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VST Instruments and Instrument tracks
Exporting instrument tracks as MIDI file
You can also export instrument tracks as standard MIDI
files, see “Exporting MIDI files” on page 458.
Please note:
• As there is no MIDI patch information in an instrument
track, this information is missing in the resulting MIDI file.
• If you activate “Export Inspector Volume/Pan”, volume
and pan information of the VST Instrument will be con-
verted and written into the MIDI file as controller data.
Comparison
Since instrument tracks are a combination of MIDI and
VST features, the instrument track properties and their
handling show aspects of both.
On the left, the MIDI Inspector for a MIDI channel with its output routed
to a VST Instrument – on the right, the instrument track Inspector for an
instrument track using the same VST Instrument.
Automation considerations
• Automation of the VST Instrument channel settings or
the settings for an instrument track is done in the same
way as automating regular channels.
• Automation of the specific parameters for a VST Instru-
ment is done in the same way as automating VST effect
parameters.
When you set up a VST Instrument in the VST Instruments
window, you also need to create a MIDI channel in which
to enter the notes that you want the instrument to play. Al-
though the VST Instrument channel and the MIDI track are
connected via the VST Instrument, there is no direct con-
nection between, for example, the volume automation of
the VST Instrument channel and the events on the MIDI
track. If you move the MIDI part, the automated volume
curve of the VST return channel will not move with it.