Instrument Track Types

[brandon]

I have a Drums VST in my project and would like to know if there is a way to find out what it was added as. For example a Simple Instrument Track. Might this be possible?

 

Thanks

[Nigel Mackay]

See the little icon next to the track number. Sort of looks like a keyboard.
That is a simple instrument track.
The track can contain MIDI data, MIDI automation, audio automation, audio data.

 

In this example track 2 is the instrument-audio, track 3 is the MIDI data.
MIDI track icon is a DIN connector, used to connect MIDI devices to each other.
Instrument-audio icon is a tiny DIN connector next to the keyboard icon, showing that MIDI data is fed to the instrument.
They each have the relevant data and automation.

If it is a simple instrument track you enter the MIDI notes into it. And monitor/process the audio on it.
In the 2nd example you enter the MIDI notes onto the MIDI track and monitor/process the audio on the instrument-audio track.

 

Edited September 23, 2020 by Nigel Mackay

[brandon]

Thank you. Is there also a way of telling whether they are mono or stereo?

 

[Nigel Mackay]

Not with a simple instrument track.

With a split track, in Inspector or Console, the audio track has this:
Mono:

 

Stereo:

[brandon]

Thank you