midi triggering question

[fantomas]

Hi all,


I'm new the board, hoping you guys can help me on this;

Just got a roland octapad and I can't seem to properly trig my sp808 sampler with it. I manage to get only ONE sound at a time so the question would be 'what do I have to set up to get 8 samples trigged per bank , is it 1 sound per midi channel or 1 midi channel for all sounds then I'd have to set up midi notes?!!!
As u might notice, I'm totally clueless with MIDI so I hope my questio makes senses...
Any suggestions would be much appreciated, cheers, fantomas.

[TexRoadkill]

I dont know those specific models but in general you need to find out what the controller is sending. I would guess it defaults to different notes for the same patch since that is how most midi drumkits are programmed. If you want to trigger different sounds you need to program those sounds to the note that is being triggered.

The Roland may be more versatile than that but you will probably need the manual to program it.

[fantomas]

thanks for the tip dude. I'm gonna try again with the general rules u gave me, hopefully I'll manage in the end...
I can't refer to the manual of my sampler though cos it's in deutch(I bought it second hand)and I don't speak deutch


fantomas.