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Multi-port DXi’s
A multi-port DXi allows you the option of using a different audio track for every
output that the DXi has. This allows you to use different plug-in effects for each
sound (or in some cases, group of sounds) that a DXi produces. For example, if a
DXi can produce 16 sounds at the same time, and has 4 outputs, you can send any
of the 16 sounds out through any of 4 different outputs, giving you a choice of 4
different plug-in configurations for that DXi. You would use 4 different audio
tracks: one for each output. If a DXi can produce 8 sounds at the same time, and
has 8 outputs, you could use 8 audio tracks and 8 plug-in configurations. If you
need more plug-in configurations or just more sounds, you can insert more copies
of the same DXi, using new audio tracks for all of the new copy’s outputs. You can
also send all the MIDI tracks out the same output and audio track if you don’t need
separate plug-ins for each sound, or just want to use the DXi’s internal effects.
The Insert DXi Synth Options dialog gives you the option of automatically creating
a separate audio track for each output that the DXi has, or creating just one audio
track for Output 1 of that particular DXi. Each new copy (also called an instance)
of a DXi is considered to be a separate instrument, and appears in a separate row
in the Synth Rack view, with a number after its name representing which copy it
is.
Inserting a DXi
The procedure for inserting multi-output and single-output DXi’s is basically the
same. There are just more tracks possibly involved when you insert a multi-output
DXi.
There are several places where you can insert a DXi into your project:
• Preferred method 1—You can insert the DXi into the project from the Synth
Rack view. This method lets you use all of a multi-port DXi’s outputs, if you
want to. This method gives you the options of automatically creating a
matched combination of an audio and MIDI track, creating just an audio track
with the DXi patched as a track input, creating no new tracks, and creating
separate audio tracks for each of the DXi’s outputs.
• Preferred method 2—You can insert the DXi by using the Insert-DX
Instruments command, which gives you the same insertion and output
options as the Synth Rack view.
• Alternate method—You can insert the DXi into the Fx field of an audio track
or bus. You must then change the Output field of a MIDI track to the name of
the DXi you inserted in order to play the audio track or bus with data from the
MIDI track. If you insert a multi-output DXi with this method, you can only
use the first output of the DXi.
You can insert more than one copy (also called an instance) of the same DXi. Each
new copy has the same name as the previous copy except for having a higher
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