Tutorial 9-Drum Maps; Create A New Project; Creating A Drum Map; Create A Drum Track - CAKEWALK SONAR User Manual

Tutorial 9—Drum Maps
In SONAR drum maps allow you to assign a single MIDI track to multiple outputs. MIDI drum tracks
appear in the Piano Roll view's Drum Grid pane. In the Note Map pane you can map pitches to notes in
any number of software or hardware outputs.
In this tutorial we are going to create a drum map, create a MIDI drum track using the Pattern Brush,
and use the drum map to map drum notes to several different outputs.

Create a New Project

First, we need to create a new project.
1. Select File-New from the menu.
2. In the New Project File dialog box, enter Tutorial9 in the Name field.
3. Select the Normal template from the template list and click OK..

Creating a Drum Map

Drum maps allow you to map note pitches from the same track to different output devices, either
hardware or software.
Note: Before you begin, make sure you have some MIDI devices selected. To check, select Options-
MIDI Devices.
To Create a New Drum Map
1. In a MIDI track, click the Output dropdown menu and choose Drum Map Manager from the
menu that appears.
The Drum Map Manager dialog appears.
2. Click the Create New Drum Map button
A new drum map appears in the Drum Maps Used in Current Project field.
3. Click the Presets dropdown arrow and select GM Drums (Complete Kit).
4. In the Out Port column, click one of the down arrows, hold down the Ctrl and Shift keys, and click
the name of the port or instrument that you want to hear drums on.
All the Out Port entries change to the port or instrument you selected. Later, we'll start sending
individual notes to different outputs.
5. In the Chn column, make sure all entries are set to 10, or whatever MIDI channel your drum
sounds are on.
6. Close the Drum Map Manager.

Create a Drum Track

You can use any blank MIDI track for your drums. If you don't have a MIDI track, create using the
Insert-MIDI Track command.
To Assign a MIDI Track to a Drum Map
1. Display the Track view if it is minimized.
2. In the track you want to assign to a drum map, click the Output dropdown and select DM1GM
Drums (Complete Kit) from the options in the menu that appears.
To Create a Drum Track Using the Pattern Brush
1. Select the track you have assigned to a drum map and select View-Piano Roll.
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