mapping drumpads from midi controller as separate gates than keys

hi, first time poster here. so i just got my first midi controller, and it works great for vcv, its an old first gen m audio axiom 49. the thing is that the drumpads are registered as if i were playing any of the other keys, and i think im not being able to map them to anything else without also playing “the keyboard”. how can i separate the gates from the drum pads to the ones from the keys? is there a way to do this from vcv or do i have to figure it out from my midi controller? also, they are pressure sensitive, so is there a way to not use them as gates, but as potentiometers? so applying preassure to modulate things instead of as triggers or gates

some other doubts i have are about the smaller buttons like the record, pause and continue buttons. i understand those are meant for daws, but it seems im not managing to make them generate gates or triggers or anything. i can map them, but they just dont work, does anyone know how i might be able to use them as on/off or triggers?

thanks in advance to anyone who takes the time to read my uninformed post lol

You should be able to do what you describe with these two modules.

If you need to understand first, what your midi controller is outputting there are midi monitor modules too, just search in the library.

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