Drum Map Issues with Everett Update 1

Doktor Avalanche
(I've create a new thread for this because if the issues are reproducible this thread will end up in problem reports, hosts will not be able to move the announcements thread, and plus it will be easier to discuss on a dedicated thread).

Good thinking  Although drum maps seem to be working here...

Regarding fitzj's post: "The drum map is now staying attached when you save the track Template but in Piano view it not showing the attached drum map. Anyone else have this problem?"
 
If there are any synth or audio tracks included in the PRV track picker, the PRV will default to showing the Notes pane when the project is re-opened, and you have to re-select View > Show Drum Pane.
 
This is not a new issue, but might be what he's encountering.

9 tracks with ezdrummer synth and ezdrummer map
View > Show Drum Pane.  is not the issue. 
Drum manager can see the the attached map  but no map  is showing once in  PRV
 

Only Piano keyboard. I then click  show Drum Pane and its empty.
 

I'd like to jump in with a slight sidetrack.  I'm running X3E and the drum maps load OK but when I open a midi clip for editing, the drum map is small at the top and the piano roll view takes up a bunch of the screen.  I keep having to resize the piano roll so it disappears, which is quite annoying.  Am I missing an option somewhere?

SPlat fixed it

I will delete the template as it may be corrupted and try again. I will let you all know. Its says it was fixed so it much be a problem on my side.
 

I have experienced the dreaded "Everett Update Drum Map Issue" and have now replaced my .exe file as suggested here http://forum.cakewalk.com/FindPost/3230840 .  So far so good.
 
What I am wondering, though, is how will I know when it is safe for me to start using the CCC again? 
 
A couple of other thoughts I have had as a result of this experience:
 
1) New updates could be noted as Beta versions until the dust settles a bit.  This allows those techies that like to test out the latest features to participate in the product development while the rest of us enjoy a relatively reliable product.  I will be waiting at least a week or two after any update is announced before updating from now on.
 
2) The new naming convention is really problematic.  Now instead of typing X3e we need to type Platinum Everett, or worse yet Professional Everett.  There is an old adage in QA: Nothing creates more arguments than "naming conventions" so I know there will be many views on this.   However, it appears that the marketing department made this decision at Cakewalk.  It does seem that names rather than numbers is all the rage in software these days.  It is highly likely that in the future we will look back at this "long name" era and feel really embarrassed about this.
 
Cheers,
Richard
"Opinions are like elbows, almost everyone has a couple". 

RD9
It does seem that names rather than numbers is all the rage in software these days.  

Version numbers are still every much alive (In Sonar Help - About).

I have another issue regarding drum maps. . . not sure if it's a bug.  I'm wondering if there's a way to get an instrument track to use a drum map?  Right now I have it set up as a separate MIDI track assigned to the drum map, the drum map is assigned to AD2, and then a separate audio track takes the AD2 outputs as inputs.  When I create a simple instrument track, there's no way to select a drum map. . . any way to make this work?
 
By the way, I updated to Sonar Artist. . . loving it.  I don't think it's too big of a deal to me to have given up the ProChannel. . . I don't do that much mixing anyway!

Everybody says don't use instrument tracks. Cakewalk if you watching maybe time to see if you can improve this methinks? Thanks.

Toggle buttons for instrument tracks ! :)

rlared
Not a big deal. But I do wish there was a more simple way. It would be nice to be able to insert AD2 as a simple instrument track and have the note names appear in the drum pane without too much fuss. I do all the drum mixing inside AD2.

 
I often use AD2 as a single instrument track and it works quite well.  I created a drum map for AD1 several years ago with proper names for the instruments and it still works fine with AD2.  If I remember it was pretty easy and was worth the effort since it forced me to understand drum maps a bit better.  If you don't want to create your own drum map then I think you can use the one that Cakewalk provides one, look for AD2 or some variant in the drum maps.  There is also someone named Subjacent who provided one on the internet if memory serves. 
 
(I hope I understood your question right; please accept my apologies if I misunderstood.)
 
Cheers,
R 

So no bugs? If that's the case here's looking forward to a brand new drum map UI, and killing that spreadsheet thing in preferences (where it doesn't belong anyway). May end up being a pleasure rather than a pain to use one day.