"Sounds to MIDI notes" not sounding the same?

Prime Minister Zhou
Prime Minister Zhou Member Posts: 17 Member
edited September 27 in Maschine

When I use "sounds to midi note" to drag a pattern into lives arrangement or session view I have to transpose the notes up two octaves so the kick falls on C3 (middle C) yet the pitch of notes is all off is there a better solution to this or away to open push as a 16 channel midi group in Ableton like there used to be. Taking in to account that that's probably not the best solution since a Maschine instance may have more than one set of pad groups!?!

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  • ozon
    ozon Member Posts: 1,820 Expert
    Answer ✓

    Sounds to MIDI Notes yields mapping of Pads to MIDI pitches:

    • Pad 1 (Kick 1) = C1
    • Pad 2 (Snare 1) = C#1
    • Pad 3 (HH closed) = D1
    • Pad 4 (HH open) = D#1
    • Pad 5 (Kick 2) = E1
    • Pad 6 (Snare 2) = F1
    • Pad 7 (Perc 1) = F#1
    • Pad 8 (Perc 2) = G1
    • etc.

    Therefore you will lose all pitch information from each of the Pads (Sounds).

    If you play back a Pattern exported with Sounds to MIDI Notes, you have to set the Group / MIDI / Routings / Key Mode settings to Manual. Each Pad (Sound) will then react as if it receives a MIDI C3.

    If you intentionally pitched the notes for each of the Pads (Sounds), you cannot use Sounds to MIDI Notes but must use Sounds to MIDI Channels instead.

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  • ozon
    ozon Member Posts: 1,820 Expert
    Answer ✓

    Sounds to MIDI Notes yields mapping of Pads to MIDI pitches:

    • Pad 1 (Kick 1) = C1
    • Pad 2 (Snare 1) = C#1
    • Pad 3 (HH closed) = D1
    • Pad 4 (HH open) = D#1
    • Pad 5 (Kick 2) = E1
    • Pad 6 (Snare 2) = F1
    • Pad 7 (Perc 1) = F#1
    • Pad 8 (Perc 2) = G1
    • etc.

    Therefore you will lose all pitch information from each of the Pads (Sounds).

    If you play back a Pattern exported with Sounds to MIDI Notes, you have to set the Group / MIDI / Routings / Key Mode settings to Manual. Each Pad (Sound) will then react as if it receives a MIDI C3.

    If you intentionally pitched the notes for each of the Pads (Sounds), you cannot use Sounds to MIDI Notes but must use Sounds to MIDI Channels instead.

  • Prime Minister Zhou
    Prime Minister Zhou Member Posts: 17 Member

    Thanks for the answer, I saw a tutorial on how to use Ableton Clips to trigger Maschine 2 and it's a bit tedious. Wish they would update Maschine to have drag and drop compatibility with drum rack to utilise Ableton new midi editting capabilities

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