@Jackmon said:
How can I turn a set of my own recorded (audio) sound samples (processed through the Sampler TX16Wx) into an instrument/plugin that gives me that MIDI configuration (blocks) that I can work with & edit in my DAW?
Read the above posts once again, it seems you're thinking it a bit backwards right now. 😊
You are already able to produce MIDI data - either by pressing a key on your keyboard, or drawing a "block" on the piano roll editor of a MIDI track. The result is the same - this tells your DAW to pass on a set of MIDI information to whatever is defined as the destination. You're the one that creates configurations of MIDI information.
Every time you draw a "block" or press a key on the keyboard, you're actually "speaking in MIDI-ese". You're saying: this is a note of xy length, wyz pitch and $%& volume". Remember, the "blocks" are merely the visual representation of MIDI data. They aren't "real". They don't contain sound, don't get confused by the visual presence of "blocks". They are no different from you pressing a key on the keyboard. It just tells the sampler: hey, I've sent you info on a note, it's this long, this loud and the pitch is such-and-such. It's just one of two ways to talk to the sampler - wether that's the Vienna Instruments, the TX16Wx, Native Instruments Kontakt or whatever.
So, you don't need an instrument that gives you the information - you are giving the information. You need something to read and translate the information.
In your case, this would be the TX16Wx sampler. Go ahead and load it up in your DAW. Look on the left side, there's this panel that says "new program". A little below, it says "Ch01" (by default at least, unless you change the routings). Try pressing some keys on the keyboard and look at the interface of the sampler. See that little blue MIDI symbol? It lights up every time you play a note on the keyboard, even if there's no sound coming out of the speakers, because you don't have any samples loaded yet. Every time that little icon lights up, it means that the sampler has received MIDI data! It means you're telling it something in "MIDI-ese" and it's listening.
You can do a second test: instead of playing the keyboard, open up the MIDI editor of your track and draw some "blocks". Press "play". Look at the blue MIDI symbol. It's blinking again. This means you're talking to the sampler again. You understand? The "blocks" don't contain, or make sound. They're just MIDI language. They're telling the sampler what to do - just like playing the keyboard does.
Now the sampler is the one who has to create actual sound according to set of MIDI instructions it has received. Look at the interface of the TX16Wx again. In the middle, you can see that piano keyboard graphic. Try playing your keyboard again - see how the corresponding key of that graphic is moving? This shows you that the sampler understands what you're telling it per MIDI. You're already communicating. The sampler just doesn't have a voice yet. You can now take your own recorded audio and drag the file onto a key in the sampler. For example, let's say you have a recorded sample of a snare drum. You drag and drop this recording on the C3 key in the sampler. If you play the note C3 on your keyboard, the sampler will receive MIDI information ("play the sound that you have assigned on C3!") and fire off the sample.
If you draw a "block" on the C3 in the MIDI editor/piano roll and then press the "play" button in your DAW, the same thing happens. That "block" tells the sampler: "Here's a MIDI command for you: play the sound that you have assigned to C3!" And the sampler plays the sound.
So, in short: you can make your own playable instrument by dragging your recorded samples onto the virtual keyboard within the TX16Wx. Playing a "real" keyboard that's connected to the computer, or drawing "blocks" into your MIDI editor and pressing "play", is telling the TX16Wx to play the samples.