Is there something I've forgotten that needs to be adjusted so the AD will display drum names in PRV instead of piano keys? I thought maybe it was related to binding an instrument to a MIDI track number (10 for example to be defined as MIDI Drums?)... But I've tried a few things and still get no results....
 
Is this a bug/limitation of AD?
 
Much thanks...
Keni
 

I'm not good at this stuff and I don't have X3 open but I think it's a drum map thing.
 
Rocky

Yes, SONAR automatically displays drum names in the PRV notes pane for some instruments that it knows like Session Drummer (and BFD for some reason), but most drum synths need a drum map to show names in the drum pane. A couple of threads have shared maps for Addictive. Here's one of them:
 
http://forum.cakewalk.com/Sonar-X3-with-Addictive-Drums-everything-you-need-TemplateMaps-etc-Link-fixed-m2899224.aspx

Thanks Guys...
 
Yeah, I know I can get around this with a drum map and I even started first to make one then to d/l one from GrooveMonkey... But I didn't manage either... I really didn't want to have to use a drum map for this all the time but I guess I can add it to the various templates... and the drum maps do add the solo/mute buttons which can sometimes be handy...
 
...but I really don't like editing the actual notes in the drum map's display... I find it visually "distasteful"... I guess I'll have to live with it tho as not having the drum names really slows me down...
 
Thanks for the drum map link brundlefly. That will take the sting out of it if I can find one already made! ;-)
 
Keni
 

Brudlefly's right, the only way you'll get drum notes to show in the prv right now (other than session drummer) is by using either BFD Eco, BFD2 or BFD3.
 
I have no idea why none of the other big players are able to do what fxpansion have been doing for years now but for some reason they don't.
It's even more odd with addictive drums now being shipped with sonar X3.
 
Still, it makes me appreciate BFD2 & BFD3 even more. It's great to be able to load kit pieces and have the prv refresh and display those new kit pieces and key mapping in BFD3 now is utterly idiot proof and a piece of cake.
 
Steve
 

I'm even more anxious to own BFD as ever!
 
I've run into a new problem/bug with running AD with a Drum Map (The one brundlefly's link directed me)...
 
When I use the Drum Map, the discrete track solo buttons in TV no longer auto-select the correct combinations (I've bugged this up)
 
If I select an audio output, it doesn't auto select the midi track... so it is not heard let alone solo
If I select the midi track, it doesn't auto-select all of AD's outputs along with it so again... Dead silence....
 
I wonder if it is an issue with the map itself or a bug?
 
Keni
 

Session Drummer shows note names too I believe :-)

Yes... Session Drummer does, but Addictive Drums does not... <sigh>

could you load session drummer to get the drum names then point the output of the midi track to AD? assuming both SD and AD use generic GM key-mapping, of course...

Thanks for the thought mgh... But the naming is tuned to the synth... It has to do with if/how the plugin exposes this data... I'm not surprised BFD has this worked out as they had this in place back with the DR008...