using program change for different vsti's?
hello, I'm mostly just like to compose on the fly... so tbh most of the time I compose everything in guitarpro(weird, I know) and one thing that would REALLY speed up the process of getting projects up and running with 10x less clutter is if I could simply have every GM midi instrument mapped out with VST tracks in a folder - then use the folder track and have patch changes assigned to the neatly tucked away vsti's... I understand I could try to ghetto rig it to use midi channels instead, but I use more than 16 different instruments... and I'd like to just get everything setup so that if I'm feeling inspired I can just swap channels on the fly... more importantly - Instead of having 50+ tracks all EQ'd and reverbed - I'd rather just apply all my side chains + reverb to the one track and only spot FX the instruments that need it...
one of the primary reasons I want to do this is so that I can simply have 2 midi channels(two keyboardists) and not have to bounce back and forth between instruments and automate panning, or have 2 of every instrument track just incase both keyboardists use that instrument at one point or another throughout the album...
so ideally - I'd have it set up like this....
\keyboard bus
--\midi input channel 1(panned 30% L)
--\midi input channel 2(panned 30% R)
--\midi input Omni(so I can route midi from other programs/files)
------\001 piano vst
------\003 honkey tonk vst
------\019 church organ
------\...
------\...
------\ect...
and on midi input 1 I would just have a patch change to bank 1-127, and if I wanted to add a midi file from another source I could just throw it in the Omni channel, or I could just run a midi cable between my midi in/out on my interface so I can just select my midi out in another program and it'll play through those VST's while I'm composing
if there are any options OTHER than midi channel that would allow me to do this - let me know...
ALSO - are there any midi plugins that change the midi note's pan based on it's pitch? some VST's I use have it but It would be very cool to apply it to everything(starting with c0/D4/whatever being center and moving left or right depending on the settings)
would be cool!
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