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  1. I've sussed it! Or I think I have... When I was inserting a new synth, Cakewalk was automatically mapping each part to a different MIDI channel on SI Strings - say, channels 1, 3, 5 and 7. As soon as I changed them all to channel 1, I can hear everything. Noob question: is this correct? Should I only have one MIDI channel available for software synths/VSTs? @scook thank you for your effort and your input.
  2. Thanks for that @scook. Sadly that didn't solve it. However, I did try right clicking on TTS and clicking "replace synth" and putting the SI Strings synth there instead... and it worked! So that would suggest it's something to do with how I'm routing to a new synth? Or something else?
  3. Thanks for responding! Silly questions are perfectly valid as this is all new to me; Logic used to do it automatically so I've never had to grapple with MIDI routings manually. I've given it another go; SI String was set to the default program so I changed it to another program just in case that would make a difference. Still nothing! I tried another strings VST and some of the notes came through but not all. Can soft synths/VST instruments only play notes within a certain range? The parts themselves aren't at the extreme range of string instruments or anything - root is Bb7 (as in octave, not the chord), which is within the clickable keyboard range on SI Strings, so I'm not convinced that's the issue but I'm clutching at straws..
  4. Just to add to this, I found a very helpful guide further down the forum that suggested opening the MIDI files into Cakewalk rather than importing them. That opened up a new Cakewalk project and played them through TTS no problem. However, as soon as I insert SI-String Section and route the outputs to that instead of TTS... no sound. Very odd.
  5. Hi all, I'm fairly new to Cakewalk (used to use Logic a few years ago) and I'm having trouble getting some imported MIDI files to play through a soft synth. I've followed the guidance on this page, but I don't seem to be getting anywhere. I've imported the MIDI files, which have created 4 tracks for themselves. I've then created a soft synth/instrument track for the SI-String Section instrument. Cakewalk automatically routes the outputs of the MIDI tracks to this instrument, but when I press play, no sound. Curiously, if I open up SI-String Section, even clicking on the keyboard on the VST interface doesn't make a sound, whereas it works fine if I insert another one that doesn't have any MIDI routed through it. I'm sure I'm missing something obvious here but I can't for the life of me figure it out. Please help! Screenshot of track I/Os attached.
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