Messageright, all those checkboxes do is insert another midi/audio track with the input and output fields preset for that instance of the synth-you can do that yourself in track properties without adding unnecesary additional tracks. ----- Original Message ----- From: Kevin L. Gibbs To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 2:20 PM Subject: [ddots-l] Re: channel question Does that mean that you uncheck all the available tracks that can be created in the synth rack properties dialog? Never thought of that. Cool, K. -----Original Message----- From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ilkster Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 9:58 AM To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ddots-l] Re: channel question When inserting an instance of the tts1 or any synth, you get that dialog box that asks, among other things, whether you want midi & audio tracks inserted along with the synth. I don't bother adding these tracks. Instead, using the normal template with 16 midi tracks already available, I set the tts1 as the output device. Then I go to track 17 which is the first of eight audio tracks in the normal template and set the input as TTS1, and the output as MASTER. Then using tracks properties dialog for the individual MIDI tracks, I set up the bank & patches I want. Notice that each of the 16 midi tracks using that tts1 use track 17 as the audio output track. Each midi track has its own channel# as well. Once an instance of tts1 is installed, you can use that one instance in all 16 midi tracks with only 1 audio output track. Phew! Hope that helps. ----- Original Message ----- From: Stephanie Pieck To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 7:42 AM Subject: [ddots-l] Re: channel question So do I create multiple bracks of the TTS1, one track for each instrument, and then assign each instrument its own unique channel, reserving Channel 10 for drums? Or is there some way to insert only one instance of the TTS1 but then, instead of inserting a new DXI for each additional track/instrument, creating those new instruments/tracks from the first DXI I inserted? (I've been inserting a new DXI for each new instrument/track.) Stephanie Pieck ----- Original Message ----- From: Gordon Kent To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 1:36 PM Subject: [ddots-l] Re: channel question Well, in the case of tts1, that is a multitimbral synth. You can just assign other midi tracks to the port that is created when you insert the tts1 and set it to another channel. Gord ----- Original Message ----- From: Stephanie Pieck To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 1:18 PM Subject: [ddots-l] Re: channel question Hi, Is there some other way to set up tracks? I thought you had to have a separate inserted DXI track for each instrument anyway? (Now I KNOW I'm missing something!) Stephanie Pieck ----- Original Message ----- From: Gordon Kent To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 11:32 AM Subject: [ddots-l] Re: channel question Stephanie: If you want to have different instruments on each track, you have to have each track set to a separate midi channel unless you are inserting a separate instance of tts for each track, which would use up a lot of system resources. Gord ----- Original Message ----- From: Stephanie Pieck To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 7:43 AM Subject: [ddots-l] channel question I have been setting all my TTS1 tracks to Channel 1. Should I assign different channels for each individual track? If so, why is this? It's been working with everything using channel 1, but I could be missing something .. Stephanie Pieck