HOW TO RECORD MULTIPLE MIDI TRACKS

[Steven Gerard]

I have a Korg M50 that has a vst plugin editor.   I can create an instrument track and use the editor to select the bank and patch in the M50.  However, I can only bring up one instance of the editor which only allows me to create one midi track.

The editor manual has instructions on how to use it with different DAW's but not Cakewalk.  The instructions basically have you bring up one instance of the editor and then link a midi track and an audio track to it.  In this way, it is possible to have one instance of the editor and multiple midi and audio tracks.  I just can't figure out how to do this in Cakewalk Sonar.  If anyone has any insight into this, I'd greatly appreciate it.  Thanks!

[Amberwolf]

If the Korg has a "multitimbral mode", so that each midi channel can have a different instrument on it, you set it up for that.  Then set each instrument you will use on the Korg to get it's notes from a different midi channel from each of the others. 

Then in Sonar you create a midi track for each instrument on the Korg, and set each of those tracks' output channels to the one the Korg instrument for it is set to receive on.

If each Korg instrumetn also *sends* on a different channel, you set each Sonar track's input channel to the corresponding one as the Korg instrument it's for. 

 

If you need to actually record on those tracks all at once, then you'll arm all the tracks for record, and then use the record function in Sonars' transport to begin actual recording. 

If you only need to record one at a time, you just arm the one you want to record on, then use the transport record fucntion. 

 

 

If you actually need to record the audio from the korg as well as the midi, then if the korg only has a single stereo audio out, you have a choice:  

--have a single stereo track on Sonar that has *all* the sounds at once (just like the final audio file you'd export to make an MP3 or wave file or whatever for listening to outside of Sonar), and you'll play back all hte midi tracks at once to record the audio from all of them at the same time

or

--have a separate stereo track on Sonar for each instrument, and you play back only that midi track while recording the audio (mute all the others not being recorded). 

 

The instructions for these depend on which way you want to do this. 

[Steven Gerard]

Thanks.  Yesterday I spent some time and got things working.  Appreciate your response!

[Amberwolf]

If you post the details of what you did, it will help others that come along with the same issue later.

[Steven Gerard]

17 hours ago, Amberwolf said:

If you post the details of what you did, it will help others that come along with the same issue later.

1. Open one instance of the m50 plugin editor.   Leave input and output default, I = none, O =  master. 

2.  Create as many midi tracks as you'll need, one per each instrument (sound).  Set the input to the m50, channel 1 for track 1, channel 2 for track 2, etc.   Set output for each track to the m50 plugin editor. 

3. Put the m50 in seq mode, select the instrument (sound) you want from the plugin editor for the track, and Set the midi channel in global mode on the m50.  

4. Record each track, remembering to change the input in the midi track (1-16), and in global mode midi channel (1-16).