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Contents
1 Introduction 1
3 Kontakt 5 Instruments 9
6 Concluding remarks 40
1 Introduction
This document contains a set of tables with the MIDI keyboard (note and key veloc-
ity) and controller (modulation wheel) mappings for the Apple Logic EXS24 sampler
instrument and the Native Instruments (NI) Kontakt 5, Kontakt 3 and Battery 3 sound
libraries. MIDI note mappings are relevant for drum and percussion sound libraries.
MIDI key velocity and modulation wheel are relevant for woodwind, brass and string
sound e↵ects. The tables list the default mappings when the software samples are in-
stalled.
The documentation that comes with the software does not contain these mapping
tables for the various sample libraries. Consulting the tables on the following pages (see
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the List of Tables on the next page) may significantly speed up MIDI editing in the
Apple Logic software sequencer (with the NI players as AU software instrument plug-
ins). Also use the tables when looking for a specific drum or percussion sound and find
the sound library that contains the sound (there may be multiple options).
List of Tables
1 Kontakt 5/Factory Library Orchestral/VSL Instruments . . . . . . . . . . 4
2 Kontakt 3/Symphony Orchestra/VSL/Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3 EXS24/Orchestral/Woodwinds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
4 EXS24/Orchestral/Brass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
5 EXS24/Guitars/Acoustic Guitars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
6 EXS24/Orchestral/Strings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
7 Kontakt 5/Scarbee/MM Bass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
8 Kontakt 5/Factory Library/Orchestral Perc/All Percussion . . . . . . . . 10
9 Kontakt 5/Factory Library/Orchestral Perc/Various Percussion . . . . . . 11
10 Battery 3/Acoustic Kits/GM Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
11 Battery 3/Acoustic Kits/Full Jazz Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
12 Battery 3/Acoustic Kits/Jazz Brush Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
13 Battery 3/Acoustic Kits/Pop Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
14 Battery 3/Acoustic Kits/Soul Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
15 Battery 3/Percussion Kits/Marching Band Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
16 Battery 3/Percussion Kits/Afro-Cuban Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
17 Battery 3/Percussion Kits/Small Percussion Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
18 Battery 3/Percussion Kits/Timpani Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
19 Battery 3/Percussion Kits/Bongo Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
20 Battery 3/Percussion Kits/Timbale Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
21 Battery 3/Percussion Kits/Orchestral Percussion Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
22 Battery 3/Percussion Kits/East Asian Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
23 Battery 3/Percussion Kits/Middle Eastern Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
24 Battery 3/Percussion Kits/World Music Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
25 Battery 3/Percussion Kits/North Indian Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
26 Battery 3/Percussion Kits/West African Bells and Shakers . . . . . . . . . 24
27 Battery 3/Percussion Kits/West African Drums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
28 EXS24/JamPack Symphony Orchestra/Drums/Orchestral Percussion . . . 27
29 EXS24/03 Drums & Percussion/Acoustic Drums/Dry Standard Kit . . . . 28
30 EXS24/03 Drums & Percussion/Acoustic Drums/Rock Kit . . . . . . . . 29
31 EXS24/03 Drums & Percussion/Acoustic Drums/Studio Heavy Kit . . . . 30
32 EXS24/03 Drums & Percussion/Acoustic Drums/Studio Brush Kit . . . . 31
33 EXS24/03 Drums & Percussion/Electr Drums/Classic Hiphop Remix Kit 32
34 EXS24/03 Drums & Percussion/Electr Drums/Classic House Remix Kit . 33
35 EXS24/03 Drums & Percussion/Electr Drums/Electro Kit . . . . . . . . . 34
36 EXS24/03 Drums & Percussion/Electr Drums/Roland TR-606 Kit . . . . 35
37 EXS24/10 World/7 South American/Latin Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
38 EXS24/10 World/01 African/African Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
39 EXS24/10 World/07 South Asian/Indian & Middle Eastern Kit . . . . . . 38
40 EXS24/10 World/02 Asian/Asian Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Table 3: EXS24/Orchestral/Woodwinds
Table 4: EXS24/Orchestral/Brass
Table 6: EXS24/Orchestral/Strings
3 Kontakt 5 Instruments
The NI Kontakt 5 sampler libraries also contains various rhythm instruments. Below,
find the mappings for the Scarbee bass guitar (Table 7) and various orchestral percussion
sets (Table 8 and 9).
Key/Velocity/Control E↵ect
[E0, A0, D0, G0] String select
[F 5 B6] Fret select
C0/C]0 Index/middle finger
D]0 Chord mode ( t = 0.5 ms default waiting time)
F0 Toggle pickup hit/release mode
F ]0 Ext. hammer-on/pull-o↵ (>1-2 semitones intervals)
F ]0 Hammer-on/pull-o↵ ([E0, A0, D0, G0] cross hammering)
G]0 Buzz trill/trill (1–59/60–89/90–127: G-D/long/short)
A]0 Pickup/string clap
A] 1 Mutes (irrespective of key velocity)
A 1 Sustain
B 1 Reset instrument
t = [20 60] ms Grace-note up
1–15 Harmonics or mutes
15-40 Mutes
40–49/. . . /120-127 Dynamics
1-2 semitones Legato (up-down)
Sustain pedal Slide (1–30/31–60/61–127: 60–89/90–119/120–480 BPM)
C1 Kick D/O/R C2
C]1 Side stick D/O/R C]2 High crash D/O/R
D1 Snare D/O/R D2 High tom D/O/R
D]1 D]2 Ride cymbal D/O/R
E1 E2 China cymbal D/O/R
F1 F2 Ride cymbal bell D/O/R
F ]1 Closed HH D/O/R F ]2
G1 Floor tom D/O/R G2 Splash cymbal D/O/R
G]1 Pedal HH D/O/R G]2 Half-open HH D/O/R
A1 Low tom D/O/R A2 Mid crash cymbal D/O/R
A]1 Open HH D/O/R A]2
B1 Mid tom D/O/R B2 Low crash cymbal D/O/R
Table 15: Battery 3/Percussion Kits/Marching Band Kit (44.26 Mb). 1: velocity-
controlled RH/LH, 2 velocity-controlled A/B(/C/. . ./H).
Table 16: Battery 3/Percussion Kits/Afro-Cuban Kit (169.92 Mb). A subset (C1 B3,
identical mapping) is also available as Conga Kit (36.95 Mb)
Table 26: Battery 3/Percussion Kits/West African Bells and Shakers (45.73 Mb)
Table 31: EXS24/03 Drums & Percussion/Acoustic Drums/Studio Heavy Kit (Garage-
Band)
Table 32: EXS24/03 Drums & Percussion/Acoustic Drums/Studio Brush Kit (Garage-
Band)
Table 33: EXS24/03 Drums & Percussion/Electronic Drums/Classic Hiphop Remix Kit
(GarageBand)
Table 34: EXS24/03 Drums & Percussion/Electronic Drums/Classic House Remix Kit
(GarageBand)
B0 Bass Drum
C1 Kick Drum C3 Bongo high C5 Bar Chimes
C]1 Side Stick C]3 Bongo low C]5 Gong
D1 Snare Drum 1 D3 Conga mute D5 Surdo
D]1 Hand Clap D]3 Conga high D]5 Cymbal scrape
E1 Snare Drum 2 E3 Conga low E5 Berimbao
F1 Tom floor low F3 Timbales high F5 Tabla
F ]1 Hihat closed F ]3 Timbales low F ]5 Drum stick rev
G1 Tom floor high G3 Agogo Bell high G5 Cajon low
G]1 Hihat pedal G]3 Agogo Bell low G]5 Cajon high
A1 Tom low A3 Cabasa A5 Chimes wood
A]1 Hihat open A]3 Maracas A]5 Grains
B1 Tom mid B3 Whistle short B5 Riq
C2 Tom high C4 Whistle long C6 Finger snap
C]2 Crash cymbal 1 C]4 Guiro short C]6
D2 Snare brush D4 Guiro long D6
D]2 Ride Cymbal 1 D]4 Claves D]6
E2 El Pulse down E4 Woodblock high E6
F2 El Pulse up F4 Woodblock low F6
F ]2 Tambourine F ]4 Cuica mute F ]6
G2 Metal pulse G4 Cuica open G6
G]2 Cowbell G]4 Triangle mute G]6
A2 Crash Cymbal 2 A4 Triangle open A6
A]2 Vibraslap A]4 Shaker A]6
B2 Ride Cymbal 2 B4 Belltree B6
Table 39: EXS24/10 World/07 South Asian/Indian & Middle Eastern Kit
6 Concluding remarks
The tables on these pages have been compiled by inspecting the software user interface
(detailed mapping information is missing from the software documentation). Therefore,
they may contain errors.
Pitch notation: for the keyboard to drum sound mapping the C3 symbol corre-
sponds to the C 1 (central) on the piano keyboard (MIDI note number 60). Key velocity
and the modulation wheel controller have a range [1 . . . 127].
The tables do not cover all the sound libraries and drum kits that are included in
the software distribution; the list is non-exhaustive and may be extended in the future.
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Document history: created June 2010, updated January 2011, May 2011, March 2012,
March 2013 (mappings added, errors corrected).