snis20%6 Cakewalk - Knowledge Basa Setting up a Drum Map for Adcive Drums 2in SONAR. Setting up a Drum Map for Addictive Drums 2 in SONAR Last updated on 3872016 by Joey Adams Drum Maps ae @ powerfultoolfor aking allthe guesswork ou of elting your MIDI drum track. 8y using Drumm Maps, you are ableto see exactly which MIDI Notes trigger which sounds in your VST drum kt, ‘The purpose ofthis particular Drum Map iso allow you to see the relationship betwen MIDI notes and rum kit peces of Adelctive Drums 2, aVST Instrument Included with your SONAR Professional and SONAR Platinum software Here is what esting MIDI in Pano Rel view looks like without a Orum Map: | § esse ETE EDD EEE UD aE CETTE EEE CU mnttd 1 Lt Heres the sare exact MIDI data viewed witha Drurs Map, Now you can see exact which places ofthe drum kitare in use: tpn. cakewalk comSupporKnomledge-Baxa/2007013064Seting-up-2-Drum-Mapr-Adcictve-Drums-2in-SONAR 18Cakewalk - Knowledge Basa Setting up a Drum Map for Addictive Drums 2 in SONAR. 4 r ] | 6 eerie ti a 6 1 oo 8 ee Boo | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | . | . 5 | a a a -- & > aaR ave ‘Step 1 Download the Mes youll need ‘To get started you wilwant 0 download the Drum Map fle and Cakewalk Templates for Adalctive Drums 2. After downloading ths “AD2-Drum 'Mapazip" folder, make sure to right ont and select Extract ‘Seep 2 nstaling the Addictive Drums 2 Project Template 1:nside the extracted “A02" older, right-click the fle named “AD2 Project. cw and choose Copy 2. Navigate to tne fllowing path on your computer: C\Cakewalk ContentiSONAR XS ProducerProject Templates 5. Rightcck in the Project Templates folder choose Paste 4. You should now sea file called Az rojec.cw inthe Cakewak Project Temples folder ‘Seep 3 nstaing the Addictive Drums 2 Track Template 1. side the extracted “AD2" folder, right-iekthe file named “AD2 Trackewn" and choose Copy 2 Navigate tothe following path an your computer: C\Cakewalk Content\SONAR X3 ProdiceiTrackTemplates\Sf Synth Track Templates 5 Rightclckin the Track Templates folder choose Paste 4, You snould now see a fie called "AD? Track ci inthe Cakewalk Project Templates foler ‘Step 4 nstaling the Addictive Drums 2 Drum Map 1. Right-click the file called AO? Standard map and choose Copy 2. Execute te Run Prompt by choosing Start > Run or by holding down the Windows Key and pressing the R key 3. nthe Run Prompt. ype in the folowing, Mappdatay 4. ick OK in your Run Prompt. You should now be navigated to 2 folder calle Roaming” 5. Double-click the foler called Cakewalk 6, Double-click the folder called SONAR 3 Producer 7. Double-click the feler called Drum maps 15, Rghtcck in the Orum Maps Folder and choose Paste 9, You snould now see afl called AD2 Standard inthe Cakewalk Drumm Maps older ‘Step S~Using these fles in practice 1. Create 2 new projectile by gong inte SONAR and choasing Fle> New 2. myour list of templates, choose "AD2 Project” 3. Name your project ans lek OK 4.aster e momenta project containing 15 tracks wilopen ‘Arermatively you already have a project open... 1m SONAR, goto Insert > Track Template. 2 Double-click the Soft Synth Track Templates folder 3. nyour st of templates, choose "AD? Track’ and click Open 4. Atera moment, 15 tracks willbe addled your project 5. Be sure tat the output of the associated MIDI Tracks Se to DMT 6. rnecessary, go o Blt > Preferences > MIDI | Drum Map Manager and load theAD? Standard’ map preset to DM? ‘Track 15 is your MIDI track which you can use to input the MIDI data fr Addictive Drums 2. You can aso Insert any beat ditelly from Adaicive Drums 2 ont track Sy clicking the “Beate tab in the upper-right corner af Addictive Drums 2, highlighting ary best and dragging ict Trac 1S. tpn. cakewalk comSupporKnomledge-Baxa/2007013064Seting-up-2-Drum-Mapr-Adcictve-Drums-2in-SONAR 28snis20%6 Cakewalk - Knowledge Basa Setting up a Drum Map for Adcive Drums 2in SONAR. ‘he ust wackis a Master Track, which outputs all the sound from Addictive Drums 2 onto one stereo tack Most ofthe subsequent racks are mone cutouts foreach individual drum from Adietve Drums 2 allowing you to process the auc from each drum kit piece individual. Fr convenience, the Overhead, Room, and Bus racks are all formatted as stereo as well (2s ndiated by (ST onthe respective racks, Note tht processing in SONAR fon any ofthese racks will not affect now the ADZ Master (ST) rack will Sound; only processing within Alive Drums 2 willatfect the way this rack sounds. This provides for lots f versatility, 2s you can use this track for things Ike parallel processing. having a dy rack ta compare'o, or even having it muted akogether so you can monitor the inldual kk pices only For fts more information about what Brum Maps ae and how you can tlie thet functions, check out this section of our SONAR One Documentation. 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