Using Multi-timbral Instruments / Sharing Instruments
This section of the tutorial will focus on using Multi-timbral instruments in Riff, but will also give
you some insight on using the "Shared Instrument feature". We will you show you two ways to use
a multi-timbral instrument.
A multi-timbral instrument is a VSTi that can use up to 16 MIDI channels at once. Purity is an
instrument that falls into this category, and is also preinstalled on an Open Labs production station.
If you are using an Instrument like Purity, which is multi-timbral and a sample player, the benefits
are crucial.
Using the "Currently Loaded Instrument" option allows you to use one instance of an instrument in
multiple songs. This will save you tons of system performance and allow you to achieve far more
complex instrument arrangements.
Anytime you are using big libraries it's a good idea to set an instrument to shared.
Shared instruments are not limited to an instrument having to be multi-timbral. You can set any
instrument to be shared. Some normal instruments like True Pianos can be shared. True Pianos is
known to use more system resources than other similar instruments. Instruments that sound
better generally use more resources.
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