VI no multitimbral ???

[didick]

Hi

I would use 24 instruments at the same time but VI is no multitimbral. So I can use 16 instances with one instrument by instance,on 16 tracks at the same time.

How can I do for use more than 16 instruments (an orchestre) ???

[nliberg]

Hi,
if you're thinking of the 16 MIDI channel limitation I believe that this limitation is per VI, so it shouldn't limit the number of VIs you can load in your sequencer. It only limits the number of MIDI channels that each VI can receive (which I guess is already limited since they are not multitrimbral). I don't own any VI myself, but this is my experience with VST plugins.

Best,
Nils

[timkiel]

Not quite sure I understand your question but the VIs are not multimbral (at least not yet - roll on multi timbral percussion VI).

Therefore you only need to send 1 MIDI channel to each VI. You then have as many VI VSTs as you wish (or as your host will cope with). 1 MIDI Channel = 1 VI VST. Therefore in Cubase just set each track as follows

TRACK1
MIDI In 1 = Your Keyboard, MIDI OUT : Vienna Instrument 1, CH:1
TRACK2
MIDI In 1 = Your Keyboard, MIDI OUT : Vienna Instrument 2, CH:1
TRACK3
MIDI In 1 = Your Keyboard, MIDI OUT : Vienna Instrument 3, CH:1

and so on...

Best

Tim

[plowman]

"Multi-timbral" should be retired as a word. When people learn that VI is not multi-timbral, they mistakenly think that A. they can only open it once per song, and / or B. it can only play one instrument at a time.

VI is not multi-channel. That means each VI instance can only respond to one MIDI channel. But you can run as many single-channel VI's as your computer can handle.

Whenever I hear that something isn't multi-timbral, I flash back to one-channel synths of the 80's -- as in "the DX7 is not multi-timbral." In the advent of soft synths and modern sample players, the term has lost some meaning and tends to confuse the issue.

[didick]

OK.

Thanks for your help