I would still like support for this. As a workaround, I "wrote" a python script that does the conversion from REAPER to Cubase. It's not very convenient, but better than nothing.
To use it, export the note names from REAPER and save the file in the same directory as the python script. Change the reaper_file and cubase_file variables at the bottom to the correct file names and run the script without parameters.
Code:
import xml.etree.ElementTree as ETdef convert_reaper_to_cubase_drum_map(reaper_file, cubase_file): """ Converts REAPER MIDI note names to Cubase drum map XML format. Args: reaper_file (str): Path to the REAPER note names file. cubase_file (str): Path to save the generated Cubase drum map XML file. """ note_names = {} with open(reaper_file, 'r') as f: for line in f: # Skip comment lines if line.startswith('#'): continue parts = line.strip().split(maxsplit=1) if len(parts) == 2: try: note_number = int(parts[0]) note_name = parts[1] note_names[note_number] = note_name except ValueError: continue # Handle potential non-integer lines gracefully # Create the root element drum_map = ET.Element("DrumMap") # Add the Name element string_element = ET.SubElement(drum_map, "string", name="Name", value=f"{cubase_file.split('.')[0]}", wide="true") # Add the Quantize list (this is taken from the example, you might need to adjust) quantize_list = ET.SubElement(drum_map, "list", name="Quantize", type="list") item_element = ET.SubElement(quantize_list, "item") ET.SubElement(item_element, "int", name="Grid", value="4") ET.SubElement(item_element, "int", name="Type", value="0") ET.SubElement(item_element, "float", name="Swing", value="0") ET.SubElement(item_element, "int", name="Legato", value="50") # Create the Map list map_list = ET.SubElement(drum_map, "list", name="Map", type="list") # Populate the Map list with items for each MIDI note (0-127) for note_number in range(128): item_element = ET.SubElement(map_list, "item") ET.SubElement(item_element, "int", name="INote", value=str(note_number)) ET.SubElement(item_element, "int", name="ONote", value=str(note_number)) ET.SubElement(item_element, "int", name="Channel", value="0") ET.SubElement(item_element, "float", name="Length", value="200") ET.SubElement(item_element, "int", name="Mute", value="0") ET.SubElement(item_element, "int", name="DisplayNote", value=str(note_number)) ET.SubElement(item_element, "int", name="HeadSymbol", value="0") ET.SubElement(item_element, "int", name="Voice", value="0") ET.SubElement(item_element, "int", name="PortIndex", value="0") #Use names from the file or "..." if missing note_name = note_names.get(note_number, "...") ET.SubElement(item_element, "string", name="Name", value=note_name, wide="true") ET.SubElement(item_element, "int", name="QuantizeIndex", value="0") # Generate the "Order" list order_list = ET.SubElement(drum_map, "list", name="Order", type="int") for note_number in range(128): item_element = ET.SubElement(order_list, "item", attrib={"value": str(note_number)}) #ET.SubElement(item_element, "int", name="ID", value=str(note_number)) # Write the XML to a file tree = ET.ElementTree(drum_map) ET.indent(tree, space=" ") # Pretty formatting tree.write(cubase_file, encoding="utf-8", xml_declaration=True)# Example usage (replace with your actual file paths)reaper_file = "mdrummer_note_names.txt"cubase_file = "MDrummerRhythms.drm" # Cubase drum map extension is .drmconvert_reaper_to_cubase_drum_map(reaper_file, cubase_file)Statistics: Posted by Held — Mon Mar 17, 2025 8:35 pm