Yes, in order to differentiate maybe I should have referred to them as "common names", which is what people refer to in our posts and what is normally used in searches. 
Thanks,
R

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!

If I were you I would NOT consider using Simple Instrument Tracks for Drum Maps.
 
Stick to split Audio/Midi

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

I think they're ok when what you are doing is "simple", but as soon as you introduce any degree of complexity - such as drum maps or multi-midi outs then using them is simply asking for trouble.

Toggle buttons for instrument tracks ! :)

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.

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 

Follow up to my last post:
Of course you do need to record or paste midi into a separate midi track but that goes without saying I would think.  but maybe not after reading the earlier posts again.

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.