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Drum maps are very similar to Instrument Templates, which basically do the same thing in a slightly different way. The choice of which one to use is up to you. Try both and see which you prefer. There are tutorials on using Instrument Templates on this website as well. This Quickguide will use the Drum Maps included with the Jayzen Beat Kit as an example. Included with some of our percussion products are extra files called "drum maps." If you know what a drum map is and just need a quick refresher on how to use them, then this guide is for you. If you have never used a drum map before, you may want to take a look at our more detailed tutorial here. This guide will use the drum maps included with the Jayzen Beat Kit Sample Instrument as an example. 1) Copy the two included drum maps from the "Jayzen SI - Beat Kit/Extras" folder to the "Drum Map" folder inside the main Cakewalk folder. This is usually found on the C: drive at the following path: "C:\Program Files\Cakewalk\SONAR 2\Drum Maps" (Note that if you have another version of Sonar, the folder name will reflect this). 2) Start Sonar, and open the file called "Jayzen Beat Kit Template - vs3 - (Empty)" which was included with your purchase. The file will open and load the JP Beat Kit into Vsampler automatically. If it does not load (or if you get a window saying that certain samples can not be found - just select "skip" and load the file into Vsampler manually later). 3) Select any of the midi tracks. Open it up and select "All" or "I/O" on the bottom track tab so you can read the Output designation box. Clicking this box will display your current output choices. Goto "New Drum Map" and you should see the two new Beat Kit drum maps appear in the menu: "Jayzen Beat Kit (Full Kit)" and "Jayzen Beat Kit (GM)." 4) Select the "Jayzen Beat Kit (Full Kit)" drum map. The window will close and the channel will show that it is now set to use the drum map. 5) Repeat this for all the other MIDI channels and save the project under a new name. This file is now set-up as a template and can be used as a starting point for new projects. 6) To see the map, right-click on any of the MIDI clips and select "View - Piano Roll." You will now get the piano roll display where you can the notes used to create the drum demo - according to the drum map, which is displayed along the left-hand side. 7) Clicking on any of the names at the left will produce the appropriate sound, and you will be able to program beat and rhythm patterns directly into the piano scroll. 8) The other map, called "Jayzen Beat Kit (GM)" is useful to map the Beat Kit to standard General Midi. Select this kit if you have Midi drum tracks in GM format, or wish to use the Sonar Pattern Brush tools. Loading the Beat Kit Templates: A Drum map provides a simple way of seeing at a glance, exactly how a Sample Instrument is layed out, and provide a convenient way to compose music using MIDI by making it easy to find the sounds you are looking for. For single instruments, such as a saxophone, this isn’t necessary as all the notes are mapped directly according to their pitch, but for a multi-instrument library (such as a drum kit) it is very convenient. Drum maps can also be used to change one patch layout to another, without having to modify the actual patch. |