Right-click in the Project Templates folder choose Paste.Navigate to the following path on your computer: C:\Cakewalk Content\SONAR X3 Producer\Project Templates.Inside the extracted “AD2″ folder, right-click the file named “AD2 Project.cwt” and choose Copy.Step 2 – Installing the Addictive Drums 2 Project Template After downloading this “AD2-Drum-Map.zip” folder, make sure to right-click on it and select “Extract All…”. To get started you will want to download the Drum Map file and Cakewalk Templates for Addictive Drums 2. Now you can see exactly which pieces of the drum kit are in use: Here is the same exact MIDI data viewed with a Drum Map. Here is what editing MIDI in Piano Roll view looks like without a Drum Map: The purpose of this particular Drum Map is to allow you to see the relationship between MIDI notes and drum kit pieces of Addictive Drums 2, a VST Instrument included with your SONAR Professional and SONAR Platinum software. By using Drum Maps, you are able to see exactly which MIDI Notes trigger which sounds in your VST drum kit.
Setting up a Drum Map for Addictive Drums 2 in SONAR Last updated on ĭrum Maps are a powerful tool for taking all the guesswork out of editing your MIDI drum tracks.