cuban-percussion-midi-map

A MIDI mapping intended to cover all needs for programming afro-cuban percussion

Intruments and Techniques

1. Congas

(all techniques for all drums)

• quinto (high)
  • open, slap, open slap, 2-hand slap, muff, bass, fingertips, ghost, harmonic, dead
• conga 1 (D)
• conga 2 (C)
• conga 3 (A)
• tumba 1 (G)
• tumba 2 (F)
• tumba 3 (D)

2. Bongo

• macho (high)
  • open, rim, slap, thumb, finger
• hembra (low)
  • open, muff

3. Timbales

• macho (high)
  • open, rimshot, stick press, cascara, rim tap, ping, dead, hand muted
• hembra (low)
  • open, stick press, cross stick, cascara, rim tap, hand muted, hand open, muted with hand (for baqueteo), dead

4. Accessories (usally for timbales or drums setup)

• campana
  • mouth, neck, neck side, heel
• contracampana
  • neck, flat, mouth, neck dead, mouth dead
• cha bell
  • neck, mouth, neck dead, mouth dead
• jam block

5. Cymbals

(all techniques for all cymbals except hihat)

Standard:

• crash, surface, bell, crash choke

Extended:

• stick roll as crashes, stick roll as doubles on face, finger-tapered crash, triangle beater scrape, triangle beater ping, 90 degree ping, surface shriek, surface choke

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• crash 1
• crash 2
• crash 3
• splash 1
• splash 2
• ride 1
• ride 2
• closed hihat
  • face, edge

6. Drumset

• kick
• electric kick
• electric snare
• snare
  Standard:
• center, rimshot, cross stick, rim, dead stroke
  Extended:
• 1/2 to edge, edge, ping, stick shot, stick on stick shot, buzz center, buzz 1/2 to edge, buzz edge, muted by one hand
• hihat
  • closed face, closed 45 degree, open face, open 45 degree, wash, foot close, open bell, foot crash