The Basics; Creating And Editing A Drum Map; The Drum Map Manager - CAKEWALK SONAR User Manual

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The Basics

Drum maps are virtual MIDI ports that you create and edit. Drum maps give you total control over all
the MIDI drum sounds you have access to either in the form of software (soft synths) or hardware
(external MIDI sound modules).
Drum maps in SONAR allow you to do the following:
• Re-map note events, for example, map a General MIDI drum kit to a non-General MIDI drum kit.
• Create a custom drum kit from several MIDI devices (soft synths, hardware synths) and play it
from a single MIDI track if desired.
• Use the Drum Grid Editor to show only the drum sounds you want to see.
• Sort drum sounds to suit your needs.
• Mute and solo individual drum sounds

Creating and Editing a Drum Map

You can create a drum map by either modifying an existing drum map or by creating a new drum map.

The Drum Map Manager

In the Drum Map Manager dialog you can create and save drum maps for use with hardware or
software synths and samplers. You can customize drum maps to select specific sounds on any of your
available sound sources.
To Open the Drum Map Manager Dialog
You can open the Drum Map manager in one of the following ways:
• Select Options-Drum Map Manager from the menu
Or
• Click on the Output field of your MIDI drum track and select Drum Map Manager
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