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  • Drum Map Question in Platinum
2015/05/22 00:58:09
RonCaird
First, a disclaimer, I tried a search on Drum Map in the forum but it returned no results, so I am asking a question that may have been answered already.  I am looking to assign a drum map to an EZ Drummer 2 MIDI track in Platinum.  However, there is no EZD presets available, (or Addictive Drums 2, which I found more surprising).  I have both EZD 1 and AD 1 presets in X3, but they don't appear in Platinum.  Now, there is a possibility that I created the ones in X3 rather than them being presets that came with the program, but that would have been a fairly tedious process for the five or six presets that I show in X3 and I don't remember doing it.  Should these preset drum maps exist in Platinum and I am just not finding them, or will I have to build them anew?
2015/05/22 01:12:52
scook
You could copy them from the X3 folder to the new folder. The location is in Preferences > File > Folder Locations. The default location is a "Drum Maps" folder in your SONAR user directory. Each version of SONAR has a separate user directory located by default in C:\Users\YourUserName\AppData\Roaming\Cakewalk.
2015/05/22 05:25:15
JoeHans
I would be interested to find the EZD 2 Drum Maps as well. Maybe someone has made them manually and would be kind enough to share? 
2015/05/22 09:47:47
RonCaird
As usual, scook has the answer.  Thank you!  For me, editing the drum MIDI in PRV is much easier with a Drum Map than with the Keyboard.
 
Judging by the dates on the files, it seems that I did create them.  As such, I don't have any for EZD 2 yet but I will share any that I build if anyone is interested.  I also did some 'translator' drum maps between EZD1 and AD1 as I found that I preferred the available MIDI patterns in EZD, but the drum samples in AD.
2015/05/22 09:55:35
scook
What I did some time ago was create a custom drum map folder outside the user directory and modified SONAR to point to it rather than the version specific drum map folderin the user directory. Then when a new version of SONAR arrived, I would update the folder locations to my drum map folder.
 
Not sure if it matters any more with the new SONAR. However, I still prefer to use a custom folder, it is with the rest of my custom files and does not run the risk of getting lost should I reuse a map name provided by Cakewalk and decide to re-personalize SONAR.
2015/05/22 10:12:37
RonCaird
That is a great idea with the added benefit of having only those drum maps that you actually use on the list of choices.  
 
These are the kind of workflow enhancement tips that I find really beneficial on this forum.  They address things that I tend to bludgeon my way through when they arise, leaving the rubble behind to stumble over again the next time around.  Taking a little time to build a well marked path seems so much more efficient.
2015/05/22 23:49:03
heydan
"However, there is no EZD presets available, (or Addictive Drums 2, which I found more surprising)...but they don't appear in Platinum."
 
I think a bit of correction on AD2 drum maps not being available is in order.  I have it on my system here: Local Disk (C:)Users/myname/AppData/Roaming/Cakewalk/SONAR Platinum/Drum Maps -AD2 Standard.map- .  IIRC, it installed when the XLN installer was run again after the update glitch from AD1 to AD2 was fixed by the XLN support team.  Before that, I had installed & used the custom AD-2 drum map from John Fitzpatrick previously available on this forum.  AD1 drum map was available by Subjacent if you don't have a copy of that one.
As I don't have EZD, sorry I can't help you there.  Hope this helps.
Best, HeyDan 
2015/05/23 00:20:44
scook
I grabbed the AD2 drum map from http://blog.cakewalk.com/drum-maps-ad2-in-sonar/
2015/05/23 00:30:50
RonCaird
Thanks, heydan.  However the AD2Standard Map is not in my equivalent file folder.  I didn't install AD2 until I moved to Platinum at the end of December.  Prior to that I was still using AD1 that came with X3.  I believe that was after AD1 to AD2 update glitch was fixed.  I will look for the AD2 map from John Fitzpatrick.
2015/05/23 00:31:49
RonCaird
Thanks for the link scook.
 
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