Possible to control multiple VSTs with 1 midi track / controller?

Nope.
 
Regards,
Dan
 

Roo Stercogburn

dcumpian
Nope.
 
Regards,
Dan
 

Thanks for the response but... Heh, in this day and age, as well as being umpteen versions into Sonar, that kinda sucks. Multiple sends from a midi track would be all it takes to allow it.

It can be done very easily live - simply enable each synth with the same Midi input.
You can't currently play multiple synths from a single MIDI track - but what's the big deal? it takes a few seconds to copy the MIDI clips/tracks to the synths/tracks where you want them and hit play.
I know this has been raised a few times, but simply shouldn't be a big deal in my opinion. 

Roo Stercogburn
This is something that has confounded me for some time so if anyone can answer this I'd be grateful.
 
Basically I'd like to make some pads using different VST synths layered on top of each other. However, I'd like to be able to play the layered pad from a single midi track rather than having to copy/paste the music data between tracks and all the hassle of re-copy/pasting every time I make a change.
 
*Without* using any 3rd party rewiring tools, is it possible for X3 to do this?

Yeah, well I've honestly only ever had the need a few times and simply printed the midi to audio, then selected a different VST and printed the audio again, rinse and repeat until the stack is complete. Would never work for live work or if you were charging by the hour. The only way to do this in Sonar *is* with 3rd party tools. There are a few Midi Patchbay VST plugins out there that will allow you to do this easily.
 
No one ever said Sonar was perfect...but I use it every day.
 
Regards,
Dan
 

Thanks for the various responses guys.
 
Basically Sonar is missing what could be a killer pad-making feature if it could handle stuff like this natively.
 
Multiple different VSTs (or even real hardware) controlled from a single source, grouped and routed into a single bus (though obviously you don't always want everything through the same bus). Its the kind of feature that would be incredibly useful in sound design and would greatly increase the ease with which pads or other complex sounds could be created, automated and controlled. Not sure I'd want to use Sonar for any live performance but its the kind of feature that would be useful for such.
 
Midi automation could then be simply created on a single track and applied to however many synths you're using.
 
The way I'm doing it currently is usually to make changes on a single midi track and then copy/paste the whole track to whatever VSTs I've got layered. Bit tedious. I find Input Echo a bit of an unwieldy kludge to make up for not really doing it properly.
 
I'll forward this to Cakewalk, sure would be nice to have multiple midi sends in a future version :)

Roo Stercogburn
Thanks for the various responses guys.
 
Basically Sonar is missing what could be a killer pad-making feature if it could handle stuff like this natively.
 
Multiple different VSTs (or even real hardware) controlled from a single source, grouped and routed into a single bus (though obviously you don't always want everything through the same bus). Its the kind of feature that would be incredibly useful in sound design and would greatly increase the ease with which pads or other complex sounds could be created, automated and controlled. Not sure I'd want to use Sonar for any live performance but its the kind of feature that would be useful for such.
 
Midi automation could then be simply created on a single track and applied to however many synths you're using.
 
The way I'm doing it currently is usually to make changes on a single midi track and then copy/paste the whole track to whatever VSTs I've got layered. Bit tedious. I find Input Echo a bit of an unwieldy kludge to make up for not really doing it properly.
 
I'll forward this to Cakewalk, sure would be nice to have multiple midi sends in a future version :)

I agree it would be a cool feature to have.  Could using linked clips simplify things for you a bit?  Then you could just make changes on one midi track and the others would update automatically.  I guess if your working with a lot of automation maybe that doesn't help so much.  Can automation be linked across multiple tracks?
Dan