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Originally Posted by EvilDragon
We should be able to choose the symbol for each notehead, rather than changing the note shape globally per notation editor instance. We should also be able to have drum maps that convert standard drum notation to actual MIDI notes that are supposed to be played.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percussion_notation
Ideally the drum map would contain both the MIDI note to notation position correlation as well as the notehead type for each entry. |
Following-on from what ED has said, I think we need to start a
percussion-notation guide thread or document here in the forum as percussion notation is different to melodic notation. We can provide sensible ideas and information from, and using this, that will help Schwa write a decent percussion mapping editor. There seem to be plenty of notation users here to home in on a manual of "good practice" and notation explanation.
Ultimately this guide and some percussion mapping presets should help any user display their drum/percussion MIDI as dots. Maybe the guide can be accessed through the Action list or help menu, and/or downloaded as PDF or similar at a later, more mature stage in the notation editor's development.
Essentially, the mapping should consist of note to line and note-head rows, but some (eg Hi-hat trigger notes) need to consider CC values to determine the notes' dot status. I'm not enough of an expert here to contribute on other "notation punctuation" and how might relate to percussion MIDI, but I'm sure other users will add to the picture.
Edit: I hadn't considered what MM&U has added, with drum rudiments and their shorthand symbold. Perhaps the guide might be more of a good idea, as many users who might be use normal notation would not be so familiar with the convention for drums. That wiki page is certinly a good start!
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