drum   59  B2  Ride Cymbal 2
36    C1  Bass Drum 1         60  C3  Hi Bongo
37    C#1 Side Stick          61  C#3 Low Bongo
38    D1  Acoustic Snare  62  D3  Mute Hi Conga
39    Eb1 Hand Clap           63  Eb3 Open Hi Conga
40    E1  Electric Snare  64  E3  Low Conga
41    F1  Low Floor Tom   65  F3  High Timbale
42    F#1 Closed Hi Hat   66  F#3 Low Timbale
43    G1  High Floor Tom  67  G3  High Agogo
44    Ab1 Pedal Hi-Hat            68  Ab3 Low Agogo
45    A1  Low Tom         69  A3  Cabasa
46    Bb1 Open Hi-Hat         70  Bb3 Maracas
47    B1  Low-Mid Tom 71  B3  Short Whistle
48    C2  Hi Mid Tom          72  C4  Long Whistle
49    C#2 Crash Cymbal 1  73  C#4 Short Guiro
50    D2  High Tom            74  D4  Long Guiro
51    Eb2 Ride Cymbal 1   75  Eb4 Claves
52    E2  Chinese Cymbal  76  E4  Hi Wood Block
53    F2  Ride Bell                   77  F4  Low Wood Block
54    F#2 Tambourine          78  F#4 Mute Cuica
55    G2  Splash Cymbal   79  G4  Open Cuica
56    Ab2 Cowbell                 80  Ab4 Mute Triangle
57    A2  Crash Cymbal 2  81  A4  Open Triangle
58    Bb2 Vibraslap            

joegrant413

Thanks!

joegrant413

https://lmgtfy.app/#gsc.tab=0&gsc.q=what does GIYF mean?

joegrant413

FYI, the Behringer RD9 and AUM work together well. Also Rd9 and DrumJam. So I’m seeing how far well this drum machine hybrid workflow can take me. Also have the MPD218 hooked up for improv.

Need to check the RD9 MIDI assignments, but so far it seems to be the GM standard. It work also to slow down the RD9 to 20 bpm and solo play steps to trigger the MIDI.

I generally hate MIDI as a major creative buzzkill….. until it works.