Note Name and Drum Map Paths?

[sadicus]

Wanted to change the Piano Roll to Note Names.
The options displayed do not match the content in the two different Drum Map paths.
Which path is Cakewalk actually reading the Note Names from?
Are "Note Names" the same as "Drum Maps"?

I would like to consolidate the drum Maps to one location and archive what is not used and have ALL of the files shown in the Note Names window..
1) PATHS
     C:\Users\AppData\Roaming\Cakewalk\Cakewalk Core\Drum Maps
     C:\ProgramData\Cakewalk\Cakewalk Core\Drum Maps

2) Note Name Content window is only showing a few of the 500+ "map" files.
 

3) C:\Cakewalk Content\Cakewalk Core\Instruments

Edited March 2, 2021 by sadicus

[scook]

1 hour ago, sadicus said:

Which path is Cakewalk actually reading the Note Names from?

They are read from master.ins in your user directory.

1 hour ago, sadicus said:

Are "Note Names" the same as "Drum Maps"?

No

 "Note Names" are read from master.ins and displayed in place of the keyboard next to the PRV note pane. The "Note Names" setting is not persistent and must be set every time the track is opened in the PRV.

Drum maps are stored in the project and optionally on disk as presets. Drum maps are displayed next to the PRV drum grid pane an provided several features in addition to naming notes.  Drum maps are persistent.

1 hour ago, sadicus said:

I would like to consolidate the drum Maps to one location and archive what is not used

Consider leaving the default location alone and creating a custom drum map folder then change the  drum map folder setting in preferences.  Copy whatever is needed from the default location.

If changes are made to the default folder, they may be undone by subsequent updates.

Updates do not affect custom folder locations.

I this approach for project templates too.

1 hour ago, sadicus said:

have ALL of the files shown in the Note Names window..

As mentioned above drum map presets are not shown in the PRV Note Names dialog. 

The drop down in this dialog is populated from master.ins file.

The master.ins may be edited using the UI described here or with a text editor. 

When using a text editor make a backup of the original file.

Here is a post that goes into a little more detail about editing master.ins