BOBSKIFERGIE Posted June 29 Share Posted June 29 I have downloaded the new sonar and have used cakewalk to record for many years but never really did anything with drum add ons et or midi. Mostly acoustic folk recordings. midi is a big leap for me. lol. new sonar loads okay with my old projects and works okay that way. But I go into plugins, click session drummer, midi track opens. get interface opened but no prests or drum sounds installed. As I say clueless on the midi side etc. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User 905133 Posted June 29 Share Posted June 29 (edited) In the latest Cakewalk Product Center did you move the "Show Add-ons" slider to the right so it's enabled? If so, is Session Drummer in the list on the right side? If so, is there an option to Install it? Edited June 29 by User 905133 post for the 1.0.0.091 Product Center added; fixed typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBSKIFERGIE Posted June 29 Author Share Posted June 29 no I will have a look and see if I can find that just now...I didnt have the product centre downloaded. just did it and it show add ons is enabled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaps Posted June 29 Share Posted June 29 If it were me I would do three things. 1: No samples are loaded in Session Drummer until you open one at the bottom left corner where it says New Program. Click that and you should get a list of available kits. Or click PROG and load a kit from there. If that doesn't work then I would try steps 2&3. 2: I would confirm that everything (Kits, Patterns, Programs) was in the Session Drummer 3 folder at C:\Program Files\Cakewalk\VstPlugins\Session Drummer 3\Contents 3: I would confirm that the Cakewalk VST folder ( C:\Program Files\Cakewalk\VstPlugins ) was in the list of folders being scanned by the Cakewalk Plug-in Manager. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User 905133 Posted June 29 Share Posted June 29 2 hours ago, BOBSKIFERGIE said: no I will have a look and see if I can find that just now...I didnt have the product centre downloaded. just did it and it show add ons is enabled Oh. I didn't realize you had installed Session Drummer 3 already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBSKIFERGIE Posted June 29 Author Share Posted June 29 yes its loaded, bedtime now will try your suggestions in the morning 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mettelus Posted June 30 Share Posted June 30 10 hours ago, Chaps said: 1: No samples are loaded in Session Drummer until you open one at the bottom left corner where it says New Program. Click that and you should get a list of available kits. Or click PROG and load a kit from there. If that doesn't work then I would try steps 2&3. ^^^^ Being new this step probably tripped you up (it does for many). Like a few other drum instruments, Session Drummer comes up with no default kit loaded... sure the GUI is there, but the kit is actually empty (no sounds). Just to reiterate the obvious, MIDI itself is simply note data (cannot hear anything without a virtual instrument to play those notes). Most virtual instruments let you click on the GUI (either virtual keyboard, kit pieces, or even a play/preview button), so you can test the instrument before you get into composing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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