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  • How to use different channels with Instruments Pro?

    L
    L

    Hi!

    I have a couple of Special Editions and Instruments Pro. In my DAW, I have three midi tracks, one for violin, one for viola, one for cello. There are 16 Vienna Instruments Pro channels in my DAW. How can I route them to Vienna Instruments Pro so that I do NOT need three instances of the VSTi?

    I want to have chamber violins +, violas + and cellos +. I cannot find where I can use channel 1 for the violins, channel 2 for the violas, channel 3 for the cellos.

    I can drag and drop the matrices and position them under each other, but then the click of my mouse determines what sound is used for ALL midis.

    When I click on violins, Vienna Instruments Pro wants to play back all 3 midis with the violins...

    Here are two screenshots of what I mean.

    Here are my three midis. Midi is uses Vienna Instruments Pro channel 1, midi 2 uses channel 2, midi 3 uses channel 3:



    And here are the matrices. I want to have all these articulations for violins, violas and cellos...but I also want to hear all three midi tracks being played back by all three instruments. The software lets me click and select them though...so I either have a playback of all 3 midis with violin ONLY or viola only or cello only. Please help how I can set this up. I want to play back the instruments individually, each with a different mixer for example. I can use the eight 1-4 and A and B windows, but they only let me select articulations to be played TOGETHER at once.

    To sum up, I would like Instruments Pro to play back different midi tracks at once, and every midi track with the instrument of my choice without having to load the VSTi multiple times, once per instrument.
  • L
    L

    Oh, I found this: https://forum.vsl.co.at/topic/37283/how-to-assign-midi-channels-to-different-instruments

    So it is not possible at all? And I should use Vienna Ensemble?

    And what "is intelligent Performance Detection for all VI Series products"?

  • Andreas8420A
    VSL Team
    Andreas8420A

    Hi,

    In theory, the Vienna Instruments Player offers a maximum of four Outputs. However, it was designed to load ONE instrument per player instance (and it defaults to Stereo Output 1/2). It's not a multitimbral player where you load 16 instruments into one player like in Kontakt.

    Most people load one player per track in their DAW. Vienna Ensemble 7 is an optional mixing and hosting software you could use in between, but it is not required.

    Performance detection means that when playing the instruments, the player will intelligently make adjustments based on your tempo, intervals, etc., to give you the best possible playback results.

    VSL Team | Product Specialist & Media Editing
  • L
    L

    Thank you!

    Ok, then I'll just load multiple instances of the VSTi.

    Do you need to manually enable performance detection or is it active automatically? Is there a way to have the software pick matching articulations for you? e.g. one of my melodies has a fast run and I am not sure what the best and most realistic way to play this is.