Drums for Joseph

Here are my notes for the Octopad setting for Joseph.

Songs & Sounds

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)

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,
China Ride,
Conga's,
Hand Claps,
Electric Snare,
Timp

Timp on A (45), Some bells as well, but ran out of pads!
Pharoah Story Click,
Syn Toms,
Toms,
Chiff,
Bells,
Tinkly Winkies,
Timp
 
Song Of The King   Straight Kit
Stone The Crows Finger Click,
Tamb on hi hat?
Benjamin Calypso Timbales,
Electric Snare,
Conga's
Cabassa
 
Any Dream Will Do Rim Shots  

 

Octopad Settings

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...

Prologue (#81)

Also: Stone the crows, Any Dream Will Do

DR1: 10
Rim Shot
37

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

Joseph & Sons (#83)

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

Joseph's Dreams (#84)

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

Poor Poor Joseph (#82)

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

Potiphar (#85)

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

Close Every Door (#86)

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

Go Go Joseph (#87)

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

Pharoah Story (#88)

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

Benjamin Calypso (#71)

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

Live Sets

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

Midi Settings

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      

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