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Title: TrapKAT Double Second Steel Pan kit
Post by: pljones on August 28, 2016, 02:53:43 PM

Hi,

Circumstance is an odd thing.  My wife and I were sitting in our garden last night, listening to a party somewhere else in the neighbourhood with reggae music.  I could hear steel pans.  Then, this morning, as I was browsing KVRAudio, I found some free steel pan (http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=468953) samples.

So I thought I'd try to get them mapped on my TrapKAT.  I went looking for layouts and found a very nice site -- Steel Pan Tuning (http://stockholmsteelband.se/pan/tuning) -- and decided to use the Double Second (http://stockholmsteelband.se/pan/tuning/app_a_tenor.php) layout.
[Double Second Pan (http://www.drealm.info/kat/Double%20Second%20Pan.zip)] (single file contained, mapped on kit15.)

30 notes across 24 pads... So how's it done?  (Original layout picture taken from "Steel Pan Tuning".)
(https://forum.alternatemode.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.drealm.info%2Fkat%2Fdouble-second-pan.png&hash=e06f4920ffd0e643253617b6798ec174)

I chose not to use the bass and hi-hat triggers.  The hi-hat has other uses...

On the left, the tricky ones are:
- G#5, D5: with the hi-hat open, you get G#5; closed for D5
- E5, C5: with the hi-hat open, you get E5; closed for C5
- Bb4, Bb5: with the hi-hat open, you get Bb4; closed for Bb5

And on the right:
- A5. F5: with the hi-hat open, you get A5; closed for F5
- D#5, B5: with the hi-hat open, you get D#5; closed for B5
- C#5, G5: with the hi-hat open, you get C#5; closed for G5

Of course, it's a bit weird having most of the large area pan low notes on the rims... but I thought it'd make it easier to follow...

Anyway, I hope someone finds it fun! :)

-- Peter

Title: Re: TrapKAT Double Second Steel Pan kit
Post by: soundtextures on September 03, 2016, 11:44:55 AM

That is awesome ;)
Great solution.

I´m looking forward trying this.

Thank you,
Thomas

Title: Re: TrapKAT Double Second Steel Pan kit
Post by: pljones on September 03, 2016, 12:55:34 PM

Hi,

Hope it's useful -- I'm no pan player but it's still quite fun.  I did notice I'd missed the B5 mapping on "pedal 10", so the ZIP has been updated.

-- Peter