SampleTank 4 Multitimbral help with Cakewalk.

[SynthManDan]

How do I set up Cakewalk for Multitimbral use?  I want to just run instance of the program and utilize its 16 parts.

My other DAW utilizes “lanes”.  Does Cakewalk do something similar?

Thx!

SMD

[Some Guy]

Edit:  Hard to explain without pictures, but I don't have this specific instrument.

Samplers typically have different channels, and patches within those channels.  This allows a Sampler to host more than 16 Patches.

So you have typically have 16 Channels which can each host 16 patches, for a total of ~128 patches in one VSTi.

Sometimes these Channels are Numerically Labeled, but they can also be labeled with Letters (A, B, C, etc.)

When you route the MIDI out to the VSTi, you need to make sure that the Track is going out to the correct Channel on the VSTi, as well as to the correct patch.

This is all done in the track editor.

You can also create some of this stuff automatically when adding the VSTi to the project, which will take care of all the routing (for the stuff the DAW generates).

Edited October 24, 2019 by Some Guy

[abacab]

For just the MIDI part, you can insert 16 MIDI tracks, followed by inserting the multi-timbral instrument on a new track.

You  would just route MIDI track 1 to the instrument's MIDI ch. 1 in the track header/inspector. Then assign MIDI track 2 to the instrument's MIDI ch. 2, etc. and so on.

Match up your MIDI channels from the MIDI tracks with the respective instrument slots in your instrument plugin, and you should hear the desired sound when you play the respective MIDI track.

For the audio part, if you inserted the instrument as a simple instrument track you probably only got a single stereo audio output. In that case you would do all of your audio mixing within the plugin's mixer.

If your instrument supports multi audio outputs, it is possible to insert the instrument with all audio outputs showing, hopefully with an output for each slot in your instrument visible in the DAW mixer.  Some folks may find this view cluttered, with both  a MIDI track, plus an audio track for each channel in the mixer. You can hide, or name and color code things in the DAW mixer to keep them straight.

When you get a setup that works for you, be sure to save as a template, so next time is plug and play!

 

Edited October 25, 2019 by abacab

[SynthManDan]

Simeon Amburgey just posted a vid about this on YouTube.  I asked him a question about t and he posted a how to vid just a few minutes ago.  Thanks for your response.

SMD

Edited October 25, 2019 by SynthManDan

[Simeon Amburgey]

Here it is here just for reference for the thread. Always glad to help when I can.

Quick Tip | SampleTank 4 Multitimbral Mode in Cakewalk by BandLab