good evening! after a few months come back to try the new version of “Live”, which I hope to be able to use for the new live project you have to make.
I read the manual carefully but I didn’t understand if and how it’s possible to do some things:
use, or rather “share” the same vst instruments on different layers (both in the same song and in other songs)… a sort of mainstage “alias”
is it possible to automate various parameters of a virtual instrument through a midi track? for example the cutoff of a filter that closes or opens at specific points in the sequence?
in each song of the concert I have some audio tracks that are the same for all the songs, in the sense that they contain the same things. a click track and an “alert” track that I have already prepared with cubase. for instance: How can I make the click track volume change changeable for all songs at the same time?
Simply select from the Shared Menu in the Layer/Instrument selection. Any instrument instantiated by any Layer can be shared. Note that the audio channel belongs to the Instrument, not the Layer, so if you change audio volume/pan/mute/solo, this applies to all Layers sharing it. All other (MIDI) settings are seperate for each Layer, which is also why Layer Controls switch to MIDI when you select a Shared Instrument. Usually, you would address shared Instruments by Layer output MIDI Channel.
Not yet in the way like Cubase; automation tracks are in the making.
You can use Actions and Shortcuts for some sort of automation by using the built-inVirtual Midi “cables” though, with the new version coming within the next days.
You would create a Group Channel and route your tracks there. You need to expand the Song (Group) Channel (named after your song) to see track channel in the mixer, or you can assign a Group channel for the output of a track in the tracks view Inspector.
copy a part → right mouseclick on the part and select copy.
in the layer left click on the instrument → in the menu, you find share, select your wanted instrument. the buttons of velocity and high change its color from blue to orange.
i don’t know, but i think, the source layer is no matter, because if you change a parameter in one shared layer, the parameter is change in every shared layer.
Layers are not shared, only their Instruments are. As the audio channel belongs to the Instrument, changing its volume, pan, mute, or solo applies to all Layers sharing this Instrument. However all other Layer controls are not shared, and that is why a Layer changes to MIDI control when you assign a shared Instrument to it, bacause usually you address multitimbral Instruments by MIDI channel. Finally, that explains why there is no “origin” or “source” Instrument.
Part 1 - Intro
Part 2 - Verse
Part 3 - Chorus
Part 4 - Verse
Part 5 - Chorus
Part 6 - Special
Part 7 - Chorus
Part 8 - Out
Each part is triggered at specific points in the sequence.
Every “verse” and every “chorus” (pert 2,4 and 3,5,7) are identical both in terms of virtual intstrument and settings.
So I wonder if it is possible to share part 2 (verse) and part 3 (chorus) entirely to have them available whenever necessary in order to save resources.
I don’t understand the point of having to copy (and then create other identical parts) when loading VST instruments that have already been loaded.
It would be very convenient to share an entire part (or rather, the global content of it) and be able to share it with a single click.
I have a playlist that provides for the simultaneous setting of 5 physical keyboards which correspond to one or more layers for each keyboard, and sharing every single layer of each part takes a really long time.
With a set list of 35/40 songs it is advisable to minimize the loading of virtual instruments.
Let me repeat that the Layer is not shared, only its Instrument is.
And when you assign a shared Instrument to a Layer, it is set to MIDI Controls (orange), and also there is an indication (check the velocity low/high dials, those become orange for every Layer that shares or uses a shared instrument).
Ok, you will have to create one shared Instrument (say: second Layer set to share first instr), otherwise there is only one instance - which makes that Instrument “non-shared”
