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Working With Pads
Groove Agent SE features two different types of pads: instrument pads and pattern pads. Instrument pads are used to trigger samples. Pattern pads trigger MIDI drum patterns or styles.
Instrument Pads
Instrument pads are used to trigger samples.
Using an Alternative MIDI Trigger Note Mapping
If you use an external hardware drum controller that sends specific MIDI notes for specific instruments, you can specify an alternative MIDI trigger note mapping.
Assigning Multiple Trigger Notes to an Instrument Pad
Some hardware drum controller instruments, like crash cymbals, provide several zones. These zones are sending different MIDI notes, in order to play different articulations. If a drum kit comes with a sample mapping that contains all articulations on dedicated instrument pads, each instrument pad only requires one specific trigger note. However, if the kit does not provide a pad for each articulation, you can assign multiple trigger notes to one instrument pad, so that each zone on the hardware controller triggers the same sample.
Removing Additional Trigger Notes

Removing Additional Trigger Notes

You can remove additional trigger notes in the following ways:

On the context menu for an instrument pad, select Trigger Notes > Add/Remove Trigger Note and deselect the note that you want to remove.
On the context menu for an instrument pad, select Trigger Notes > Remove Trigger Notes and select the note that you want to remove.
To remove all additional trigger notes and replace them with a new single trigger note, use the Edit/Learn option on the context menu.