drum map patterns...

I was trying to figure out how drum mapping worked and had a question for ya'll. With all the drum maps that come pre-loaded, is there a way to audition these maps before you paint brush them in? How do you know what kind of pattern is beeing played otherwise? I went thru turorial9 in sonar, but it just told you what to put in, and how to route it for outputs and such. That was a big help, but I would like to know what the pattern sounds like before I drop it in.

Thanks everyone.

However, Brush Patterns are drum beats (sort of).
And I don't believe that there is a way to hear them before you use them. But all you have to do is delete it and try another.

Mike

Thanks everybody! Your answers were what I expected from what I found from playing around with this stuff. Thanks for your quick reponses.

With all due respect the end goal "should" be (I'm going to get in trouble with that) is to get to the point where you hear the pattern simply by looking at it.

If you knuckle down and study it "today" by the end of the week it will seem perfectly natural. Or, you can put it off, like I did, for years, maybe decades. :-)

I think the day you start simply using the pencil tool to write drum parts in PRV AND work towards making the track feel lively and appropriate is the day you realize just how cool the whole "sequencer" concept really is. A sequencer can be a window that allows deep understanding of the structure of a song.

Anyways, I'm babbling.

all the best,
mike