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Pros and cons of using an Instrument track
I just got back into music and in the past, had been using separate Audio and Midi tracks to use instrument plug ins.
Now I am using Instrument Tracks because my instrument plugins seem to get better latency performance when using instrument plugins. Can anyone tell me the Pro's and Cons of using an instrument track other than it occupying only one track for your midi and audio? Are there situations when you want to do it the old way - with a separate audio and midi track? ---- Also does anyone know why I get more latency in some cases when I do it the old way with a separate audio and midi track? Thanks in advance.
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Re: Pros and cons of using an Instrument track
If you want to have multiple midi tracks feeding same instrument you have to use the oldskool method
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Re: Pros and cons of using an Instrument track
I only use itb VI's (no external synths) so for me I se no reason to use midi tracks. It's just more routing work imo. I put the VI directly on the instrument track.
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Re: Pros and cons of using an Instrument track
There should be no difference between ‘the old way’ or using an instrument track. I certainly don’t see/hear/feel any difference.
But, you shouldn’t using a MIDI track with an audio track. You should be using a MIDI track with an aux track. The VI is passing audio through the channel. If you want the audio printed, either buss it to an audio track or use the commit function. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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Re: Pros and cons of using an Instrument track
What is the new way?
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Re: Pros and cons of using an Instrument track
Instrument Track. Old way being midi+aux+audio. Only reason to use the oldskool way would ve wanting to feed multiple midi into single VI Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Re: Pros and cons of using an Instrument track
Well, just to cloud the issue some more, you can use an AUDIO track as an AUX track by placing it in INPUT mode(something that was not available outside of HD only a few years ago). But for me, using INSTRUMENT tracks just makes the most sense, and the using Track Commit to render a final audio version(especially if the project will be archived as a few years from now, the VI used might not be available)
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Re: Pros and cons of using an Instrument track
You can actually trigger the same VI that's on an instrument track from different multiple midi tracks.
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Re: Pros and cons of using an Instrument track
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I reloaded the same session I had yesterday and now the Virtual Inst has the same latency regardless of how I trigger it. I guess the latency I heard has to be some sort of internal midi routing/triggering issue because the audio comes out of the same Instrument channel and same Virtual Inst regardless of how I trigger it. I am certainly going to see this problem again because it happens often.
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Re: Pros and cons of using an Instrument track
Actually you can use Instrument Tracks to feed a multimbral VI. Just route the MIDI and set the audio input to the separate out of the VI. You don’t need individual MIDI and Aux tracks.
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