I keep my word...

So at this moment I have five - count 'em - five instruments, all on outputs 1&2 in S.Tank LE. Dare I go for six? I checked my preferences, and I have outputs set up to 7&8, but this doesn't affect anything because all my instruments are on 1&2?

Still trying to understand this stuff better. But I'm having no trouble with five instruments. The one "bug" I get consistently is sticking notes. Very random, though. I just clear the instrument out and use something else. But when it's working it seems to work well.

Update: I went for six, and it's still working fine!

BUMP!

2 New Q's:

I can only seem to get my keyboard to play Channel 1. I've tried messing with the Input Channel numbers for the Oxygen on the different midi tracks, but nothing's worked. I'm missing something, obviously.

About the FX: The manual says there are five fx slots: one always eq/comp, one fully adjustable, and then the other three can be played but not adjusted. Well, I got the first two, but that's it. The little triangles aren't lit up to click on for fx 3-5. They are in the manual, though! What gives?

TIA gang!

oh, Losguy - couldn't find any updates for LE. oh well; it hasn't happened in a while.

I can only seem to get my keyboard to play Channel 1. I've tried messing with the Input Channel numbers for the Oxygen on the different midi tracks, but nothing's worked. I'm missing something, obviously.

Try setting the midi in on your midi track (in Sonar) to "all inputs omni" This will allow the track to recieve on any channel you send out of the Oxygen.

About the FX: The manual says there are five fx slots: one always eq/comp, one fully adjustable, and then the other three can be played but not adjusted. Well, I got the first two, but that's it. The little triangles aren't lit up to click on for fx 3-5. They are in the manual, though! What gives?

One of the limitations of LE is that the user can only control two effects. You need to get the full L or XL engine to be able to assign more than two effects yourself. It does however allow 5 effects to be used, if the sound your using has 5 effects assigned to it from the "factory".

So Harmony , How do I make that templete work. I DLd it, expanded it, know where I put it. Now what do I do with it? Thank you for sharing and helping by the way...................JDW

Thanks Harmony. I guess I should have looked closer at the unpacked .rar . I'm gonna go see what you gave me. I been doing pretty well with ST. Most of it is quite self-explanatory jamester if you read the manual. Thanks again, I'll be back shortly if I have any questions...................JDW.

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Thanks again Dale, I'll check this all out tonight. I thought I had everything going perfectly last time, so this midi keyboard thing's really stumped me.

As for the fx, I guess it all depends on what's loaded in? I have yet to load any instrument that makes the triangles for fx 3-5 light up, but I'll keep trying. It's really not a big deal, I just want to make sure everything's working right. (or should I say, "That I'm working things right.")

JD: I re-read the manual last nite - I swear! I really like S.Tank, it's the only sampler that's made sense to me. It really is easy and pretty intuitive; the 'problems' I'm having are from my lack of understanding things. I re-tried to play with V-Sampler again last night, and gave up pretty quickly - as usual. I really dig S.Tank.

I am planning on getting Battery2, and the Bass Collection for S.Tank. This should give me everything I need for rhythm sections. Sometimes I just click with things right off, as far as knowing I like them.

I run it as a DX, and have never had a problem. I never tried the VST version, though. I can't imagine it would run any better than perfect. The only limitation I have found is that I need to use the TenCrazy MIDI Sustain fix to get my sustain pedal to work properly. I use some vinatge keyboards as controllers.

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The only limitation I have found is that I need to use the TenCrazy MIDI Sustain fix to get my sustain pedal to work properly. I use some vinatge keyboards as controllers.

Actually harmony, I think it's just because you've got a light foot!

guys, great thread, I will print it out and go through Harmony garden's tutorials step by step