Reference Manual

CHAPTER 13. ROUTING AND I/O 182
Tracks Feeding MIDI to
and Tapping Audio
From the Parts of a
Multi-Timbral
Instrument.
Sending MIDI from the mixer to a multi-timbral instrument is a variation of a case described
above. One MIDI track hosts the multi-timbral instrument, and additional MIDI tracks are
used to feed its individual parts. Each additional MIDI track has its Output Type chooser
pointed to the track that contains the instrument, and its Output Channel chooser referenc-
ing the target MIDI channel. Additional audio tracks can then be used to tap the instrument's
individual outputs, as described earlier.
It is also possible to use the External Instrument device to route MIDI to (and audio from)
the secondary outputs on multi-timbral plug-ins. This scenario eliminates the need to create
an additional audio track for each tapped output:
1. Insert the multi-timbral instrument on a MIDI track.
2. Insert an External Instrument device on another MIDI track.
3. Select the track that contains the instrument in the rst MIDI To chooser on the
External Instrument device.
4. Select the MIDI channel to route to in the second chooser on the External
Instrument device.
5. From the External Instrument's Audio From chooser, select a secondary output
on the instrument to which you are sending MIDI.
Repeat steps 2-5 to feed and tap additional components of your multi-timbral instrument.
You could also put the entire system of External Instrument devices into a single track, by