Section 8 — Understanding Programs TS-10 Musician’s Manual
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About Drum-Maps
Drum-Maps are similar to pitch-tables in that they replace voices 5 and 6 in a program with a set
of parameters which redefine the pitch of individual keys on the keyboard. Drum-Maps do not
have the same tuning resolution as pitch-tables, but they add the ability to also assign different
waves, volume levels, panning, and voice output assignments to individual keys across the
keyboard. This feature is particularly useful for creating complex keyboard assignments for
percussion applications, hence the name “Drum-Map.”
One very useful aspect of this feature is the ability to construct a TS-10 program which emulates
the key mapping and sonic characteristics of an external drum machine or percussion sound
module, allowing you to record and play sequencer tracks which are compatible with the maps
used by any external MIDI device. You may also exercise your creativity in coming up with
other uses for the remapping functions provided by this feature.
The basic function of a Drum-Map is to control how keys are assigned to voices, and to provide a
certain set of parameters to control how the voice is played. When you play a key, the system
looks in the drum-map for information about pitch, volume, panning, wave type, and destination
voice(s) for that particular key. Based on this information, the key is sent to one or more voices to
be played. The exact way that the key will sound depends both on the information in the drum-
map and the parameter settings of the destination voice(s).
Drum-Maps contain information about 61 keys. This represents the range from B1 to B6 on the
TS-10 (MIDI keys 35 to 95). This range was designed to comply with the General MIDI Drum-
Map spec.
General MIDI Drum Map
MIDI
Note #
TS-10
Note
GM Drum Sound MIDI
Note #
TS-10
Note
GM Drum Sound
35 B1 Acoustic Bass Drum 59 B3 Ride Cymbal 2
36 C2 Bass Drum 1 60 C4 Hi Bongo
37 C2+ Side Stick 61 C4+ Low Bongo
38 D2 Acoustic Snare 62 D4 Mute Hi Conga
39 D2+ Hand Clap 63 D4+ Open Hi Conga
40 E2 Electric Snare 64 E4 Low Conga
41 F2 Low Floor Tom 65 F4 High Timbale
42 F2+ Closed Hi-Hat 66 F4+ Low Timbale
43 G2 High Floor Tom 67 G4 High Agogo
44 G2+ Pedal Hi-Hat 68 G4+ Low Agogo
45 A2 Low Tom 69 A4 Cabasa
46 A2+ Open Hi-Hat 70 A4+ Maracas
47 B2 Low-Mid Tom 71 B4 Short Whistle
48 C3 Hi Mid Tom 72 C5 Long Whistle
49 C3+ Crash Cymbal 1 73 C5+ Short Guiro
50 D3 High Tom 74 D5 Long Guiro
51 D3+ Ride Cymbal 1 75 D5+ Claves
52 E3 Chinese Cymbal 76 E5 High Wood Block
53 F3 Ride Bell 77 F5 Low Wood Block
54 F3+ Tambourine 78 F5+ Mute Cuica
55 G3 Splash Cymbal 79 G5 Open Cuica
56 G3+ Cowbell 80 G5+ Mute Triangle
57 A3 Crash Cymbal 2 81 A5 Open Triangle
58 A3+ Vibraslap
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