Fantom G as a Drum Machine use RPS on pads then trigger with

24 Aug 2010, 09:11

Hi Guys,

For live play I still like to be able to trigger my own spontaneous fills and endings on some of my songs.
I have an old Korg DDD-5 drum machine that would let you do fills and song endings by tapping a footswitch.

Would it be possible to use the G like a drum machine by doing the following:

1. Grab some of my favorite patterns from my old ddd-5 drum machine that contain "endings" "fills" etc. and import/record their midi into the G

2. Set the G's pad mode up to "Rhythm Patterns" and map them to the newly imported material from my old DDD-5 drum machine....so that i.e. Pad 1 would be a FILL and Pad 2 would be a Song Ending

3. Use a Midi Foot controller like the Behringer FCB-1010 or the Roland PK-5A to "remotely trigger" the pads on the G8

Any help appreciated,
Thx,
Jon

Re: Fantom G as a Drum Machine use RPS on pads then trigger

24 Aug 2010, 09:51

@ Jon

You couldn't just trigger the pads yourself? (I mean with your fingers

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Re: Fantom G as a Drum Machine use RPS on pads then trigger

24 Aug 2010, 10:07

Thanks for the reply......too busy with fingers on multiple keyboards to be able to hit the pads with fingers.

Thx,
Jon

Re: Fantom G as a Drum Machine use RPS on pads then trigger

24 Aug 2010, 10:07

"You couldn't just trigger the pads yourself? (I mean with your finders

"

A bizarre question? ^^

Because his ten fingers do (play) other things

Re: Fantom G as a Drum Machine use RPS on pads then trigger

24 Aug 2010, 10:15

Also....I might be incorrect in trying to involve the Roland G's PADS at all...............

Maybe instead of using the PADS as the trigger for the drum midi patterns, there is a way to load the drum patterns into a Roland G
"live mode" program and then just have the Behringer footswitch playback a midi note value that would actually trigger the midi pattern?

Thx,
Jon

Re: Fantom G as a Drum Machine use RPS on pads then trigger

24 Aug 2010, 10:30

@ kbrdist

I was just asking.... I mean we are talking about a split second to reach up and hit a pad...

I probably should not have responded period... thinking now... "he probably already thought of that"

LOL

oh well. sorry I couldn't help more.

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