Defining a custom instrument

[JohnK]

This sounded like such a simple and common thing, but I searched through the manual, and I couldn't find an explanation on how to do it. The screenshot was the closest, but obviously wrong, concept I could find.

I have a VSTi that does not show patch names in Cakewalk. However, I do have a PDF with all the patches defined.

How do I create and assign my patch list to the VSTi?

I am guessing it would be a simple text file format for the instrument definition, but I went into Edit > Preferences > MIDI - Instruments and I couldn't even assign an existing GM Synth definition, or hit the define button.

I am clearly in the wrong place in the screen shot below.

[user 905133]

I used to use this for hardware and would assign instrument definitions based on midi ports and channels.  Can we use this method with software synths? 

[JohnK]

6 minutes ago, User 905133 said:

I used to use this for hardware and would assign instrument definitions based on midi ports and channels.  Can we use this method with software synths? 

yeah, that's what it appears to be aimed towards in the above screen-shot, but with so many VSTi's not showing / supporting patch names, I would of thought the use with VSTi's almost mandatory. And hence, a short coming of my ability to find from the manual on how to do it more-so than Cakewalk's.

Edited August 7, 2020 by John Kalabric

[user 905133]

Maybe a virtual midi port utility might help, as suggested in the following thread (re: LoopBe)?

 

[Promidi]

13 minutes ago, User 905133 said:

I used to use this for hardware and would assign instrument definitions based on midi ports and channels.  Can we use this method with software synths? 

Sadly, no

[JohnK]

Just now, Promidi said:

Sadly, no

Arghhhhhh!

 

Well, off to the feature request thread.

[JohnK]

Feature request made: