yOU GUYS GOTTA HELP ME WITH MIDI DRUM TRACK

When a drum track suddenly changes to piano that usually means the MIDI channel changed from 10 to 1. The fact that you cannot export the drums sounds like you are not using a softsynth but are playing the track through the Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth. In order to create a drum track that you can export you need to use a softsynth to generate your drum sounds.

Sorry Paulo, I was just freakin out.
Scook, is it possible to put a new drum in that sounds the same even though I've already overdubbed bass, guitar and vox?

ahmo
Sorry Paulo, I was just freakin out.

He, he - no worries. What are you using for drums ?

OK i got a the Session drums open,  I dragged the little note to the track.  I extended the rectangle track with dashes on it.  But it wont play drums unless i go to the SD2 control surface and press play.  I can't export it to an mp3 either.
This is frustrating.  I'm an acoustic drummer, this stuff is all foreign to me.  Please hELP

I do not have any kind of midi controller. I have gotten a song exported before with a drum machine on it, I just don't remember how.

Sound from SD2 will only export there is MIDI data on the MIDI or Simple Instrument Track and in the case of a MIDI track have Audio Track(s) associated with it. Playing SD2 by hand is for audition purposes only.

Good idea, but SHS6 didn't have simple instrument tracks.
We can still roll with a new project, though.
 
Adam, for SD2 ( or any softsynth) to work in SHS6, you must have two important tracks.
The Synth Audio Output and the MIDI Source Track.
The Synth Audio Output brings the sound from the softsynth into Sonar. It is just like an audio track that you would use to record guitar, vocals, etc. DO NOT drag your patterns from SD2 into this track. It is an output, and the synth cannot read the MIDI data from here.
Be sure to drag the patterns to the MIDI track. It has the round icon that looks like a 5-pin DIN MIDI plug.
If you have SD2 inserted properly, it should look like this:

Be sure to hit the All tab(bottom left corner) so you can see all of your track options.
The most critical option is the MIDI track output. Be sure it is set to Session Drummer 2.
Channel 10 is the GM convention for drums, but it can be any channel. Here, I am using Channel 4.
Bank and Patch are not relevant with SD2.
If you have everything set up correctly, the synth will play when you hit the play button in the transport , or the spacebar.

I just remembered what I did last time. I mixed it down the old fashioned way on to a minidisc 4 track I had. Then bounced it back to my DAW. Thanks for the help. Now I know how to do it v

Rob,
 
 
"Adam, for SD2 ( or any softsynth) to work in SHS6, you must have two important tracks.
The Synth Audio Output and the MIDI Source Track."
 
How do I get those tracks into my project?

To have drums:
1. you need to have 1 midi track "containing midi data" for drums.
2. You need to load up one Drum vst.
3. then you need to, go to the " drum miditrack " and set the output to the, drum vst.
    and select channel 10 for the midi output.

you should now be able to hear the drums, if done right when you hit spacebar ( play ).

When exporting all the audio and vsti's, you first select all your tracks, (lit blue on the track numbers.)

then you go to: file-export-audio

be sure all the mix enables are selected,  ( besides the 64bit engine ? )

Select filetype / bit dept / sample rate. name your file.

Hit Export

Edit : Eeeek forgot its home studio ;-) , but i think it should be similar... , anyway hope this helps.

Hang in there, bud. This is the key to unlocking the power of all of your soft synths.
From the tool bar, click Insert>Soft Synths>Vstplugins>Session Drummer 2.
You should be presented with this dialogue box:

By default, you will see this.
If you have unchecked the Ask This Every Time box, you won't see the dialogue, and we will have to do something slightly different.
If you do see it, make sure you have check marks in all of the boxes shown.
I am standing by. Let me know what you see.
edit: If you are able to include a screen shot, that will really help me see what you see.

OK, I've Session Drummer loaded in.  Now what?

I DID IT!!
Thank you guys!
If you want to hear it let me know.