Here are my notes for the Octopad setting for Joseph.
First I mapped out the extra sounds I thought useful for each song, from listening to the music. Since this is preparsed before rehearsal it is not likely that this will be the final set by any means.
| Song | Sounds | MGS-64 Patch & Notes |
| Prologue | Tinkly Bells | 113/16 - Rama Cymbal, on A, B & E (69, 71 & 76) |
| Jacob & Sons | Conga's, Timp roll at end. |
Standard Drums, Lo & Hi Congas (), Timp on D (50) |
| Joseph's Coat | Tamb on hi hat | (not using Octopad - I'll use a real one!) |
| Joseph's Dreams | Tamb on hi hat, Timp roll at end. |
Timp on A (45) |
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Poor Poor Joseph |
Cabasa, Guiro, Bells |
Standard Drums for Guiro and Cabassa (or use the real things!), Air Bells for bell sound. |
| One More Angel In Heaven | Tamb on Hi Hat | (use real one!) |
| Potiphar | Wood Block, Cow Bell |
Use real ones live |
| Close Every Door | Timp | Timp on F, A & D (Tune played on bells, but I thought that best done by keyboards!) |
| Go Go Joseph |
Ride, |
Timp on A (45), Some bells as well, but ran out of pads! |
| Pharoah Story | Click, Syn Toms, Toms, Chiff, Bells, Tinkly Winkies, Timp |
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| Song Of The King | Straight Kit | |
| Stone The Crows | Finger Click, |
Tamb on hi hat? |
| Benjamin Calypso | Timbales, Electric Snare, Conga's Cabassa |
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| Any Dream Will Do | Rim Shots |
Having got the sounds sorted, I then arranged them into Octopad settings, bearing in mind I practise on them, so the Octopad was always going to need to have a set of standard sounds available, but also reducing the need for patch changes to a minimum. This resulted in the following practise sets...
Also: Stone the crows, Any Dream Will Do
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DR1: 10 |
Rama Cymbal A (69) |
Rama Cymbal B (71) |
Rama Cymbal E (76) |
| DR1: 10 Finger Click 26 |
DR1: 10 Hi Tom 50 |
DR1: 10 Med Tom 48 |
DR1:10 Lo Tom 47 |
Also: Song of the king
| DR1: 10 Hi Tom 50 |
DR1: 10 Med Tom 48 |
DR1:10 Lo Tom 47 |
DR1:10 Ride Cymbal 51 |
| DR1: 10 Hi Conga 63 |
DR1: 10 Lo Conga 64 |
Timpani: 3 Timp on D 50 |
DR1: 10 Crash Cymbal 57 |
| DR1: 10 Hi Tom 50 |
DR1: 10 Med Tom 48 |
DR1:10 Lo Tom 47 |
DR1:10 Ride Cymbal 51 |
| DR1: 10 Hi Conga 63 |
DR1: 10 Lo Conga 64 |
Timpani: 3 Timp on A 45 |
DR1: 10 Crash Cymbal 57 |
Also: One more angel in heaven.
| Air Bells: 5 B 83 |
Air Bells: 5 C# 85 |
Air Bells: 5 Eb 87 |
Air Bells: 5 E 88 |
| DR1 : 10 Cabassa 69 |
DR1: 10 Long Guiro 74 |
TBD | DR1: 10 Ride Cymbal 59 |
| DR1: 10 Hi Tom 50 |
DR1: 10 Med Tom 48 |
DR1 :10 Low Tom 47 |
DR1 :10 Crash Cymbal 57 |
| DR1 : 10 Cabassa 69 |
DR1: 10 Long Guiro 74 |
DR1 :10 Wood Block 77 |
DR1: 10 Cow Bell 56 |
| DR1: 10 Hi Tom 50 |
DR1: 10 Med Tom 48 |
DR1 :10 Low Tom 47 |
DR1 :10 Crash Cymbal 57 |
| Timpani: 3 Timp on F 41 |
Timpani: 3 Timp on A 45 |
Timpani: 3 Timp on D 50 |
DR1: 10 Ride Cymbal 51 |
| DR1: 10 Hi Conga 63 |
DR1: 10 Lo Conga 64 |
DR1 :10 Hand Clap 39 |
DR1 :10 Crash Cymbal 57 |
| DR2: 11 Snare 40 |
Timpani: 3 Timp on A 45 |
DR1: 10 China 52 |
DR1: 10 Ride Cymbal 51 |
| Syn Toms: 13 Hi (E) 64 |
Syn Toms: 13 Med (B) 59 |
Syn Toms: 13 Lo (A) 57 |
DR1 :10 Finger Click 26 |
| DR1: 10 Hi Tom 48 |
DR1: 10 Med Tom 45 |
Timpani: 3 E 52 |
DR1: 10 Claves 75 |
| DR1 : 10 Hi Timbale 65 |
DR1 : 10 Lo Timbale 66 |
DR1: 10 Hi Conga 63 |
DR1: 10 Lo Conga 64 |
| DR1 : 10 Cabassa 69 |
DR1: 10 Long Guiro 74 |
TBD | DR1: 10 Claves 75 |
For live use, obviously the real kit and various bits of percussion would be used, so I could reduce the practice kits down to a smaller number of live kits.
TBD
These are the Midi Channel Assignments for the MGS-64 (Roland sound canvas), the MIDI channel allocations are really left overs from previous shows; there is no method in this madness:
| Channel | Patch | Variation | Name |
| 1 | |||
| 2 | |||
| 3 | 48 | 0 | Timpani |
| 4 | 113 | 16 | Rama Cymbal |
| 5 | 99 | 17 | Air Bells |
| 6 | |||
| 7 | |||
| 8 | |||
| 9 | |||
| 10 | DR1 | 1 | Standard Drum Kit |
| 11 | DR2 | 25 | Electronic Set |
| 12 | |||
| 13 | 119 | 0 | Syn Toms |
| 14 | |||
| 15 | |||
| 16 |