AnthonyMangos
Thanks to everyone fro their help, but this is all I want to accomplish:
 
1)  I create a new file - basic
2)  I have track 1 - audio, track 2 - midi
3)  A was able to load Addictive Drums to the audio track under FX - AD2 is set for Studio Rock - Perfect. 
4)  I wasn't able to load Addictive Drums to the midi track - do I even need to?
5)  The step sequencer view is not selectable.
 

 
Okay... let's get this sorted first. I'm kind of surprised you haven't gotten this step figured out yet. It's in the the Reference Guide tutorials. Did you go through those tutorials at the start of the manual? If not your REALLY should. It is step by step and covers the basics like these.
 
There are a bunch of ways to insert a synth (which in this case will be Addictive Drums) but this is the absolute simplest until you figure out the Browser and other stuff.
 
With your blank project open (or any project... doesn't matter) go to the top of the Sonar screen and click Insert > Soft Synth > VST2 > Addictive Drums 2
 
After you click on Addictive Drums 2 in that last drop down menu the "Insert Soft Synth" dialog window opens up. It has a bunch of checkboxes. For now we will keep this ULTRA simple and use the Simple Instrument Track option.
 
So make sure the following options are checked...
 
Simple Instrument Track (this creates a single track for your MIDI and Audio)
 
Synth Track Folder (this doesn't matter for this setup but essentially it puts all tracks related to a synth into a convenient track folder such as multi output tracks... this is handy for more complex setups)
 
Synth Property Page (This just opens the the synth property page once the synth is inserted so AD2's GUI will pop open after you click OK)
 
Synth Rack View (this will open the "Synth Rack" in the "Browser"... I just want you to see the Synth Rack because that's a better place to insert and manage sysnths once you are more confortable)
 
Now click OK.
 
Your Simple Instrument Track will be created and automatically routed to/from AD2. The AD2 GUI will open up. If there isn't a kit loaded already in AD2 load one using the Preset Picker at the top left of the AD2 GUI.
 
Now you should be able to hit on the kit pieces and get sound. You will see the track you just created registering the hits.
 
Do that and come back.
 
 

A simple instrument track will work instead of the "MIDI Source" and "First Synth Audio Output" in the image I added above. The reason I selected that MIDI+Audio option is it would be more familiar to the OP.

Got it!!!  Wow!!  Think I'm in cut time - but this is pretty cool.
 
I'm going to watch football.  Big Buffalo Bills fan.

Anthony I will do a video tomorrow if I get a chance. I won't do it on the drum maps as the explaination given earlier in this thread was quite good. I was wondering would you prefer to have a track for each kit piece?

Cool, I was going to do a video last night but my interface h as clapped itself. Direct monitoring is not working. I'll have another go tonight and hopefully I can help in some way.

There is a project template, track template and drum map created for AD2 in this blog http://blog.cakewalk.com/drum-maps-ad2-in-sonar/
 
Create a new project using the project template, open the step sequencer and everything should be setup.

Everything works perfectly when I do a simple instrument track. When I created a separate file and inserted the soft synth to set the kit pieces to different tracks - I get no sound. The same problem as the drum map. If I can figure out the settings I need to change, the drum map should also work fine. Sometimes the step sequencer is unselectable - can't figure that one out. But this is pretty cool. Thanks. A lot.

I followed the instructions for inserting sift synth. When I don't do 'simple instrument track' I get no sound. I can see where the kit pieces are registering on the master -but no sound. I'll need to be at my computer to describe exactly. I can't remember is I armed a track to make v the step sequencer selectable - it was greyed ore and wouldn't let me select it.

Perfectly clear. Thanks! ! I bet it created just midi tracks for the separate kit pieces. When I chose simple audio it created both

Anthony, usually ONE MIDI track will control the entire kit. You can have each piece routed to it's own AUDIO track to mix yourself.
 

Troll?

Not a troll. Success! I followed this link. http://blog.cakewalk.com/...-your-addictive-drums/

I bet someone posted that link earlier and I was too frustrated to pay attention. Sorry if that's true.
And everything is working fine. I have the drums on separate tracks and am renaming the rows in the step sequencer. Should finish up tonight. I don't think I had 'Accept MIDi input' checked when I previously tried to save to multiple tracks. There's like 8 different snare sounds - I always felt the snare sounds was the bane of early drum machines. Thanks everyone.

Well, Anthony... man up and retitle this thread... your anger was misplaced and the title should reflect this.
 

Yes you do need to change the title. Your anger is misplaced. What you have seen here is a forum that has worked its magic on your behalf. But it isn't magic. It is hard work where members went out of their way to spoon feed you the answer. The answer was there all along. You just didn't know where to look. If you had done the tutorials, read the manual and taken it step by step you would have not been angry and this thread would not have happened.
 
The members wanted you to see what they see.  A great program beautifully designed to make one's work easier and simple to do. I have watched the members here do their very best to explain it to you in various ways hoping one would strike you as a light being turned on. That kind of dedication is uncommon. But it is common place on this forum.
 
In the past and on other forums RTFM would have been the response. Not here, Not now. Rather people not only gave you the answer but did so with good cheer and using tools not often offered.
 
Yes you need to change the title and you need to thank everyone that contributed. You also need to thank goodness for this forum!