All,
Several of you have emailed lately asking about XLN's Addictive Drums (AD) and Groove Monkee. No news yet but I thought it would be good to start with a GM to AD drum map.
Therefore, I've just added a Sonar drum map for Addictive Drums. It will allow you to use our GM mapped beats with AD. To get the map, login to your account and go to the download area (
top menu bar, right side). Click on one of your purchases (right side under 'Qualified Downloads') and download the 'Extras' zip file.
Unzip the Extras file and look in the Cakewalk folder for Addictive Drums. You'll find the Addictive Drums map inside. Copy this file into your Sonar\Drum Maps folder.
Tip: Make sure you have Addictive Drums loaded into your Project
BEFORE loading the drum map. Otherwise, all of the output will be directed to your midi out port, not Addictive Drums. If this happens, close the project and do NOT save anything or you will overwrite the drum map.
Note: The drum map is set up to direct percussion sounds to your default MIDI out port. This way, any GM percussion sounds will be routed to your external sound module (if you have one). There are two exceptions, however.
1. Clave
2. Cowbell
This is because AD has "sticks" for clave and a cowbell.
It is possible that we will have some news regarding Addictive Drums soon so please sign up for our newsletter if you'd like to be informed about future releases and format options.
Free MIDI beats are available in our 'Freebies' section.
Finally, Cakewalk Customers get a 20% discount at Groove Monkee - please use coupon code:
cwgm20