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

The Basics

Creating and Editing a Drum Map

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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 (DXi 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 (DXi 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
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