Symphonic Choirs and General recording help

[sghoughton]

So, i just got a new library but i'm having a bit of a rough time getting it to work with tracktion.

It doesnt come as a vst itself (its actually a vst ma + a vst). So the two parts are:

VST MA: wordbuilder tool - accepts midi in, spits out multi channel midi out into:

VST: Kompakt, your typical kompakt player.

i've been playing with various ways to include it in the Tracktion 2 mix but am having a bit of difficulty.

I'm using Maple Midi as my virtual midi cable.

Track 1 - In with my keyboard, record some midi. Set the destination output of that track to Maple Midi Out: Port 1

This then goes to WordBuilder. Select the midi you just recorded and set it to channel 1 so wordbuilder can take the input. (or i'd imagine change the input on wordbuilder to match the midi channel on the midi snippet you recorded)

In settings make sure you have Maple Midi In: Port 2 enabled in Midi Devces section

Track 2 - arm it with Maple Midi In: Port 2, bring down a filter before the volume/pan filter for that track and make that your symphonic choirs vst. load up a multi-sample in kompakt.

Make sure your Maple Midi In: Port 2 is set for channel (none).

That should get your sound routed out through Tracktion and it appears to work that way.

This is the part i get lost on though -

This doesnt result in something that can be rendered out for some reason (not sure why yet, not 100% familiar with tracktion either so i'm sure that doesnt help)

If i record to track two, i get the multichannel results of the worldbuilder editor's midi out. However, in playing just that track, it does not play like the wordbuilder plays - something similar, but certainly not usable.

I tried making a track 3 to accept the audio in from track 2 and still recorded nothing there either on a freeze or a rendered output.

So i feel like i'm getting closer, but still no cigar.

I get the sense in the rendered output part that its recorder the audio before the audio is actually being created ( midi from track one has to get to wordbuilder, output from wordbuilder has to get to track 2 audio out from track 2 has to get to track 3 and by the time it does that the parrt of the timeline that had to hit the original midi has already passed ) so its still recording nothing - if thats the case, i tried playing with delays etc with really no success there either.

So, any suggestions?

thanks

steve