Cannot map drum pads on my MIDI controller

I have a Novation Impulse 25 MIDI keyboard, and I am trying to map the 8 drum pads it has.
What I want is the drum pads to trigger notes from C2 and higher. So it would be 8 in total from C2 to G2. By default they are triggering C3 and higher.
On the keyboard (internally on it) I mapped the pads correctly and when I press the first pad, on the little display of the keyboard it shows "C2 triggered".
But my Logic keeps interpreting it as C3
Would be grad if you could help me out.

If you go to Logic Pro -Preferences -Display -General there is an option to display Middle C as C3(Yamaha) or C4(Roland). Have you tried changing that. I don't think it will make any difference. Might be worth a try though.

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How to map drum pads on Impulse 25

I am understanding Logic Pro very well, thanks a lot to the Logic Pro 9 book I bought (by David Nahmani).
But....I have a Novation Impulse 25 controller with drum pads--I cannot figure out how to assign drum sounds to the pads. Very frustrating! Any ideas?

If you go to Logic Pro -Preferences -Display -General there is an option to display Middle C as C3(Yamaha) or C4(Roland). Have you tried changing that. I don't think it will make any difference. Might be worth a try though.

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Hi,
Try to re-program the drum pads to a more useful MIDI message, such as a note.
Please consult the keyboard's manual on how to do that.
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FLdrummer wrote:
How do you assign certain sounds to certain triggers of a midi device in logic? I >cant figure it out for the life of me :\
You can create a Mapped Instrument object in the Logic Environment and cable to the Ezdrummer Channel strip. Set the Mapped Instr object to "No Port" and create a track for the Mapped Instr in the Arrange. Double click the M.I to open its dialog. You will find a column where you can change/transform the Note Pitches. For example SN1 from D1 to E1 etc. You can select the M.I track and record events on it. Note during play the note events will be transformed in real time but if try to record you will fined that your original notes are recorded. If want to record the transformed notes then you must patch the M.I between the Physical Input and the Sequencer Input in Click & Ports layer.
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I'm slowly getting around to creating a Concert that represents my controller setup and realized that the drum pads have a different behavior.
When setting up my Korg nanoPAD as a drum sample controller, I have to map it to a keyboard and not a 2x6 drum pad group. If I do not assign it to a keyboard, I cannot associate it with a channel strip playing back an EXS drum kit. They keyboard drop down in the MIDI input properties for a channel strip will not list the nanoPAD as an input even though I have already associated the pads with their virtual counterparts in the Layout tab.
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Can anyone recommend some good midi drum pads that work well with GB? I was previously using the pads build onto my M-Audi Axiom keyboard, and despite them being cheap and M-Audio, they worked relatively well until they stopped working entirely. Looking to spend up to $500. Thanks.

the garage bandit wrote:
Can anyone recommend some good midi drum pads that work well with GB? I was previously using the pads build onto my M-Audi Axiom keyboard, and despite them being cheap and M-Audio, they worked relatively well until they stopped working entirely. Looking to spend up to $500. Thanks.
Check out my response to your Q in the GB 8 forum.
For $500 you could get something with decent sounds as well - check out Roland Handsonic, NI Maschine (don't know how well it works with GB though), other grooveboxes by Roland, Akai, Korg, etc.
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i'm looking at grabbing one this weekend, and was wondering if any of you may have any recommendations?
also, does anyone on this forum use any type of midi drum pad units? (similar to some of the Roland pads that are available for creating drum beats.)

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I think the drum pads and the XY control pad thing (not the joystick - the laptop control type of deal) are almost useless on the Novation.
There is a big difference in the feel of the keys between the Axiom and the Novation. If you are a player this could be an issue for you. Novation feels more 'keyboardy'.

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