MIDI: Drum Pad preset
This preset ships inside InputConfig, free on the Mac App Store. You don't have to make an account, there are no subscriptions, and nothing is locked. Optimized for Apple silicon.
This preset makes four face buttons into four drum pads on MIDI channel 10, the General MIDI drum channel, so any DAW drum kit answers without mapping. Turbo is on for every pad: tap for a hit, hold for a roll at the turbo rate.
Face buttons = drum kit pieces with turbo (hold for rolls), triggers = low tom and crash
Where it is in the app
It ships inside InputConfig: open the sidebar and look in its folder, or search for it. Activate it, or press Edit to see every row. It is also here as a file, identical apart from being inactive and ungrouped, for anyone who deleted theirs or wants it on another Mac.
Every binding
| Input | Sends | Options | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Left trigger | MIDI note 41 (F2), velocity 100, channel 10 | Low tom (note 41) | |
| Right trigger | MIDI note 49 (C#3), velocity 100, channel 10 | Crash cymbal (note 49) | |
| A / Cross | MIDI note 36 (C2), velocity 110, channel 10 | repeats 8/s; vibrate | Kick (note 36), turbo for rolls |
| B / Circle | MIDI note 38 (D2), velocity 110, channel 10 | repeats 8/s; vibrate | Snare (note 38), turbo for rolls |
| X / Square | MIDI note 42 (F#2), velocity 110, channel 10 | repeats 8/s; vibrate | Closed hi-hat (note 42), turbo for rolls |
| Y / Triangle | MIDI note 46 (A#2), velocity 110, channel 10 | repeats 8/s; vibrate | Open hi-hat (note 46), turbo for rolls |
6 rows. Button names are the Xbox / PlayStation pair the editor shows; a Switch Pro Controller fires by position. Options are the row settings that differ from the defaults.
Notes
- Rolls in time. Set the turbo rate to match the tempo: 8 presses a second is sixteenth notes at 120 BPM.
- Hits you can feel. Haptics pulse on each hit, so a roll is felt in the hands.
Channel 10 is why it plays any DAW drum kit with no mapping.
Download
- MIDI: Drum Pad presetFinger-drumming pads with turbo for rolls 5 KB
To add a downloaded preset: drop the file on InputConfig's Dock icon, or click the … button next to any preset in the sidebar, choose Import Preset File, and pick the file. It lands in the sidebar, ready to activate or edit. Any launch target inside a preset file is cleared on import; add one yourself in the editor if you want it.
Related
Completely free. You don't have to make an account, there are no subscriptions, and nothing is locked. Optimized for Apple silicon. Open source on GitHub.
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