Does save drum map not work anymore?

Cubase
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I am using Cubase 8.5 on a OSX 10.11.6 and I have found that I can’t write drum maps. No file is written. I tried 8.0 and no luck there, either. The latest drum map I could find was Feb 2015 and that would have been Cubase 7. Is there some other way to transfer drum maps between files?

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Hi,

Theremin ale other topics about (working) Drum Maps in Cubase 8/8.5. So it works in general.

Make sure, you are nit storing factory preset, and make sure you have a permissions to write to the folder.

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I’d like to try some of the Theremin Ale. Should be some good vibrations there. (Sorry!) :laughing:

Drum maps are a big problem area as it is not possible to to save a name for your map without a lot of faffing about. I for one wish that Steinberg would get onto this as a matter of urgency.

A relevant link:

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My problem is much simpler than on the link. I am not saving factory settings nor is it constructed from an instrument. It is a map that I constructed and have saved before. I changed it a bit in a song and I wanted to save it again so I didn’t have to make those changes each time I used it. When I go into drum map setup and select save from the functions, I am given a file save dialog but no file gets written. This is exactly how I saved the map in the first place. As a user, I have full access to the directory I am writing to but I don’t know if Cubase inherits those permissions. I get no message whatsoever. Nothing happens but if it is a permissions problem and there is no error message, it would not be the only place something like that happens. I guess I will just edit the drum map each time and be thankful I don’t have to redo the whole thing.

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Welcome to the annoying world of Cubase Drum Maps. I have exactly the same complaints!

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Just for a test, could you try to save it to other folder?

Yes, Cubase inherits those permissions.

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Well, well. It will write to a different folder. Maybe I should have experimented more but here’s what I found. The original map was in documents/songs/drumsetup. (I moved it out.) I found that the file did get written to documents and songs, but still not drumsetup.