Hi everyone. I’m trying to get Cakewalk automation to change the sound of the Electric R-MK I piano in EZkeys2 (I want to be able to switch between the 1970s and Soft Ballad presets as part of the song’s arrangement). I think I’ve done what’s required in EZkeys2, i.e. toggled ‘Allow MIDI Bank Select’ to On and set ‘MIDI In Channel’ to Any (Default).
If I open the relevant parameter drop-down on the Cakewalk instrument track associated with the EZkeys2 plug-in, I’m offered the options Clips, Audio Transients, and Automation. Automation has sub-options including EZkeys2, which in turn has sub-options comprising Bypass, Param [1 thru 16], and MIDI CC 0|0.
If I enable Read automation on the instrument track and create an envelope (i.e. horizontal line) for the MIDI CC 0|0 parameter, I find that dragging the envelope up and down during playback changes the instrument selection in the EZkeys2 plug-in (I’ve got the default piano, two electric pianos, Mellotoon and the String Machine). However, I can’t see any way to keep the instrument the same and change only its sound.
I’ve found when working with EZmix that Cakewalk automatically ‘knows’ which of the plug-in’s parameters are automatable, making it simple to create the required envelope, but I’m still quite inexperienced with using MIDI. Is there a way to achieve my objective, other than having a second instance of EZkeys2 with the other sound preset? Can you somehow associate the EZkeys2 instrument’s sound settings with the numbered parameters (i.e. Param [1 thru 16]) that Cakewalk recognises, the way you can in a plug-in like Amplitube? Thanks in advance for any help!
I appreciate the ongoing help, John, but I don’t think we’re getting anywhere. I’ve been reading Cakewalk help pages and watching Cakewalk tutorial videos on MIDI and MIDI instruments, but nothing seems to address the issue. (One comes tantalisingly close, showing how to send MIDI from one Cakewalk track via two MIDI channels to the same synth plugin, but that relies on setting up the synth itself to accept MIDI input via two channels, each patched to a different sound.)
You say the libraries correspond to the different EZK:s, with examples, and I’ve also now looked at the EZkeys2 help about the Libraries tab, so that makes a bit more sense. If that’s the case, based on the screen shot of my set-up that I’m going to try to include, is the Electric R-MK I library number 2 (given that it’s the second one in the top-right drop-down list of libraries, after EZkeys 2 Session Grand) for me?
And even if so, your instructions seem only to explain how to change the EZkeys2 instrument (e.g. from Electric R-MK I to Mellotoon) by changing the library (which is something I’d sort of achieved by automating the MIDI CC 0|0 parameter envelope on the instrument track for EZkeys2), whereas I want to change the sound preset of the Electric R-MK I instrument (e.g from Standard to Soft Ballad).
