This page is read from MIDI Instrument Definitions, a Python library used in the author's other projects, in which every number is traced to a document its maker published. Its source is on GitHub.
Vermona DRM1 MkIV MIDI implementation
The MIDI implementation of the Vermona DRM1 MkIV: what it answers to.
At a glance
- Firmware
- Not recorded.
- MIDI channel
- Not recorded.
- Voices
- Not recorded.
- Notes
- Each note plays a drum of its own, assigned by the player; the factory notes are listed below.
- Note range
- Not recorded.
- Velocity
- Sent and received.
- Aftertouch
- Not recorded.
- Pitch bend
- Not recorded.
- Program change
- Not recorded.
- MIDI clock
- Not recorded.
- Start and stop
- Not recorded.
- Control change
- None.
- NRPN
- None.
- System exclusive
- Not recorded.
Drum notes
Each drum's note is assigned by the player, and these are the notes it has from the factory.
| Drum | Note |
|---|---|
kick |
36, C2 |
snare |
38, D2 |
clap |
39, D#2 |
hihat_1_closed |
44, G#2 |
drum_1 |
45, A2 |
hihat_1_open |
46, A#2 |
hihat_2_closed |
49, C#3 |
drum_2 |
50, D3 |
hihat_2_open |
51, D#3 |
multi |
56, G#3 |
Where these facts come from
Source documents
- USER MANUAL DRM1 MKIV, its user manual, read on 13 September 2026 (the file read).
How they were read
User manual pp. 19-20 and 23-24. The factory note numbers below were cross-checked against a working Subsequence note map for the same machine and agree exactly.
NOT RECORDED: MIDI clock and transport, which those pages do not cover.