Lots of soft synth

[Gareth*]

I have about 6 keyboard programs that I use on my computer and I'm wondering if there is a program that will let me switch between them quickly for live situations. Right now I can stick them all into a Protools session but that's kind of memory intensive so it will crash. (bad for live) Also it'd be great if there was a program that would allow me to split my midi controler into differant sections so I could use more than one soft synth at once. I've already tried using 2 midi controllers, but my computer won't allow that effectively.

[dolivas]

You might want to try Bidule by Plogue. It has a very fancy name but what it basically is is a very fancy modular MIDI/VST/AUDIO routing thingamajig that lets you categorize a whole bunch of soft synths and instantly drag and drop them to your screen and plug them to an audio output and a midi input. It's a virtual way of simulating you using an actual patchbay/mixer to connect a whole bunch of actual synths at the same time with minimal fuss.

http://www.plogue.com/index.php?opti...d=21&Itemid=35

Its hard to describe but it's easier if you download it and try it out and you'll see what I mean.

[DreamwaveMusic]

this sounds too cool, i am in if there is a way to easily switch between the two for live... ive been doing this with cubase, but cubase is very intensive on the computer. dolivas, i take it you have used this? is there a way to adjust the volume for each plugin? and send to other busses?

[dolivas]

Originally Posted by DreamwaveMusic

this sounds too cool, i am in if there is a way to easily switch between the two for live... ive been doing this with cubase, but cubase is very intensive on the computer. dolivas, i take it you have used this? is there a way to adjust the volume for each plugin? and send to other busses?

yep there is a way to easily switch between the two live *of course that would involve using your midi controller's channel change feature so you would lets say use MIDI Channel 1 for the Mtron and Midi Channel 2 for Zebra2 etc.* but physically you can do that by drawing a line from the vst you want to use to the audio out you want it to route to. You have the ability to assign seperate EQ, volume, pre-amps, VST comps etc. for each device or route you made so yeah the world is your oyster with this program. But like I say its better to try the demo first and see what I'm talking about.

[DreamwaveMusic]

Yeah, this program is amazing..i loved using the splitters to connect to my soundcards output as well as the bidule sound recorder (one for each vsti) so that i could record all of them individually while playing. Thanks for this recommendation, the possibilities are overwhelming.

i will recommend this to everyone

[Gareth*]

That thingy looks great, but I just found a pricier one by Native Instruments called Kore that comes out in spring. It let's you spilt your keyboard into differant synths and not touch your computer screen. How memory intensive is Bidule and can it split the keyboard.

[dolivas]

Originally Posted by Gareth*

That thingy looks great, but I just found a pricier one by Native Instruments called Kore that comes out in spring. It let's you spilt your keyboard into differant synths and not touch your computer screen. How memory intensive is Bidule and can it split the keyboard.

I think the thing about Kore is that its just a huge Preset Manager for your soft synths or plugins but it really doesn't let you do any cool routings or setups like Bidule would plus its not really a digital workstation for recording mostly its a high end preset manager. Bidule with the right plugin would let you split your keyboard and doesn't take up hardly any memory... your mileage may vary of course due to how many plugins you have open how taxing they are to begin with etc. etc..

[Nubus]

Originally Posted by dolivas

Bidule with the right plugin would let you split your keyboard and doesn't take up hardly any memory... your mileage may vary of course due to how many plugins you have open how taxing they are to begin with etc. etc..

Same thing with Kore.

[dagosto]

Originally Posted by Nubus

Same thing with Kore.

Confirmed. You can do various keyboard mappings like note and velocity switches. It also has routing to DSP as inserts and send channels.

[dolivas]

Originally Posted by dagosto

Confirmed. You can do various keyboard mappings like note and velocity switches. It also has routing to DSP as inserts and send channels.

I know it's able to host VST and AU plugins, and do midi mappings now but it doesn't host them on the hardware side right? *unless I'm mistaken of course* that's the only reason I'm a bit taken aback by it. For such a high price it should do more than just be a controller and a streamlined host interface/program. Bidule and Rax which I mentioned in another thread, are very similar in fashion to Kore but are around 80 to 40 bucks each and you can get a good knob controller for way less than what remaining money in difference it would take to use Kore. However, for ease of use out the box Kore has it down pat.