Running 3 separate instances works fine within my DAW, but if I merge those three instances, ho...

[jgbsound]

Howdy Everyone,

I'm really scratching my head about this:

So I got it in my head that I could merge all 3 instances (each containing 16 channels of instruments)  into a single larger instance (combined would have 48/49 including the room tone),so that I can put them on the same virtual stage in MIR Pro (this results in a 48 instrument mframe project).

But for the life of me, I can't figure out how to map to the other 2 sets of 16 tracks.  Each MIDI Instance in my DAW has only 16 channels that are mappable.  

Do I need to keep the earlier instances alive in the background to be able to map to them within the DAW? I'm guessing that I can't remove the earlier 16 channel instances, and just keep the larger instance that containes 48 instrument tracks?

Am I missing something?

One additional note: My DAW is Sonar 8.5.3 running Windows 64bit.

HELP!

JOHN

[DG]

AFAIK Sonar doesn't use VST3, so you can't do what you want.

DG

[jgbsound]

Thanks DG.  After doing more research into it, you've hit it on the head.  

Being able to handle multiple MIDI inputs within VE is a VST3 only capability. Sonar X3 now supports VST3 but not any earlier versions.

I'm back to running 3 seperate instances for now until I can afford to upgrade.

Best,

John

[Bill]

And, the VST3 implementation in Sonar X3 doesn't support multiple MIDI ports...

[jgbsound]

Thanks for the response guys,

Bill -- So which programs out there do support VS3 and are able to do multiple MIDI ports?

John

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