ry1633
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Sonar X3 - adding in Groove Monkee loops
A while ago I had to re-install Sonar X3 (Windows 7/64) and I forgot how to add in my Groove Monkee drum loops. I ran all the installers for the GM loops packages that I have. But I think I have to configure something from within Sonar right? Thanks for the help, for some reason I just forgot how to do this :)
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Re: Sonar X3 - adding in Groove Monkee loops
2015/05/10 23:14:47
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Groove Monkee loops are just MIDI files so all you have to do is drag them into a project from the browser.
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Re: Sonar X3 - adding in Groove Monkee loops
2015/05/11 05:36:35
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Re: Sonar X3 - adding in Groove Monkee loops
2015/05/11 16:02:42
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I just learned from the ReadMe that there are manual steps to point SONAR to the Groove Monkee install point.
Don't have it infront of me but you should have a ReadMe, right?
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ry1633
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Re: Sonar X3 - adding in Groove Monkee loops
2015/05/11 19:42:05
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I have all my GM looks installed in here: C:\Program Files (x86)\Groove Monkee
They're in various sub-folders there. How can I point Sonar to them? When I look at the Media Browser in Sonar there is a MIDI Groove Clips folder with Groove Monkee folder inside it that has a lot of stuff. There is also a 'Groove Monkee' folder inside of the 'Session Drummer 3 MIDI Loops'
Then also... how do I set up an Audio track that plays the GM loops through Session Drummer synth? I can't remember, and I apologize for that :)
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Re: Sonar X3 - adding in Groove Monkee loops
2015/05/11 20:53:14
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FWIW, Groove Monkee supplies Session Drummer versions of their loops too. What I did was create a directory junction to the Top Level folder in my Cakewalk Content MIDI Library folder. For example, using the default Cakewalk Content folder "C:\Cakewalk Content" run cmd.exe as administrator and type mklink /j "C:\Cakewalk Content\MIDI Library\Groove Monkey2" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Groove Monkee" This will cause a new entry in the Browser called "Groove Monkey2." If you prefer, instead of creating directory junctions, use the browser to navigate to the folder and save the location as a preset. Below is an image from http://www.cakewalk.com/D...p;help=Browser.03.html Click on "G" in the image above to move up the browser then click the folder names until you get into "C:\Program Files (x86)\Groove Monkee." Once in the Groove Monkee folder click "L" in the image above to save the location as a preset. I created junctions under "Session Drummer 3\Contents\Patterns" but it is just as easy to use the media browser in SONAR and forget about using the SD3 pattern browser.
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Re: Sonar X3 - adding in Groove Monkee loops
2015/05/11 21:11:30
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BTW, GM comes with AD Drum files too. You might want to pick up both SD and AD midi files.
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Re: Sonar X3 - adding in Groove Monkee loops
2015/05/11 21:24:11
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Yes, there are instructions in the Groove Monkee readme files about installing loops for both AD1 and AD2.
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Re: Sonar X3 - adding in Groove Monkee loops
2015/05/11 22:19:15
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I thought I remember just creating at Soft Synth instance of Session Drummer, and loading a kit. Then creating a new Audio Track and mapping it's output to Session Drummer, or something like that. But I can't quite remember the steps to get there, and when I tried now, Session Drummer isn't in the list of outputs of the audio track I created too (after creating a new synth).
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Re: Sonar X3 - adding in Groove Monkee loops
2015/05/12 05:18:10
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Re: Sonar X3 - adding in Groove Monkee loops
2015/05/12 18:11:16
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All of my new Groove Monkee loops are installed in various folders in C:\Program Files (x86)\Groove Monkee -- but it would sure be nice for Sonar to "see" them so I could preview them all from the same place.
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Re: Sonar X3 - adding in Groove Monkee loops
2015/05/13 06:16:11
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You could use the browser for that (press "B"). Under Media, you will find a drop down menu. Enter MIDI Groove clips. You can now browse (to any folder you have MIDI located), and preview your MIDI files through a softsynth and bus / output of choice (drop down menu beside Media. Choose Audio Preview output, and Synth Preview output of choice). https://onedrive.live.com...amp;ithint=photo%2cjpgBest of luck.
post edited by Zargg71 - 2015/05/13 06:29:19
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Re: Sonar X3 - adding in Groove Monkee loops
2015/05/14 12:34:26
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ry1633
I thought I remember just creating at Soft Synth instance of Session Drummer, and loading a kit. Then creating a new Audio Track and mapping it's output to Session Drummer, or something like that. But I can't quite remember the steps to get there, and when I tried now, Session Drummer isn't in the list of outputs of the audio track I created too (after creating a new synth).
If you're looking for simplicity, in the Browser switch to the Instruments tab, and then simply click and drag Session Drummer to the left into empty space in the clips pane. That will auto-insert an instance of Session Drummer based on the settings in the pop-up dialog - Simple Instrument Track, separate MIDI and Audio tracks, etc.. The MIDI clips can then be dragged onto Session Drummer based on the settings you accepted in that pop-up dialog; directly to the SIT or to the MIDI track if you chose the separate MIDI and Audio tracks option. A big benefit of dragging from the browser is that the routing is automatically set up for you (based on the settings in the pop-up dialog) so you don't need to manually add tracks after the fact and point them to the right I/O just to get things working.
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