It all depends upon the synth you select. Some synths allow you to connect multiple tracks to them and the instrument played is determined by the channel the track is sending it. Coyote is like this, so you only need to have one instance of it. Cakewalk Dimensions Pro can support of to 4 channels, but is really used for layering up to four sounds. In that case, you would put a separate instance of Dimension on each track (when you do this, you will see Dimension listed on multiple ports). If you selected just one instance of Dimensions on multiple tracks, and changed the instrument assignment, it would apply to all the tracks.

So again, you have to understand the synth you are using and what it expects from the DAW.

For what it's worth, TTS-1, Coyote WT, Coyote Forte, Synthfont, and a handful of others only require a single instance to play up to 16 channels of MIDI data.

Others may and do require separate instances.


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