I may misunderstand ... won't be the first or last time.

I'll look into it, but it is not easy to see how it does not disrupt my Halion Sonic workflow. I'd appreciate if you'd be willing to answer a few questions.

I read that there are two plugins: Elements and Elements FX.

Are they both VST2_X64?

In such a setup what is the BIAB default MIDI Driver? KV Element?

Does a single instance of the Element plugin host the 16 MIDI channels input to a multi-timbral softsynth? Or does each hosted softsynth only receive a single MIDI channel requiring multiple instances of the hosting channel?

Depending on the above question's answer, could you explain the routing using an example of one BIAB MIDI mixer track, perhaps Bass for an example?

It sounds like there is a master plugin, presumably Element, that communicates with daughter plugins, Element FX, instantiated on an individual BIAB mixer track. The picture I have is that the multi-timbral softsynth passes its selected audio outputs to Element, which can then assign any output selectively on to the hosted Element FX daugher plugins.

This I could understand. But I am having a really hard time conceptualizing how MIDI input from each channel flows to the multi-timbral softsynth.

What I now do with respect to using Halion Sonic as my default MIDI Driver is so simple and elegant. A right click on any MIDI track slot 1 in the plugin tab brings up the interface and I can see the patched instruments for all tracks in the song and make changes like patch, volume, fX, etc. to every track from that single view. If I can keep this part of my workflow I'd be all in on KV Element.

Help! I've fallen up and can't get down!