What Is "assigned To Track" In Vsti Options?

[dobomode]

What effect does it have if I assign the VSTi to a certain track?

Thanks!

[cyberwax]

I’ve not used the option myself either since i regulary use vsti’s on multiple channels for “renoise hardware” echo etc. Tho assigning a vsti to a track would probably keep your mess to a minimum and probably play the effects on the assigned track instead of the track your cursor is above on the selected vsti.

…i think, havent used it tho.

[vvoois (vV)]

By enabling the option all output of the VSTi will be routed to the assigned track, even when there are notes on different tracks, in order to prevent occasional muting of notes, which may happen depending on the VSTi’s features.

When the option is disabled the output of the VSTi will be routed to the track that was last playing a note, and in this case it may happen that notes of that VSTi on other track may be muted or may not be played at all.

I also have to add that by Assigning a VSTi to a track, the notes on the other tracks will be routed directly to that assigned track and will bypass any effects of the track they are located in.

Vvoois, is it just me or is there a section missing in the wiki about Instr. Settings? All I find is an explanation of the sample properties part of the Instr. Settings tab.

I shall look into it.
The fact about the VSTI aliases confused me a bit since the function is not resourcefull in that case, didn’t consider in what other case it could actually be practical at all.

Edit:
It’s there alright, but seems a bit hidden:

  
 * Instrument - Select any of the third-party VST instruments found in your VST plugin folder.  
 * Open editor - Open the VST instrument’s own editor (or Renoise’s alternative editor).  
 * Channel - Select the channel which the VST instrument is assigned to (inside the VST instrument editor!).  
 * Base Note - Set the Base Note of this instrument.  
 * Assigned to track - When the box is marked, a list appears where you can select the track you want to bind this instrument to.  
  
 * Program - Select program (or instrument inside VST).  
 * Bank - Select VST bank (If VST supports this parameter).  
 * Preset - Select VST preset (If VST supports this parameter).  
 * Amplify - Amplify VST instrument’s output (another gain slider).  
 * Auto suspend - Suspends VST instrument when no output is received, to save cpu usage.   
  
Cpu usage is displayed right above the auto-suspend option.