Recording XPand2 into 4 tracks

[tangoportland]

This would be track input output path/routing clarification.
With Xpand2, you can route one instance to the 4 paths to a midi or instrument track.

I thought I had it working, but not. Cant get the Xpand2 sounds to record.
Could somebody explain how to send the effect from each of the 4 Xpand channels to the corresponding track?
Here is what I attempted from watching videos , but they skip right over the details on getting the data down the needed path. I have no midi tracks to import but want to create 4 different drum parts on 4 different tracks.
1. New instrument track with Xpand2 on it.
2. 4 new midi tracks , I think they get assigned to the corresponding Xpand parts 1,2,3 &4.

What are the inputs and outputs and sends if any on each track?
Do you have to record enable each track to hear the Xpand parts?
How do I get each of the 4 parts to record? And to which track?
Can I record them to each one of the midi tracks or do I need an instrument or aux input track. I saw a version of using the Xpand on an aux input track , which made no sense to me because I thought it was used on an instrument track.

Thanks
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[jeffro]

An Instrument Track is basically just a MIDI Track and Aux Track combined. Before Pro Tools had Instrument Tracks you would create at least 1 MIDI Track (for your MIDI data) and route that to an Aux Track (which had your virtual instrument, like XPand). With an Instrument Track you can have everything on one track.

There are multiple ways to set up tracks and routing, but here are some basic guidelines...

Use an Instrument Track - Insert XPand on that track and record your MIDI data there. (If you want to record one part at a time then enable MIDI Merge in the Transport so that each record pass adds the new part instead of erasing the previous ones.)

Use MIDI Tracks with an Aux Track - Insert XPand on the Aux and route your MIDI Tracks to Xpand. If Xpand has a Drum Kit loaded, the parts (Kick, Snare, etc.) are on separate notes so you don't need to use unique MIDI channels for each part. If you have parts in Xpand that overlap keys (Piano on A, Strings on B, etc.) and you want to play different parts on them then use unique channels to keep them separate.

Check out the attached screenshots for some examples, and reply back if you have additional questions.

[unkJE]

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