Multichannel instrument problems
I am using a plugin which lets me load multiple instruments into a single instance. I have done this, and set each instrument to Midi channels 1 and 2 respectively. In CW I then Append Instrument Track, set the original track's input to channel 1 and the appended track's input to channel 2. This way, I can play off the single plugin instance but switch between sounds just by using different CW tracks. I am currently using this for a cello. One channel is arco, the other is pizz. But I can really
@jkoseattle - I'll do my best to explain...
As you know there are 3 types of tracks within Cakewalk:
- Audio Tracks
- MIDI Tracks
- Instrument Tracks
An instrument track is actually just a combination of a MIDI track and an Audio track, where the clips view shows the MIDI part, and the track view shows the Audio part. The inspector shows an Audio/MIDI tab so you can get more granular control, but behind the scenes there is actually two separate tracks.
A Simple Instrument Track