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Carla Patchbay VST with multi-output SF2
Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2020 3:42 pm
by PatS
I just noticed that when I use Carla-Patchbay16 (as a VST plugin) and then load an SF2 soundfont with multiple outputs, the SF2 only shows as having a 2-channel output.
This doesn't happen when I:
Use Carla-Patchbay16 standalone
or
load any other type of plugin (VST, LV2) with multiple outputs.
Is there a setting somewhere I need to make? Or is this a (normal) limitation of Carla+SF2 ?
Thanks!
Re: Carla Patchbay VST with multi-output SF2
Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2020 8:14 pm
by Mr. Lumbergh
I believe that SF2 itself only supports stereo, so there are only two channels of output available.
Re: Carla Patchbay VST with multi-output SF2
Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2020 8:42 am
by PatS
That would have been my guess if I had not seen Carla-Patchbay (standalone) show me multiple outputs of certain sf2's. In fact when adding a plugin in Carla (format: Sound Kits), almost every sf2 is listed both as standard (2 outs) as well as a 16-outputs version. Presumably a nice feature of Carla.
But even with those 16/32 outputs per sf2 showing, Carla-Patchbay itself only has 2 outputs. So multichannel routing would only be possible within this Carla instance. (Carla standalone this is, as opposed to Carla-Patchbay16 as VST in my DAW, see below)
The next issue arising would be how to configure/assign those multiple outputs to the sounds of the sf2. I wouldn't know how to do that.
The reason I'm asking all this is my idea of being able to use sf2 drum kits and do multitrack drum mixing. But maybe that's not the best idea anyway.
Never mind though. I have resorted to loading multiple instances of Carla (one per track) in my DAW (Reaper). Luckily, CPU load is only slightly higher this way than having multiple sf2's within one instance of Carla.
I'll see how far this gets me.